Drug Trafficking

Miami-Dade Police Lured Robbers to the Redland, Then Shot Them

Mr. Panama 2004 Arrested For Cocaine Smuggling at MIA

​Harry Agustin Duncan Maslivar, the winner of the male beauty pageant title of Mr. Panama 2004, looks pretty good in black and white stripped swim trunks. He probably won't looks quite as good in black and white stripped prison garb though. That's what he's facing after being popped for trying to ... More >>

Boxer Ivan Calderon's House Had $4 Million of Cocaine Inside, Five Suspects to Be Tried in Miami

ToppsPossible boxing Hall of Famer Ivan Calderon is wrapped up in a massive coke bustFive suspected narcotraffickers from the Dominican Republic are en route to the Miami Federal Detention Center for allegedly smuggling cocaine across the Caribbean.In a strange twist, their arrest seems connected to ... More >>

Opa-Locka Police Captain Arrested for Protecting Murderous Drug Ring

Arthur Balom, an Opa-locka police captain, has been arrested on allegations he helped protect a South Florida drug ring and had knowledge of the murder of a Brinks armed truck guard that happened last year. The arrest was part of an FBI investigation. Three other men, members of the drug ring, were ... More >>

Michael Corleone Blanco lives in the shadow of his cocaine-queen mother

Arthur Balom, an Opa-locka police captain, has been arrested on allegations he helped protect a South Florida drug ring and had knowledge of the murder of a Brinks armed truck guard that happened last year. The arrest was part of an FBI investigation. Three other men, members of the drug ring, were ... More >>

Miami’s Favorite Killer

Arthur Balom, an Opa-locka police captain, has been arrested on allegations he helped protect a South Florida drug ring and had knowledge of the murder of a Brinks armed truck guard that happened last year. The arrest was part of an FBI investigation. Three other men, members of the drug ring, were ... More >>

Cocaine in Your Mailbox: Traffickers Increasingly Using Mail to Ship Drugs

​Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will keep your drugs from you, apparently. Drug traffickers are increasingly using U.S. Mail and commercial carriers such as FedEx to ship drugs out of the country. In fact, in Florida alone the amount of cocaine and marijuana being intercepted i ... More >>

Offshore Thrills

​Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will keep your drugs from you, apparently. Drug traffickers are increasingly using U.S. Mail and commercial carriers such as FedEx to ship drugs out of the country. In fact, in Florida alone the amount of cocaine and marijuana being intercepted i ... More >>

Don't Worry, Hurricanes Players Won't Get Killed by Mexican Drug Lords Either

​Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly seemed to have a lot of strange things on his mind leading up to the Sun Bowl. Things like nude beaches and Mexican drug lords. Ok, well maybe that last thing wasn't so strange. The Fighting Irish will be renewing their famous rivalry with the Miami Hurricane ... More >>

Notre Dame Coach Hopes His Players Don't Get Killed by Mexican Drug Lords

​First year Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly really does seem to have a lot of odd things on his mind in the run up to the Sun Bowl, which will see his team reignite its historical rivalry with the Miami Hurricanes. First, he was just glad that El Paso, Texas, doesn't have nude beaches like the bastio ... More >>

Today In Cocaine: Ten Busted in Juarez-to-Miami Ring, Colombian Coke Lord Due In Federal Court

​It's already been a busy week for the drug that made Miami -- or at least for the feds' perpetual war on the white stuff. First, the DEA arrested 10 people, mostly from Miami and Hialeah, and charged them with organizing a ring shuttling coke from Juarez to South Florida.Then came word that a muc ... More >>

Cocaine, Murder, and Fútbol: Watch The Two Escobars on ESPN Tonight

Andres Escobar, murdered for a World Cup mistake.​The U was a raucous look at the fabled '80s-era Miami Hurricanes football team, and Run Ricky Run made us wholly reconsider the Dolphins' enigmatic superstar running back. Silly Little Game was a hilarious chronicling of the group of baseball-adori ... More >>

The Escobars, Colombia, and Narco-Soccer

Andres Escobar, murdered for a World Cup mistake.​The U was a raucous look at the fabled '80s-era Miami Hurricanes football team, and Run Ricky Run made us wholly reconsider the Dolphins' enigmatic superstar running back. Silly Little Game was a hilarious chronicling of the group of baseball-adori ... More >>

Thirty Killed in Raids of Dudus' Kingston Camp

​The extradition saga of Jamaican druglord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, leader of the ultra-violent South Florida-connected Shower Posse, has become yet more bloody today. The Associated Press is reporting that at least 30 people have been killed in gunfights between bandits, soldiers, and cops in th ... More >>

Addicted to Speed

​The extradition saga of Jamaican druglord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, leader of the ultra-violent South Florida-connected Shower Posse, has become yet more bloody today. The Associated Press is reporting that at least 30 people have been killed in gunfights between bandits, soldiers, and cops in th ... More >>

Wachovia Admits It Laundered Millions in Mexican Drug Cash

Wachovia bank executives have admitted that the banking giant laundered millions of dollars for Mexican drug lords between 2003 and 2008, prosecutors announced in Miami this afternoon. DEA photo via Wikimedia Commons​The bank has promised to pay $160 million in fines and penalties and to set ... More >>

Cocaine king Max Mermelstein came out of hiding for a screenwriter

Wachovia bank executives have admitted that the banking giant laundered millions of dollars for Mexican drug lords between 2003 and 2008, prosecutors announced in Miami this afternoon. DEA photo via Wikimedia Commons​The bank has promised to pay $160 million in fines and penalties and to set ... More >>

Escobar Tales

Wachovia bank executives have admitted that the banking giant laundered millions of dollars for Mexican drug lords between 2003 and 2008, prosecutors announced in Miami this afternoon. DEA photo via Wikimedia Commons​The bank has promised to pay $160 million in fines and penalties and to set ... More >>

Slums of Miami Beach

Wachovia bank executives have admitted that the banking giant laundered millions of dollars for Mexican drug lords between 2003 and 2008, prosecutors announced in Miami this afternoon. DEA photo via Wikimedia Commons​The bank has promised to pay $160 million in fines and penalties and to set ... More >>

Dwyane's Disaster

The Miami Heat superstar sure picked a dubious business partner.

Abby Cynamon Battles Bad Banker Ricardo Corona for Judge

The best race in next Tuesday's judicial elections is a whopper.

Weekly News Wrap - Super Tuesday, Money Laundering, Cuba Criticism and more

The best race in next Tuesday's judicial elections is a whopper.

A Reporter on the Lam in Latin America

El Nuevo Herald’s Gonzalo Guillén is the latest victim of Bush buddy Álvaro Uribe

See Beyond Stereotypes

The Colombian Film Festival shows an alternative reality

Alvarez a No-Show at the NAACP

The Colombian Film Festival shows an alternative reality

Fresh off the Boat

The Colombian Film Festival shows an alternative reality

Forever Missing, Part 3

Donna Weaver learns the name of her husband's killer -- or maybe not

Bongs Away

Local bands amp up to spring Tommy Chong

All Around the Neighborhood

A quick look at our amigos from Toronto to Tierra del Fuego

Ring Cycle

Miami boasts a boxing legend who has kept on swinging through good times and bad. He's the king of the clubs. He's Tuto Zabala.

Best Magic City Icon

Miami International Airport

Cash Cargo

Despite recent deaths and a federal crackdown, smugglers continue the dangerous business of transporting Cubans to Miami

Ghetto Glorious

How three inner-city kids turned tragedy into a soon-to-be platinum hip-hop hit

DeFede

The Riddle That Cracked the Case

In Pursuit of Willy and Sal

When infamous drug smugglers Falcon and Magluta won the first round, prosecutors vowed revenge. This time it's personal.

Caught Sure-Handed

Under federal scrutiny for alleged money laundering, Falcons receiver Tony Martin lends new meaning to the term "dirty bird"

Nice Indictment, Nobody Home

When there's a huge drug trial in Miami and no one watches it, does it even matter?

Friends in Low Places

The feds suspect that Tony Martin, Miami native and NFL star, helped his childhood pal launder drug proceeds

The Last Dance

The feds suspect that Tony Martin, Miami native and NFL star, helped his childhood pal launder drug proceeds

Glorious & Notorious

Casablanca had Rick's; Vegas had the Stardust; Miami's cocaine jazz age had the decadent Mutiny Hotel

Three Lies

Casablanca had Rick's; Vegas had the Stardust; Miami's cocaine jazz age had the decadent Mutiny Hotel

Junkies

It alters perceptions and skews the ability to tell right from wrong. Ultimately, it results in a dysfunctional society. But it's not a drug. It's the War on Drugs.

What A Differencea Year Makes

With an immunity deal secured through 1986, coke broker Tommie Sikes sang like a canary. Make that "secured through 1985." Oops!