Crime and Justice

Las autoridades buscan al responsable del tiroteo que sembró el pánico en el centro comercial la tarde del martes.

Abelardo de la Espriella, attorney Alex Saab, has not disclosed when he gave up defending his client in compliance with the United States Department Treasury, which requires non-citizens to obtain a special license to represent sanctioned persons.

Two Guatemalans who allegedly witnessed a $1 million election campaign contribution by El Chapo Guzman for president Hernandez in 2013 are now in US custody, court records show

Venezuela’s interim government wants access to funds confiscated in the US from corrupt officials, saying it belongs to the Venezuelan people. But US officials appear to have other plans. The Treasury Department diverted $601 million last year from its forfeiture fund to help build President Trump’s border wall. (Leer en español)

Univision Investiga has learned new details of a 1997 drug case regarding the conviction of the brother of Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez. The case was held for years as a family secret. Now, critics are asking for her resignation.

Former Republican congressman, David Rivera, was hired by the Venezuelan state oil company, PDVSA, but what did he do with the $15 million he was paid? He says he's a modern-day Robin Hood, and diverted the funds to the enemies of the Maduro regime. (Leer este articulo en español)

Convicted murderer Krishna Maharaj, now 81, has spent 34 years in jail, battling numerous ailments while proclaiming his innocence. U.S. prisons are no place for the elderly, say advocates. (Leer en español)

Yani Rosenthal, is the latest foreign national convicted of cocaine-trafficking-related charges to seek early “compassionate” release due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Juan Carlos 'El Tigre' Bonilla allegedly abused his official position to protect cocaine shipments, according to New York prosecutors. It's the latest of several drug trafficking indictments in the United States implicating president Juan Orlando Hernandez. (Leer en español)

Fabio Ochoa's attorney cites changes to federal sentencing guidelines and urges compassionate release on covid-19 grounds. Ochoa was sentenced in Miami in 2003 to 30 years in prison for drug trafficking. (Leer en espanol)