The former agent, Paul Campo, laundered money for what he thought was the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico, according to an indictment unsealed on Friday. Source: New York Times
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The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
By Gotham Rex on November 29, 2025
Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country. Source: New York Times
Harrowing Video Shows Inmate’s Death and the Halting Effort to Save Him
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2025
Nurses and guards in Oneida County, N.Y., cracked wise and complained about poor equipment as Antwan Cater lay unconscious in a drug-induced seizure. His father has filed a lawsuit in the case. Source: New York Times
3 Charged With Trying to Bribe Juror in Boxer’s Drug Smuggling Case
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2025
The defendants contacted a man on the jury and arranged to meet him on Staten Island, where they offered $100,000 for an acquittal, prosecutors say. A new jury will be anonymous. Source: New York Times
Deadly Drugs Sold in Washington Square Park and on the Web, U.S. Says
By Gotham Rex on October 30, 2025
Indictments described two rings that together hawked millions of doses of heroin, fentanyl or crack cocaine in the park and on social media apps like TikTok and Snapchat. Source: New York Times
Opioid Deaths Suddenly Dominate a Governor’s Race. Here’s What We Know.
By Gotham Rex on October 13, 2025
Representative Mikie Sherrill, a New Jersey Democrat, said a firm once owned by her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, spread misinformation about opioids. His campaign has threatened to sue her for defamation. Source: New York Times
Finance Executive Accused of Drugging and Raping Teen in Midtown Hotel
By Gotham Rex on June 16, 2023
Michael Olson, 54, flew the girl around the country, passing her off as his daughter, prosecutors said. He kept spreadsheets of children he contacted, they said. Source: New York Times
Rikers Has a Deadly Contraband Problem. Are Cargo Pants to Blame?
By Gotham Rex on December 17, 2022
The notorious jail had its deadliest year in a decade, while the flow of narcotics and weapons into the complex continues. Source: New York Times
Dr. Mitchell Rosenthal, Phoenix House Founder, Dies at 87
By Gotham Rex on November 19, 2022
A psychiatrist, he was an early apostle for treating drug and alcohol addiction with group therapy in a residential setting. Source: New York Times
Fetty Wap Pleads Guilty to Conspiring With a Long Island Drug Gang
By Gotham Rex on August 22, 2022
The rapper, who had parlayed a hit record about selling drugs into widespread stardom, conspired to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine in New Jersey, prosecutors said. Source: New York Times
Federal Prosecutors Charge 16 in Gang Racketeering Operation in Manhattan
By Gotham Rex on August 2, 2022
Members of Own Every Dollar are responsible for killings, robberies and assaults in Washington Heights, officials say. Source: New York Times
The Life and Death of Daniel Auster, a Son of Literary Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on July 27, 2022
Memorably depicted in his father’s books, he struggled with drug addiction through a life that put him close to a notorious murder and came to an end in a family tragedy. Source: New York Times
Mark Fleischman, the Last Impresario of Studio 54, Dies at 82
By Gotham Rex on July 15, 2022
He took over the celebrated Manhattan club in the early 1980s and briefly became the self-described “ringleader” of an all-night circus. Source: New York Times
Fentanyl Tainted Pills Cause Drug Fatalities Among Youth to Soar
By Gotham Rex on May 19, 2022
Teenagers and young adults are turning to Snapchat, TikTok and other social media apps to find Percocet, Xanax and other pills. The vast majority are laced with deadly doses of fentanyl, police say. Source: New York Times
Colombian Cartel Leader Faces Drug Charges After Extradition to New York
By Gotham Rex on May 5, 2022
The man known as Otoniel is accused of smuggling tons of cocaine and assassinating police officers and civic leaders. Source: New York Times