[FoxNews] Rodolfo Maldonado-Bustos and Euclides Camacho-Goicochea are charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin
Two leaders of the La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel who were indicted in 2017 for conspiring to import and distribute heroin in the U.S. face financial sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury, as the fugitives are believed to be living in Mexico, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
The DOJ said in a press release Thursday that 59-year-old Rodolfo Maldonado-Bustos, also known as Don Jose, and 51-year-old Euclides Camacho-Goicochea, also known as El Quilles, were both charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin, and conspiracy to import heroin into the U.S., back in 2017.
Camacho-Goicochea was also charged with conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.
The indictments were returned by a grand jury in 2017, though it was not until recently that they were unsealed.
On Thursday, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) announced financial sanctions against Camacho-Goicochea and Maldonado-Bustos.
The indictments allege that in September 2016, DEA and IRS agents began investigating Mexico-based La Nueva Familia Michoacana cartel members who were allegedly importing heroin, cocaine and marijuana into the U.S., in places like the Northern District of Georgia.
The investigation led to identifying Maldonado-Bustos as a "high-level cartel member" who was allegedly involved in coordinating the manufacturing of copious quantities of heroin in Mexico.
"The investigation revealed that Maldonado-Bustos allegedly directed the harvesting of gum from opium fields, procured chemicals to process the gum into heroin, and supplied Camacho-Goicochea and other conspirators in Mexico with the heroin to import into cities in the United States, including Atlanta, and Houston," the DOJ alleged. "The investigation further revealed that Camacho-Goicochea allegedly coordinated the collection and return of drug proceeds from the United States back to Mexico."
Agents confiscated over $580,000 in drug proceeds from vehicles and homes in the Atlanta area in early 2017, which the DOJ claims were destined for the cartel.
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[KavkazUzel] A pilgrim from Dagestan died as a result of exacerbation of illness and physical exhaustion; this is the second resident of the republic to die during the Hajj, a representative of the Russian consulate in Jeddah said.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, a man from Dagestan died during the Hajj, the head of the Russian Hajj mission reported on June 19. In total, four Russian pilgrims died during the Hajj; the relatives of the deceased are in charge of burial issues in Mecca, the Consulate General reported.
Hajj, that is, pilgrimage to Muslim shrines in Mecca, is one of the five main pillars of Islam. Every Muslim who has reached the age of majority and has the opportunity to do so is required to perform Hajj at least once in his life. Typically, the pilgrimage to Mecca takes place at the beginning of the 12th month of the Muslim lunar calendar and ends with the festival of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha. In addition, there is the so-called “small hajj” - umrah.
The number of Russian pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia during the Hajj has increased to five, a representative of the Russian Consulate General in Jeddah said. He informed that the fifth person to die was a resident of Dagestan, TASS reported today.
The fifth deceased pilgrim, who lived in Dagestan, suffered from heart disease and diabetes. His death was due to exacerbation of chronic diseases against the backdrop of severe weather conditions and physical exhaustion. Like other Russian citizens who died during the Hajj, he will be buried in Mecca, a consulate spokesman said.
The court's decision to release Leila Gatagazheva on her own recognizance gave hope that criminal prosecution on charges of involvement in militants in Syria would be dropped, lawyers said. Gatagazheva is at home with her children, now she needs to restore all her documents, her relative said.
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, on June 18 it became known that the court released Leila Gatagazheva, a native of Ingushetia, accused of involvement in Syrian militants, on her own recognizance, after her house arrest expired on June 17.
Leila Gatagazheva, born in 2001, is a mother of two children, she was accused of aiding terrorist activities and participating in an illegal armed group in Syria. Relatives took her at the age of 12 from Ingushetia to the Middle East and married her there when she was 13 years old. She has already served five years in prison in Iraq on a similar charge of working for Islamic State militants, said the defense, which is seeking to have the criminal case dismissed.
After the court released Leyla Gatagazheva on her own recognizance, her defense has hope that the criminal prosecution against her will be dropped, said Gatagazheva’s lawyer Alaudi Musaev.
“The prosecutor refused to approve the indictment. He returned the case to the investigator with the wording “to remove obstacles during the trial,” the lawyer told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
In his opinion, it is not possible to eliminate the obstacles in question.
The prosecutor put forward a number of demands for corrections in Gatagazheva’s case, noted another of her lawyers, Muslim Yangulbaev.
“If the investigator manages to correct them, then the case, of course, should be sent to court. Or the case can be terminated at the preliminary investigation stage,” he told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
The lawyer stated that there are doubts about the objectivity of the investigation. “If they wanted to, they would have already stopped the investigation. I had filed a statement earlier about the abuse of power by the investigators and the judge. And now a pre-investigation check is already underway,” he explained.
Yangulbaev explained that if the investigation has been ongoing for more than one year, then the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, will extend it for a longer period. The investigation into the Gatagazheva case, which, according to him, is formulaic, could not be completed within one year. The lawyer stated that in order to hide the violations, the case was sent to the head of the district department of the Investigative Committee.
“The director returns the case as if to eliminate shortcomings and extends the investigation period by one month. At the same time, neither the defense nor the accused are notified of this and are not familiarized with the results of the case,” the lawyer explained.
He stated that the head of the investigation department for the Malgobek district did not have the right to extend the investigation, and the judge did not have the right to accept the petition for consideration.
Gatagazheva’s defense, even before the end of the investigation, submitted a request for a psychological and psychiatric examination, but it was not carried out, noted another defender of Gatagazheva, Ramina Labazanova. The investigation must now carry out this examination, the lawyer said.
Gatagazheva’s condition is normal, she noted. “He will be able to receive treatment and all other services,” Labazanova told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Gatagazheva is at home, spending time with her children. She plans to undergo examination and treatment after receiving the documents, said her uncle Beslan Gatagazhev.
“She needs to get a passport and other necessary documents. She didn’t have any documents when she returned. As soon as we get it, we’ll go to the local hospital for examination and treatment,” he explained to the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
President Rahmon signed a law banning the wearing of hijab in Tajikistan
Dushanbe, June 20, 2024, 23:04 - IA Regnum. Tajikistan has officially introduced a ban on the import, sale and wearing of clothing alien to the culture of the people. The corresponding laws were signed by the country's President Emomali Rahmon.
President Rahmon signed a law banning the wearing of hijab in Tajikistan
The press service of the head of state noted that the documents are aimed at “protecting national culture, preventing superstitions, fanaticism and increasing the spirituality of the Tajik people.”
Back in March, Rakhmon noted that wearing someone else’s “clothing called satr and hijab is a pressing problem” for Tajikistan. According to him, the alienation of etiquette and clothing rituals undermines the national and cultural identity of the people. At the same time, the national clothing of Tajikistan has received worldwide recognition, including UNESCO.
The head of the republic instructed the Committee for Women and Family Affairs, together with Tajik artists, to develop and present the design of national clothing, adhering to the religious and ethical needs of the country’s women.
In addition, Rahmon signed laws on the regulation of celebrations and rituals, the responsibility of parents for the education and upbringing of children, officially prohibiting waste and traditional children's festivities on Muslim holidays.
Violators face fines.
As Regnum reported, in December 2019, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan organized an inspection after women complained of detentions because they wore a hijab. According to Nilufar Radjabova, she and about 20 other women were detained in Dushanbe during a raid against “women in hijabs.”
The Holy Scriptures in Islam do not require women to cover their faces. Wearing niqabs is a new tradition in Russia, said the mufti of the Volgograd region, Bata Kifah Mohammad. Even during the pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca and around the main Muslim temple of the Kaaba, women are not required to cover their faces. It is usually hidden by supporters of radical views. Considering that Russia is conducting a military special operation in Ukraine, security issues should come first, the clergyman emphasized.
[ZeroHedge] The president of the German Teachers Association has warned that the country’s education system is being overwhelmed with migrant students, many of whom are illiterate and can barely speak the language.
“Due to immigration in 2015, the war in Ukraine and other immigration, new people are constantly coming into the system, but the system is slow to keep up because it is moving too fast,” said Stefan Düll.
Düll warned that a massive burden was being placed on educators because many of the children speak little or no German whatsoever.
“After all, they don’t speak Farsi or Ukrainian. How are they supposed to teach them?” he asked.
Given that around a quarter of 4th grade students in the country can’t speak German, Düll said the high number of immigrant children means “the group of illiterates becoming larger.”
“The higher the percentage of immigrants, the more difficult it is to motivate the class,” he added.
[FoxNews] The office of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg claimed insufficient evidence of damage to property or injury to individuals as pretext for dropping charges.
Dozens of anti-Israel protesters who occupied and barricaded themselves in buildings on the Columbia University campus in April had their charges dropped Thursday.
The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg dropped cases against 30 students and staff members who were arrested during the campus unrest.
"All these matters are dismissed and sealed in the interest of justice," Judge Kevin McGrath announced in the courtroom.
All the protesters were arrested on April 30, hours after taking over Hamilton Hall, an academic building, and were initially charged with trespass in the third degree, a misdemeanor.
Stephen Millan, a prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney's office, said there was insufficient evidence to show that any individual defendant damaged property or injured anyone. He noted the protesters wore masks and covered surveillance cameras, Reuters reported.
None of the students arrested had any prior criminal history, and all were facing disciplinary proceedings, including suspensions and expulsions, by Columbia University, prosecutors said.
"The Office is continuing to pursue cases from both campuses, including all assaults against police officers," the DA's office said in a statement to Fox News Digital, referring to Columbia and the City University of New York. "There are ongoing school disciplinary proceedings for the students who had their case dismissed."
Bragg's office declined to drop the charges against another 13 defendants. Two of the 13 were Columbia students, and the other 11 had no affiliation with the school, although most were alumni. Their cases would have been dropped if they avoided being arrested over the next six months. However, they rejected the offer and are scheduled to appear in court on July 25.
The office is bringing charges against James Carlson, who is not affiliated with Columbia, of criminal mischief and arson for setting an Israeli flag alight prior to the takeover and for damaging a police surveillance camera in jail. Carlson appeared in court with his attorney, who said that they planned to challenge the prosecution.
[GEO.TV] A group of United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... (UN) experts on Thursday warned arms and ammunition manufacturers against taking part in the transfer of weapons to Israel, saying it could make them complicit in human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... abuses and violations of international law.
The group of 30 experts, including several UN Special Rapporteurs, said arms manufacturers supplying Israel should halt their transfers of war materiel, "even if they are executed under existing export licenses".
"These companies, by sending weapons, parts, components, and ammunition to Israeli forces, risk being complicit in serious violations of international human rights and international humanitarian laws," the experts said in a statement.
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[GEO.TV] Israel's top army spokesman said Wednesday that Hamas cannot be eliminated, prompting a knee-jerk reaction from the government which quickly reiterated it remains committed to the Palestinian fighter group's destruction.
After more than eight months of Israeli war, the occupational forces have failed to oust the the local freedom fighters from Gaza, however, they have brought widespread devastation.
"To say that we are going to make Hamas disappear is to throw sand in people's eyes. If we don't provide an alternative, in the end, we will have Hamas," Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told Israel's Channel 13 broadcaster.
"Hamas is an ideology, we cannot eliminate an ideology."
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Yea, we'll have to eliminate the idea of "Palestinian People", maybe the idea of Islam.
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Sure they can. American arms manufacturers can turn out bombs at breakneck speed, all that's lacking are for Congress to vote funds to make them and transport shiploads of them to Israel. Make the rubble bounce.
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Hagari needs to peel potatoes for a couple of years, to encourage the others.
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You may not be able to eliminate an idea, but you can eliminate all the people in a particular geographic area who believe in it. The problem is not just the virulence of the ideology but the proximity of its True Believers and their ability to make mischief.
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We have a similar problem here, but it isn't geographic, it's institutional. Until the petri dish that harbors the modern left in America is sterilized, a vile and human hating ideology will plague us.
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/\ .....a vile and human hating ideology will plague us.
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^ If Europe gets serious about de-colonizing itself, it could start seeking immigrants of European descent.
Nah. That won't happen.
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after the defeat of the Nazi Govt there were still Nazis
but the civilian population called a lot of them out and handed them to the 4 power occupation
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"We cannot eliminate an ideology."
Not with that attitude.
You can, it just takes effort and a body count.
After Caesar returned from the Gallic Wars, Eburones were erased from history.
Caesar knew the way.
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#8 Even if we could at that point, they won't allow it.
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Line up bulldozers and push all of the building in Gaza, including their inhabitants, into the sea. Flood the tunnels you find with pure nitrogen and seal them off with concreate.
[GEO.TV] Hezbollah on Wednesday said none of Israel would be spared in a war, after Israel said it had approved plans for a Lebanon offensive, stoking fears of the Gaza conflict spreading.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said "no place" in Israel would "be spared our rockets", in a televised address broadcast amid spiralling tensions across the Israel-Lebanon border.
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Hamas needs to be eliminated and Hezbollah likewise.
Honestly, war with Iran will pull the rug out from under both of them. But Biden will not do it because he's chicken and it's an election year. Russia is the real villain that underpins all of this. Take them out and the dominoes will start falling.
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/\ Yes, Iran. A 'regime change' problem of our own making and unfinished business that began on November 4, 1979. Iranian students seized the embassy and detained more than 50 Americans, ranging from the Chargé d’Affaires to the most junior members of the staff, as hostages. The Iranians held the American diplomats hostage for 444 days.
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Yeah, the Iranians were beyond angry that we overthrew their government in the 50s and installed a dictator. Nobody remembers the Savak today, but they were nothing compared to our FBI. imagine Ben Shapiro and the board of AIPAC being arrested and released a year later covered in whip marks and electrical burns. That was the Savak for you. And all of it for to benefit the interests of a foreign country. Americans would be burning with anger, and you think we'd honor some stupid diplomatic convention we never signed in the first place?
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Imagine Iran in the early 50s like Czechoslovakia where the Soviets install their puppets and then treat the people with similar 'restraint'. Wars are nasty, hot or cold.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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[GEO.TV] Israel's top army spokesman said Wednesday that Hamas cannot be eliminated, prompting a knee-jerk reaction from the government which quickly reiterated it remains committed to the Palestinian fighter group's destruction.
