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A drug cartel kingpin, known as the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s top target for his role in the killing of a DEA agent, was moved from Mexico to New York City on Thursday and is expected to face a judge on Friday, according to officials and sources. Rafael Caro Quintero was among 29 cartel members the Mexican government released into US custody as President Trump has threatened to slap imports from Mexico with a 25% tariff on March 4 if the country doesn’t do more to crackdown on illegal immigration drug smuggling. “Obviously, this is one of the biggest days...

Ex-Mexican police leader slain Man gunned down in Valley had been accused of corruption 02/06/2003 By BRENDA RODRIGUEZ and ALFREDO CORCHADO / The Dallas Morning News McALLEN, Texas - A former high-ranking Mexican law enforcement official was fatally shot in the head Wednesday morning outside a lawyer's office in McAllen. Guillermo Gonzalez Calderoni, 54, was shot once in the left side of his face shortly before 11 a.m. as he sat in his car outside the office of McAllen lawyer Robert Yzaguirre, McAllen police said. Mr. Gonzalez was once a powerful Mexican federal police commander who fled to this...