Son of notorious kingpin pleads guilty in billion-dollar US drug trafficking case Joaquín Guzmán López, 39, took a plea deal after facing two drug trafficking-related charges The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025
Is there a European fighter jet that could end reliance on the US and its F-35? Portugal and Canada are considering buying the Swedish JAS 39 Gripen E/F as a replacement for the American F-35 due to concerns over a "kill switch". Is it a viable alternative? Euronews · Apr 16, 2025
Andrew Erskine obituary Other lives: History teacher who wrote for local newspapers and attended the Soviet-sponsored World Festival of Youth in 1953 The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025
In El Chapo fallout, older brother of twin Chicago drug traffickers sentenced for helping launder their money Armando Flores, the brother of Margarito and Pedro Flores, admitted to hiding $2.3 million of the twins’ drug proceeds under his back porch in Texas. He got “time served” for the 19 months he spent in jail. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 11, 2023
‘King Rudy’ walks free after helping feds nab ex-state Sen. Martin Sandoval, dozens of others U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman said the work done by Rudolph Acosta III in the years since his 2015 arrest amounted to the greatest case of rehabilitation he’d seen in his 29 years on the bench. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 19, 2023
Top lieutenant for drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ gets more than 19 years in federal prison Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, known as “The Engineer,” had pleaded guilty to a single count in a sweeping indictment that targeted the top hierarchy of the Sinaloa Cartel. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 25, 2023
‘El Chapo’ aide pleads guilty to drug charges in Chicago Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, known as “The Engineer,” told a judge he had “always made a living as a cattle rancher.” Now he faces up to life in prison. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 20, 2023
Brother of Chicago’s Flores twins who helped bring down El Chapo admits hiding millions for them Armando Flores, whose brothers Pedro Flores and Margarito Flores once were Chicago’s drug kingpins, stashed it under his porch in Texas for them after they surrendered in 2008. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 17, 2022