Ryan James Wedding, former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned FBI fugitive, pleaded not guilty to two indictments against him in a courtroom Monday.
El Mayo has long been under indictment in Chicago on drug trafficking charges. He was left to oversee the cartel co-founded by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman when El Chapo was prosecuted in the U.S. and sentenced to life in prison.
A new superseding indictment filed this week against one of the powerhouse players in the illicit drug trade in Chicago brings the story of a father and son's differing paths to the forefront.
As thousands of people overdose from fentanyl every year in Illinois and die, federal drug agents are stepping up their efforts to track down cartel operatives responsible for trafficking the drugs.
After a four-day manhunt, Francisco Oropesa, the suspect accused of shooting his five neighbors to death in Texas, has been captured, the DA said.
"I never thought that he would shoot. Then he went room to room, looking for people," a survivor said of the rampage that killed his wife and son.