drug cartels

A leader of a white power prison gang organized an operation from Pierce County that supplied fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and other illegal drugs to the Pacific Northwest, law enforcement officials alleged Monday.

The country's Human Rights Commission accuses federal security forces of nearly two dozen extrajudicial killings during a raid in Michoacan last year. Police are said to have attempted a cover-up.

In the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, 29-year-old Jesus Alfredo Guzmán and five other men were kidnapped by armed assailants on Monday. Guzmán is the son of notorious imprisoned kingpin "El Chapo."