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1 day ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Lisa Capitanini
Seventeen members of El Chapo's family have defected from Mexico to the United States. The relatives of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman came across the border with jam-packed roller bags, some filled with thousands in U.S. currency, according to authorities. The family members converged last Friday at the border, crossing from Tijuana to San Ysidro in Southern California.
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1 week ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Lisa Capitanini
At the Drug Enforcement Administration in Chicago and across the U.S. there may be a feeling of insecurity after the primary umbrella agency that oversees task force investigations has been targeted for closure. Memos now being delivered informing thousands of agents and supervisors that by September 30th the plug will be pulled on America’s law enforcement superstructure, that coordinates drug cartel cases, human trafficking prevention and organized crime matters.
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1 week ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Lisa Capitanini |Katy Smyser
Nearly three months after disgraced Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, federal prosecutors have heaped on new public allegations that he lied repeatedly while on the witness stand. These are not new criminal charges against Madigan, although theoretically they could form the basis for a perjury indictment.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Lisa Capitanini
Filling Dick Durbin’s seat in the senate isn't going to be as easy as pulling up a chair to watch the Kentucky Derby. But by the time everybody is in, the senate race-at least for Democrats-is likely to resemble the Derby. A very crowded derby, a political horse race that is long, tiring and expensive. Illinois lt. Gov.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Lisa Capitanini
Once Pope Francis' funeral is finished, all eyes will turn to the process of determining a new pontiff known as the conclave.
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3 weeks ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Chuck Goudie |Lisa Capitanini
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The Conclave call has already gone out to all 252 Roman Catholic cardinals worldwide and they are trickling into Vatican City. Of that number, only 135 of the churchmen entitled to wear red zucchettos will actually cast votes for a new pope because they are younger than age 80, which is the cutoff for voting. Church protocol allows for at least 16 days of grieving before a conclave can start, so May 6 is considered the earliest possible date.
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1 month ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Katy Smyser |Lisa Capitanini
It is a history-making alliance between the immigration agency known as "ICE" and the tax collection agency called IRS. A data-sharing arrangement being engineered by the White House is consider by some investigators as an ICE secret weapon. The agency behind mass deportations by the Trump administration is planning on using income tax records to track down undocumented immigrants.
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1 month ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Lisa Capitanini
NBC 5 Investigates has confirmed that Andrew Boutros has officially been tapped to become the Chicago district's next interim U.S. Attorney. His position will be effective April 7. NBC Chicago learned on Friday that Boutros' position was officially announced, two years after John Lausch stepped down and former President Joe Biden was unable to get a replacement confirmed thanks to now-Vice President J.D. Vance, who at the time put dozens of confirmations on hold in the Senate.
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1 month ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Katy Smyser |Lisa Capitanini
The first shots were on a digital battlefield--an app called Signal, used by teenagers and adults to privately communicate and share videos with friends. It's a favorite app for sexting because it is encrypted. But it's not intended to be a government venue for anything sensitive such as the decisions about whether to wage a U.S. military attack against Houthi rebel strongholds in Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula.
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1 month ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Chuck Goudie |Katy Smyser |Lisa Capitanini
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U.S. officials say two high-ranking cartel operatives, now at the MCC Chicago and being held on drug trafficking charges here, were among 29 federal fugitives recently “transferred” over the border by Mexican authorities. The group is expected to be just the first flight of wanted drug fugitives by Mexican justice officials to the United States. “That's something the Mexican government can do if they don't object,” said former Drug Enforcement Administration official Jack Riley.
