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Eleven Indicted In Colorado Auto Theft Ring Linked To Mexican Cartels
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The Denver Gazette, Approved, State

Eleven Indicted In Colorado Auto Theft Ring Linked To Mexican Cartels

By Matt Kyle | The Denver Gazette Eleven people who authorities said were part of a large metro Denver area car theft ring that shipped stolen cars to Mexico to be used by cartels have been indicted. The indictments — announced Monday by Attorney General Phil Weiser and Denver District Attorney John Walsh — were filed May 22. The alleged members worked together to steal vehicles from municipal airport parking lots, hotels and businesses across the Front Range, authorities said in a news release. The thefts are alleged to have taken place between July 2024 and January 2025. The thefts were mainly of full-sized pickup trucks, trailers and recreational vehicles. The thefts took place in Adams, Boulder, Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer and Weld counties, as well as in De...
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Feds Indict Two Suspected Tren de Aragua Leaders in Denver Racketeering Case
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The Denver Gazette, Approved, Local

Feds Indict Two Suspected Tren de Aragua Leaders in Denver Racketeering Case

By Nico Brambila | The Denver Gazette Denver and federal officials announced the indictment of two suspected Tren de Aragua (TdA) leaders in Denver on Thursday for racketeering that included robbery, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering and controlled substance abuse over a 14-month period in 2024. Indicted were Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano and Brawins Dominique Suarez Villegas, aka “Chino San Vicente.” Gang members have been linked to a myriad of criminal activities that include human trafficking — specifically immigrant women and girls — drug trafficking, kidnapping, and money laundering. According to U.S. authorities, members of the Venezuelan prison gang hid in plain sight by infiltrating immigrants headed north. But the gang’s brutal reputation — ma...
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Hit with Sex Trafficking, Racketeering Charges in NYC
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Approved, National, New York Post

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Hit with Sex Trafficking, Racketeering Charges in NYC

By Emily Crane and Kyle Schnitzer | New York Post Embattled rapper and hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with charges amid a long-running federal sex-trafficking probe, federal prosecutors said. Combs, 54, was arrested at the Park Hyatt New York in Manhattan on Monday night — some six months after the feds raided his mansions in Los Angeles and Miami as part of the investigation. Combs was hit with federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, according to the three-count indictment unsealed early Tuesday. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
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