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kingpins of the movie industry
a police sting that nabbed several kingpins of the city's drug trade
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The notorious drug kingpin was sick, his kidneys failing.
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
The Arzate brothers were previously designated as drug kingpins in 2023 by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
The capture and killing of El Mencho focused attention on the 59-year-old kingpin who ran the Jalisco cartel, Mexico’s most powerful.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
After the Mexican military killed drug cartel kingpin Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as El Mencho, officials detailed the weapons recovered in the firefights.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
The Arzate brothers were previously designated as drug kingpins in 2023 by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
The capture and killing of El Mencho focused attention on the 59-year-old kingpin who ran the Jalisco cartel, Mexico’s most powerful.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
After the Mexican military killed drug cartel kingpin Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as El Mencho, officials detailed the weapons recovered in the firefights.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Kingpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kingpin. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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