In a significant development for US law enforcement in the battle against cartel-related drug trafficking, Jose Ramon ...

The US carried out a double state killing on Thursday, with two states executing intellectually disabled death row inmates.

The jury announced its verdict on Nov. 8 following a four-day trial, prosecutors said. Caleb Pickens, 25, was found guilty of ...

A man who escaped from a federal prison in Colorado and remained on the run for years before his capture was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

New Yorker Peter Diaz-Vasquez sentenced to 10 years for high-speed chase and smuggling that injured 11 migrants.

Roughly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders nationwide received a grant of executive clemency in January, including 10 people in ...

Successful petitions to receive compassionate early release from federal prisons due to health issues are rare. They are even ...

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A Mexican nationally living in Texas illegally was sentenced to life in federal prison on Thursday for his criminal role as leader of a drug trafficking organization ...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently sent a letter asking for IRS agents to be deputized for immigration enforcement as well. They would dig in to human trafficking networks, ...

Peter Diaz-Vasquez was hired to drive a group of migrants through Texas. They were injured when he crashed after a high-speed chase through the Hill Country.

He stole other inmates’ identities to continue the royalites scheme outside of prison and claimed $8 million “to support his ...