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U.S. Department of Justice

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Cuba Owes U.S. $7 Billion For "Forgotten" Property Claims, Lawyers Propose 10% User Fee

    ​When Fidel Castro swept down from the mountains and routed Fulgencio Batista's forces, one of the first things his revolutionary regime did was to seize the property of American citizens and companies.In the more than 50 years since, nearly 6,000 American citizens have filed certified claims agai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Manuel Orosa Named New Miami Police Chief

    New Miami Police chief Manuel Orosa​Manuel Orosa has been named the new Chief of Miami Police.Orosa now officially inherits a department currently under investigation by the Department of Justice for seven fatal police-involved shootings in a six-month stretch of last year.Since taking over as act ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Miami PD's Seven Fatal Shootings Last Year Now Being Probed by U.S. Justice Department UPDATED

    The fallout from ex-chief Miguel Exposito's reign hasn't ended yet.Miguel Exposito may be gone, but the blowback from his turbulent reign atop the Miami Police Department hasn't ended yet. Eight months after the last of seven fatal shootings of young black men by Exposito's force, the U.S. Just ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2011

    Obama's war on weed

    In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees.

  • News

    August 25, 2011

    Miami-Dade youth boot camp faces closure

    In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees.

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Barack Obama Can't Afford to Let Fox News Fold

    Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke goes to bat for Fox News.Rupert Murdoch is reaping what he sowed. The media magnate's American-based cable network, Fox News ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Miami Drug Smuggler Pleads Guilty, Has His Plane Taken Away

    Will somebody wake him up for his mugshot please?​A 50-year-old Colombian drug kingpin was fined $1 million and sentenced to 22 years in prison Wednesday by a federal judge in Miami. And that was the plea deal.Edgar Vellejo-Guarin was indicted in 2001 after Coast Guard officers discovered 4,000 ki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Krazy Locos, Florida's Most Redundant Gang, Gets 237 Years in Prison for Murder, Drugs

    Krazy Locos 23-year-old leader Jonathan Gonzalez, sentenced to 135 years in prison yesterday​South Florida gangs are a ruthless and bloody bunch, whose names strike fear into the hearts of their enemies. Lately, however, those names have gone bilingual. And redundant.Six members of the Lake Worth- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    BBC Documentary Spurs Investigation into Conditions at "Miami Mega Jail"

    In the documentary, this inmate admits to extorting and stabbing fellow cellmates.​Extortion. Beatings. Stabbings.When Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail first aired on May 22, the BBC documentary made it look like inmates -- not guards -- were really in charge of the Miami-Dade Pre-Trial Detention Ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Thirteen Arrested in Miami in Massive Mafia Crackdown

    ​Organized crime is still alive in Miami, but after a crack down today not so well. Thirteen people throughout South Florida have been arrested and charged with ties to an organized crime syndicate. The arrests were part of a larger crackdown on a group called the Armenian Power gang. 100 people t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Florida Judge Worried Obama Might Make Us All Buy Broccoli

    via​A federal judge today began hearing arguments in outgoing Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's lawsuit against the Federal Government, which alleges that forcing citizens to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. The trial is expected to be an in-depth, mature and scholarly proceeding. ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2010

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror becomes state policy, thanks to Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce and Gov. Jan Brewer

    via​A federal judge today began hearing arguments in outgoing Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's lawsuit against the Federal Government, which alleges that forcing citizens to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. The trial is expected to be an in-depth, mature and scholarly proceeding. ... More >>

  • News

    April 1, 2010

    Cuban spy Juan Pablo Roque's jilted ex-wife won $27 million for his deception

    via​A federal judge today began hearing arguments in outgoing Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's lawsuit against the Federal Government, which alleges that forcing citizens to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. The trial is expected to be an in-depth, mature and scholarly proceeding. ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2010

    Cuban killer Luis Posada Carriles goes on trial

    via​A federal judge today began hearing arguments in outgoing Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's lawsuit against the Federal Government, which alleges that forcing citizens to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. The trial is expected to be an in-depth, mature and scholarly proceeding. ... More >>

  • News

    November 12, 2009

    Van Peebles, Borowitz, S.L. Price at the Book Fair

    via​A federal judge today began hearing arguments in outgoing Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's lawsuit against the Federal Government, which alleges that forcing citizens to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. The trial is expected to be an in-depth, mature and scholarly proceeding. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Miami Book Fair: Taylor Branch Talks About 'The Clinton Tapes'

    Back in the 1970s, while working on George McGovern's doomed presidential bid in Texas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Taylor Branch shared a room with two driven young Yalies named Bill and Hillary Clinton. via Wikimedia Commons​When the man from Hope won the White House in '92, Clinton i ... More >>

  • Film

    October 8, 2009

    Capitalism: A Love Story sells the same old Michael Moore shtick

    Back in the 1970s, while working on George McGovern's doomed presidential bid in Texas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Taylor Branch shared a room with two driven young Yalies named Bill and Hillary Clinton. via Wikimedia Commons​When the man from Hope won the White House in '92, Clinton i ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2009

    City manager wants fired employee back on the CIP

    Back in the 1970s, while working on George McGovern's doomed presidential bid in Texas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Taylor Branch shared a room with two driven young Yalies named Bill and Hillary Clinton. via Wikimedia Commons​When the man from Hope won the White House in '92, Clinton i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    City Tells Police Review Panel to Rehire Deadbeat Manager for $85K Amid Huge Budget Cuts

    In January, Shirley Richardson got canned as executive director of the Civilian Investigative Panel, the voter-created group that polices the Miami Police Department.​According to panel members, she rarely showed up for work and was a terrible manager when she did. To top it off, Richardson demand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Miami Man Indicted for Thieving Data from 130 Million Credit Cards

    via Andres Rueda's flickr​In what looks like the biggest crime ever of its type, Albert Gonzalez, a 28 year-old Miami man, was indicted on charges of hacking into computer networks and stealing information from over 130 million credit and debit card accounts. Gonzales, who also goes back the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Army Corps Employee Sentenced Over Everglades Restoration Bribery Scheme

    Our feature earlier this month about the never-ending disaster we call Everglades restoration left little doubt that the Army Corps of Engineers deserves a lot of blame. After all, these are the guys who gutted the Glades in the first place with miles of canals and drainage systems. And these are t ... More >>

  • News

    October 25, 2007

    Letters from the Issue of October 25, 2007

    "I am not a whore at any price"

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2007

    No Wonder Miami's Immigration Judges Aren't Fair

    "I am not a whore at any price"

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2007

    Ex-FBI Agent Back in Court

    "I am not a whore at any price"

  • Film

    May 4, 2006

    Welcome to Hooters

    Jimmy Buffett inexplicably leads a kid movie to the big screen

  • Film

    December 8, 2005

    Blood for Oil

    Brilliant, confounding Syriana digs for a necessary truth

  • News

    March 24, 2005

    – How to Get Away with – MURDER

    A woman witnesses her boyfriend's murder, is then raped, and now faces criminal charges herself. Unbelievable but true

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    The Greenpeace Effect

    Environmental advocates claim they just want loggers to play by the rules. But Brazilian mahogany barons, local lumber lords, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Port of Miami all want these tree-huggers stopped

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    Headbangers Ball

    Claims that police didn't aim at FTAA protesters' upper bodies get a black eye

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Barred for Life

    The process for restoring the civil rights of felons in Florida works perfectly -- if not restoring their rights is the goal

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    The Big Cypress Deal

    The cover story is conservation, but the Bush boys have their hands in the taxpayers' pockets again

  • Culture

    August 8, 2002

    Do the Math

    The music industry says online piracy's killing the biz. A UTD prof says it ain't.

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    Terrorists, but Our Terrorists

    Where can terrorists find safe harbor? If you're of the Cuban exile variety, right here.

  • News

    October 18, 2001

    Admitting Terror

    The immigration service's own describe how America failed to protect its borders from the September 11 terrorists

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Gotcha!

    U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart owes the FEC 30 grand for arrogant electioneering. Finally.

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Friendly Fire

    State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle should have coasted to election victory. Instead she's dodging bullets from the police unions in the political fight of her life.

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    In Too Deep

    Four years ago a dangerous chemical tanker ran aground in Biscayne National Park. The salvage operation that followed would go down in history.

  • News

    March 11, 1999

    The Last Temptation of George Petrie

    He was supposed to turn up dead. His friend, attorney Robert Roth, was supposed to wrap up his affairs. Now they've ended up mortal enemies.

  • News

    October 22, 1998

    Howard Gary Sings

    He was supposed to turn up dead. His friend, attorney Robert Roth, was supposed to wrap up his affairs. Now they've ended up mortal enemies.

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    What Are a Few Toxins Among Friends?

    Environmentalists can't understand why the EPA would remove the Munisport dump from the Superfund list

  • News

    October 3, 1996

    Go On, Beat It! We Really Mean It This Time!

    As Congress works to curb illegal immigration, a new INS regulation targets aliens who are already here

  • News

    September 26, 1996

    Letters

    As Congress works to curb illegal immigration, a new INS regulation targets aliens who are already here

  • News

    September 12, 1996

    Agents of Deception

    A congressional delegation inspected Miami's INS operations and found everything to be running smoothly. No wonder. Investigators later discovered they'd been dealing with...

  • News

    June 26, 1996

    Hour Town

    Six months after its debut, the county's scheme to keep teens out of nighttime trouble gets mixed reviews

  • News

    January 25, 1996

    GET THE KIDS INSIDE! BOLT THE DOOR!

    Toxic sewage spawns swamp monsters; officials say no cause for alarm

  • News

    February 2, 1995

    Immigrate Expectations

    Exile leaders raised millions to bankroll their plan to refugees to South Florida from Guantanamo -- but money isn't the only stumbling block

  • News

    December 22, 1994

    These Are the Times That Try Men's Soles

    Does the City of Miami Police Department have a foot fetish?

  • News

    April 14, 1993

    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.

  • News

    March 11, 1992

    The Rearranging of the Guard

    With Dexter Lehtinen and Diane Cossin out of the U.S. Attorney's Office, the public can look forward to unprecedented openness, right? No comment.

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