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Six men suspected of killing Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio have been killed in prison. The prison authority in Ecuador reported this in a statement. Ecuadorian President Lasso writes on... Drug violence Villavicencio was shot dead in the capital Quito in August after speaking at a campaign rally, two weeks before the elections. The gunman was killed in a shootout after the attack. Shortly after Villavicencio's murder, six Colombians were arrested. They were linked to the Los Lobos drug gang. It is not clear whether these are also the six suspects who have now been killed. Villavicencio's death shocked the...

Justin Trudeau has angrily denied claims he traveled to India on a plane 'full of cocaine' and that he didn't leave his hotel room for two days. The Canadian PM's Office has dismissed comments from former Indian diplomat Deepak Vohra over accusations he made on Monday on Indian television. Vohra, a former Indian ambassador to Sudan, told Zee News: 'When Justin Trudeau came to India for the G20 this month, his plane was full of cocaine. He did not come out of his room for two days.' In a statement to the Toronto Sun, Trudeau's office said: 'This (is) absolutely...

Less than an hour from the capital of the European Union, gangs fight gun battles in the streets or bomb each other’s outposts. Crime reporters, police and prosecutors are bought off or killed. Torture cells are set up in shipping containers and bodies can be cleanly disposed of, but when the gangs really want to send a message they set up a public execution or fire off a rocket. That’s the way things are done, not in Bogota or Beirut, but in Antwerp. Europe’s initial Islamic migration followed port cities. Among those leading port cities were Rotterdam and Antwerp which...

A Portland man who had previously had a prison sentence commuted by former president Barack Obama is going back to prison. The man received an extra 25-year prison sentence this week for various drug and gun crimes. Dontae Lamont Hunt, 42, received a 300-month federal prison sentence and five years of supervised release for “dealing counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl analog, money laundering, and unlawfully possessing firearms, all while on supervised release from his last federal conviction,” according to a press release from the United States Attorney for the District of Oregon. Hunt must also pay $60,000 to satisfy a...

Scott Anthony Burke is facing a slew of drug and firearms charges after officials allegedly found cocaine, ketamine, guns, and ammunition aboard his yacht. Scott Anthony Burke appeared in Plymouth District Court Thursday for a detention hearing. He is facing several firearms and drug charges after a Sept. 5 incident aboard his yacht off Nantucket. A retired surgeon from Florida was ordered held on $200,000 bail Thursday after Nantucket officials allegedly recovered cocaine, ketamine, guns, and ammunition from his yacht earlier this week. Scott Anthony Burke, 69, appeared in Plymouth District Court for a detention hearing days after Nantucket police...

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Cocaine use continues to be a public health problem, yet despite concerted efforts, no drugs have been approved to resolve cocaine addiction. Research suggests that the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder drug methylphenidate (MPH; Ritalin) could serve as a cocaine-replacement therapy, but clinical results have been mixed. Although several labs have produced MPH derivatives for testing, parts of the molecule remained chemically inaccessible. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have cleared that hurdle. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 5 million Americans reported actively using cocaine in 2020, and almost 25,000 Americans died of a cocaine-related overdose...

This is the moment a fugitive Venezuelan drug trafficker known as Taliban is dumped alive in the ocean with his hands zip-tied and an anchor around his waist in revenge for stealing 200 kilograms of cocaine - and cash - from the Cartel. Reinaldo Fuentes is seen bound and gagged with blood stains on the back of his head before his killers struggle to heave him - and the anchor - over the side of a boat into the Caribbean Sea near Martinique. The footage, shared to social media, shows Fuentes staring at the person recording the video. He is...

“I got along with everyone,” Curtin told People in a new interview. “But I did have problems with John,” the funny woman added. “But that was because John wasn’t John. He was an addict.” Belushi’s drug problem plagued his short life and career and he died via an overdose from a speedball mix of heroin and cocaine. Original “SNL” cast member Chevy Chase revealed last year that the “Blues Brothers” star’s addiction was so severe that he stole Chase’s own stash of cocaine.

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has been killed, the country’s president Guillermo Lasso has said, vowing the “crime will not go unpunished”. Local media had earlier reported Villavicencio, a former lawmaker who had been polling at 7.5%, had been shot at a campaign event in Quito.

Remember when the media was awash with reports about Secret Service agents finding white powder in the White House? The saga kicked off shortly before Independence Day, and every member of the chattering class chimed in with speculation as to who the coke-nosed culprit could be.The situation calmed down after the Secret Service, with a wink and nudge, announced that it could not identify the person who brought the drugs to the president’s residence. But now, it appears there is another development, and the game, as they say, is afoot once again.Reporter Susan Katz Keating of Soldier of Fortune Magazine...

A bag of cocaine found in the West Wing last month reportedly may have belonged to someone in the “Biden family orbit” — and the president allegedly knows who it is. Soldier of Fortune publisher Susan Katz Keating made the shocking claim, citing three security sources, in a report published Sunday — even texting a number linked to President Biden in a bid to sniff out the culprit. The Post has not been able to independently confirm the Soldier of Fortune report and the Secret Service has vehemently denied it. According to Keating, while the Secret Service publicly announced July...

A gun violence prevention advocate has been arrested in a major drug and guns bust after being snared in a two-year investigation dubbed 'Operation in Plain Sight'. Michael Rodriguez, 49, was arrested in his home in Yonkers, New York on July 26 after cops seized a cache of illegal contraband including over a kilo of cocaine, three pistols and a shotgun. The activist was also found with $165,000 in cash and $50,000 in jewelry, and is accused of orchestrating a major trafficking ring all while acting as executive director of Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence. Rodriguez was among 15 people...

A Florida man and woman were arrested after law enforcement officials found 30 lbs. of methamphetamine and a kilo of cocaine in their vehicle following a chase. According to investigators, on Thursday, July 27, a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Trooper requested assistance from the Indian River Sheriff’s Office (IRCSO) to apprehend a fleeing vehicle driving recklessly over 100 mph on SR 60 approximately 1 mile west of I95. Deputies say during the pursuit, the vehicle stopped on the side of the road, and two occupants fled into a dense wooded area. The FHP Trooper and multiple deputies, along with an...

The U.S. Secret Service has responded to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by refusing to hand over details of its investigation into the cocaine found in the White House. The FOIA request, for a list of people possibly involved in the White House cocaine incident, was filed by the Heritage Foundation. The Secret Service rejected the request by claiming that such records are outside its authority. The Heritage Foundation filed a FOIA request after the Secret Service found “no suspects” and closed the investigation into the cocaine discovery in mid-July. The FOIA request seeks the list of hundreds...

A five-year-old boy high on cocaine shot his toddler brother in the head, and prosecutors have charged their parents with neglect. The boy, who has not been named, shot and killed his little brother, Isiah Johnson - who had marijuana in his system - back in March at the family's home in Lafayette, Indiana. Deonta Jermaine Johnson, 27, and Shatia Tiara Welch, 24, have been charged with neglect and various drug charges after cops swooped on their property. Prosecutors say little Isiah, 16 months, died from a gunshot wound to the head and had marijuana in his blood, while his...

For decades, huge bundles of cocaine have washed up on Florida beaches, having been smuggled from South and Central America. Hauls are often dumped at sea (both to give to smugglers and evade law enforcement), and currents and tides push them to shore. In June, the U.S. Coast Guard seized over 14,100 pounds (6,400 kilograms) of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, with an estimated value of $186 million. With so much cocaine entering the waters, Tom "The Blowfish" Hird wanted to find out whether the thousands of sharks off Florida were ingesting the dumped narcotics, and —...

Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino appeared on Newsmax on Wednesday to discuss the Biden White House cocaine scandal with host Eric Bolling. As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the Secret Service closed its investigation into the Biden White House cocaine scandal without conducting any interviews. The Secret Service recently concluded its investigation into the cocaine scandal that rocked the White House earlier this month. No suspect was identified and the Secret Service didn’t interview any of the more than 500 potential culprits. GOP Congressman Tim Burchett said the Secret Service destroyed all the DNA evidence after they blew up...

Here are 10 assumptions you have to uncritically accept in order to make the bumbling White House’s talking points make sense.The idiots running the asylum formerly known as Washington, D.C., aren’t even trying anymore. Gone are the days when malfeasance and hoaxes were respectably cloaked in falsehoods that at least sounded plausible. Now, the emperor knows he has no clothes, he knows you know it, and he doesn’t care — in fact, he might march down the street and gyrate in your face.It’s not a good development for lovers of self-governance, but there’s a kind of camaraderie in knowing everyone...

Donald Trump Jr. highlighted the hypocrisy of the swamp during an interview with Breitbart News on Saturday, noting that if he were “within 1,000 miles of D.C.” when cocaine was found in the White House, “it would be a real problem.” When asked how the cocaine incident at the White House would be different if former President Donald Trump were in office, Donald Trump Jr. said it would likely be treated much, much differently. “I have a feeling,” he began during an exclusive interview at the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida. “I have a feeling that...