Billy Mays: Cocaine contributed to his death - Autopsy

Autopsy: Cocaine contributed to Billy Mays’ death

TAMPA, Fla. — An autopsy shows that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed boisterous TV pitchman Billy Mays in June, officials announced Friday.

Reputed Colombian cocaine kingpin Diego Montoya to plead guilty next week

MIAMI — Diego “Don Diego” Montoya, reputed boss of Colombia’s notorious North Valley cocaine cartel who was once on the FBI’s most wanted list, is set to plead guilty next week to U.S. drug charges.

Colombian rebels suspected in attack on coca eradication team that kills at least 5, wounds 6

BOGOTA — Colombian authorities say three soldiers and two civilians have been killed in a rifle and grenade attack on a boat carrying coca eradication workers. They say six people also have wounds and six more are missing.

US attorney general tells black prosecutors Civil Rights Division ‘back and open for business’

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder used a Southern civil rights landmark as a backdrop Wednesday as he told hundreds of black prosecutors that the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is “back and open for business.”

US hopes for new dialogue with return of expelled ambassador to Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela — The United States said Thursday it is sending its ambassador back to Venezuela more than nine months after he was expelled by President Hugo Chavez, creating an opening for a less hostile relationship even though many disagreements remain.

In the belly of the beast: Mexico finds nearly 1 ton of cocaine hidden inside shark carcasses

MEXICO CITY — Mexico says it found nearly one ton of cocaine hidden inside frozen shark carcasses.

20 indicted on drug charges in Guinea, including former armed forces chief

CONAKRY, Guinea — About 20 people, including the former chief of the armed forces and his son, have been indicted in the West African nation of Guinea on drug-related charges, a statement read on national TV said.

Ind. police say suspect caught in Taco Bell parking lot wanted 1 last burrito before jail

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Officials say a suspected drug dealer who led police on a 90 mph chase in Indiana was arrested after he stopped suddenly at a Taco Bell parking lot.

Mexican police arrest Zeta gang leader, 1 of Mexico’s 24 most-wanted drug traffickers.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican police on Wednesday arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico’s 24 most-wanted drug traffickers.

Lawyer of Biden’s daughter’s ‘pal’ pulls out of ‘cocaine snorting video’ sale

NEW YORK - The lawyer representing US Vice President Joseph Biden’s daughter’s ‘friend’, who claimed having shot a video of her purportedly snorting cocaine, has abandoned the case.