## Mexican Cartels Are Using Casinos, to Launder Fentanyl Proceedings In the U.S.

Authored by latintimes.com

For many years, drug cartels in Mexico have used the United States as not only its main market for fentanyl trafficking, but also to launder their profits.

Financial institutions estimated that last year alone at least $1.4 billion in transactions were linked to these two criminal organizations.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a financial trend analysis identifying fentanyl-related illicit transactions tied to Mexico's two largest cartels.

In its 2024 report, FinCEN revealed that 89% of suspicious activity reports related to fentanyl came from depository institutions or money services businesses.

But according to documents obtained by MILENIO, the relationship between Mexican cartels and Chinese businesses involved in the fentanyl supply chain goes beyond the sale of just precursor chemicals.

The report also revealed that cartels and associated chemical brokers use front companies, money mules and U.S.-based intermediaries to purchase fentanyl precursor chemicals from Chinese-based suppliers.

The scheme not only cleans the money but allows the goods to be resold, leaving behind minimal traces of the laundering operation. »

### US YouTuber remains in custody in India after visiting restricted island with a Diet Coke can

Authored by apnews.com

He left a can of Diet Coke and a coconut as offering for the tribe this time after he failed to contact the Sentinelese.

He shot a video of the island on his camera and collected some sand samples before returning to his boat.

The inhabitants use spears and bows and arrows to hunt the animals that roam the small, heavily forested island. »

### Woman Dragged From Republican Town Hall Seeks $5 Million In Damages

Authored by rollingstone.com

The Coeur D’Alene city attorney has filed battery and false imprisonment charges stemming from the town hall incident.

Separately, Borrenpohl has moved to file a $5 million lawsuit against the sheriff; the men who dragged her from the town hall; and others she blames for her injuries, both constitutional and physical.

Trending Stories Woman Dragged From Republican Town Hall Seeks $5 Million In Damages Trump Attacks the Supreme Court, Says America ‘Cannot Give Everyone a Trial’ Suge Knight Refuses to Let Lawyer Quit, Retrial Begins Tuesday Tina Knowles Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis After Missed Mammogram. »

### "My Dinner with Adolf": Larry David roasts Bill Maher's meeting with Trump in satirical NYT essay

Authored by salon.com

Bill Maher has come in for tons of criticism since he opted to have dinner with President Donald Trump, but none of it was as biting as a recent takedown by "Seinfeld" creator Larry David.

In an essay for the New York Times called "My Dinner With Adolf," David took Maher to task for attempting to soften the image of a fascist strongman.

David's fictional meeting with Adolf Hitler echoes many of the points that Maher has made in the days since he dined with Trump. »

### Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary

Authored by npr.org

Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary.

The White House has begun the process of looking for a new leader at the Pentagon to replace Pete Hegseth, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that there's an effort to replace Hegseth, posting on X that President Trump "stands strongly" behind him. »

## In pictures

## Also in the news

#### Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism

#### Politico: Putin's sham Easter truce was marketing ploy aimed at Trump, Paris says

#### Info Hegseth shared with wife and brother came from top general's secure messages

#### US sets tariffs of up to 3,521% on South East Asia solar panels

#### Video: Driver Falls 12 Metres Off an Incomplete Bridge After Following Google Maps Directions