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Mexican cartel gunmen attack PepsiCo. subsidiary
A Mexican drug cartel known as The Knights Templar launched a series of attacks this weekend on warehouses and vehicles belonging to the potato chip company Sabritas, owned by U.S.-based PepsiCo., according to reports published Tuesday. Five different Sabritas warehouses, in Michoacán and Guanajuato, came under attack over the weekend by gunmen,…
Mexican drug cartel chief pleads guilty in U.S.
LOS ANGELES — A Mexican drug kingpin pleaded guilty on Wednesday to US federal charges of racketeering and conspiracy to launder money, and could face up to 25 years in prison, court officials said. Benjamin Arellano Felix, former leader of the notorious Arellano Felix Organization, is due to be sentenced…
U.S. dismisses Iranian letter as a ‘rant’
WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday dismissed as “a rant” an Iranian letter to Washington over allegations of an Iranian plot to murder the Saudi ambassador in Washington. “We did receive a lengthy diplomatic note from the Swiss protecting power on behalf of the Iranians,” US State Department spokeswoman…
Iran seeks U.S. apology over plot claims
Iran has sent a letter to the United States seeking an “apology” overallegations of an Iranian assassination plot on US soil, foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday. “A letter has been sent… It is our right to seek the official apology of the Americans in protest of this made-up scenario as these allegations are not…
Iranian-American due to enter plea over Saudi plot
An Iranian-American accused of plotting to get Mexican gangsters to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington was due in federal court Monday in New York, when he was expected to enter a plea. Manssor Arbabsiar, a naturalized US citizen holding Iranian and US passports who lived for many years in…
Sen. Feinstein: U.S. on ‘collision course’ with Iran
WASHINGTON — A leading Democrat warned Sunday that United States and Iran are on a “collision course” as Tehran steps up its nuclear program and escalates hostilities with its alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi envoy to Washington. But Dianne Feinstein, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said this…
Iran case shows growing national security role of Drug Enforcement Administration
By Basil Katz NEW YORK (Reuters) – The idea of Mexican drug cartels cooperating with Iranian plotters to carry out bombings and murders in the United States may be far-fetched. That is because the alleged plan by Iranian-American suspect Manssor Arbabsiar and a co-defendant to use a Mexican gang to…
Obama demands ‘plot’ answers from top Iranian leaders
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama Thursday demanded answers from the pinnacle of Iran’s government over an alleged plot to kill the Saudi envoy to Washington and said the facts of the plan were not in dispute. But he also declined to say whether US officials believed that the alleged…
McCain faults Obama over Iran assassination plot
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Thursday that President Barack Obama could have prevented Iran’s “inept” plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States. “The thing that’s surprising about it is how ridiculously inept [the plot] was,” the former Republican presidential nominee told CBS’ Eric Hill. “I think the…
U.S. demands that Iran be punished for ‘Saudi envoy plot’
The United States has urged the world to take concerted action against Iran for an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador on American soil, calling it a “dangerous escalation.” Tehran has accused the United States of fabricating the charges to distract from domestic economic woes amid growing anti-Wall Street…
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