Young buck who led massive fentanyl, meth ring sentenced to more than 10 years
SEATTLE — Hector Duran Aldaco, a 25-year-old Federal Way resident identified as the leader of a transnational drug trafficking organization, was sentenced Monday, August 3, to 130 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy that trafficked large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine into western Washington. U.S. District Judge Kymberly K. Evanson […]
Southern Poverty Law Center federally indicted, allegations of payments to right-wing and neo-Nazi groups
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Tuesday, April 21, that a Grand Jury in Montgomery, Alabama, returned an indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. “The SPLC […]
Four arrested in ICE and Border Patrol drug bust in Marysville, cache of weapons seized
MARYSVILLE—Border Patrol agents, with assistance with Homeland Security Investigations (HIS), took down a massive drug and firearms trafficking ring in Marysville, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks announced to X on Wednesday. The investigation, which began in the summer of 2025, was spearheaded by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs […]
Former DEA Deputy Chief arrested for supporting Mexican Cartel
A federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York has indicted Paul Campo, the former Deputy Chief of the Office of Financial Operations for the DEA under the Obama administration, and his associate Robert Sensi on charges including narco-terrorism conspiracy and providing material support to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a Mexican […]
