Drug trafficking

Local News

As overdose deaths rise, Colorado plans addiction-prevention efforts

AmeriCorps members will help organize educational events

September 13, 2017

Nation & World

Questions about lawyers’ fees put El Chapo defense in limbo

During a hearing in federal court in Brooklyn, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan told the lawyers that if they took…

August 14, 2017

Regional News

Attorney general announces indictment of largest marijuana drug ring in state history

Distributed thousands of pounds of illegal pot across state lines

June 28, 2017

Local News

Suspected drug kingpin fails to show up for jury trial

Arizona man charged with trafficking meth, heroin and cocaine

June 23, 2017

Local News

Rural Colorado hard hit by opioid addiction crisis

268 Colorado newborns have withdrawal symptoms in 2015

February 21, 2017

Regional News

Colorado surgery tech gets 6.5 years for stealing drug

The theft of the powerful painkiller by Rocky Allen, a former Navy medic who is HIV positive, raised concerns that…

November 7, 2016

Nation & World

In D.C., looking to the dead to help the living

Medical examiner turns once-dysfunctional office into a well-oiled machine

July 10, 2016

Local News

Montezuma County sheriff: Legal pot attractive to drug traffickers

6 Mancos bust nabs Kentucky man, $18,000

May 12, 2016

Regional News

Overdose deaths break record in southern Colorado

In eight counties stretching from Baca west to Rio Grande, yearly overdose deaths have reached the highest level measured by…

February 9, 2016

Local News

Three arrested in Durango during drug ring investigation

Southwest Drug Task Force says it seized about $1.3 million in drugs

January 13, 2016

Nation & World

Sean Penn: Nothing to hide over drug lord interview

In a brief email exchange with The Associated Press, Penn also dismissed criticism over his interview with the fugitive, who…

January 10, 2016

Nation & World

Mexico: Sean Penn interview helped locate drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

Penn’s article on Guzman was published late Saturday by Rolling Stone, a day after Mexican marines captured the world’s most…

January 10, 2016

Nation & World

Mexico is willing to extradite recaptured drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter at a federal…

January 9, 2016

Local News

Two arrested in BLM land pot grow in Southwestern Colorado

465 pounds of marijuana, 1,200 plants seized along Dolores River

November 28, 2015

Local News

Drug incidents in Colorado schools are on the rise

state data doesn’t reflect legal pot factor

February 15, 2015

Regional News

Religious group tied to pot cartel

Mennonite pleads guilty in case of drug smuggling

November 30, 2014

Local News

Drug crime sting earns reward for task force

15-month probe brings 15 arrests

October 10, 2014

Local News

Drug bust nets $450K in meth, 14 arrests

may have ties to Mexican drug cartels

March 18, 2014

Local News

DEA raids firm linked to Pagosa spa

Florida aircraft service suspected of drug trafficking, money laundering

November 25, 2013

Local News

Heroin dealer gets 10 years in prison

Huehldu1-i-syn Jonathan Huehl, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of heroin, a felony, in a plea agreement with…

September 18, 2013

Local News

Taking back from criminals

authorities confiscate property, should they profit?

September 15, 2013

Local News

N.M. man gets 12 years in prison for methamphetamine

Casaverdu1-i-syn Teddy Gene Casaver, 61, was arrested during a routine traffic stop about 3:45 a.m. March 7 in Ignacio. An…

July 17, 2013

Local News

Drug agents dismantle southeast county meth lab

Investigators learned of the lab June 2 from the property owner, who found the lab in an outbuilding. Authorities executed…

July 9, 2013