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An accused hitman who federal authorities say was a top lieutenant for a Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty in Fargo, North Dakota, on Thursday to federal charges FARGO, N.D. -- An accused hitman for a Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges, ending a nearly 20-year-old investigation involving dozens of defendants. Juan Francisco Sillas-Rocha, of Tijuana, Mexico, pleaded guilty to three charges in a hearing before Chief Judge Pet er Welte in Fargo, North Dakota, including conspiracy to commit murder in furtherance of the continuing criminal enterprise. He is expected to be sentenced in early 2024; he faces life in prison and millions of dollars in fines, KFGO reported. His attorney, Matthew Lombard, did not immediately respond to phone or email messages from The Associated Press for comment on Sillas-Rocha's guilty plea. Authorities have said Sillas-Rocha was a top lieutenant for the Arellano Felix cartel, which for decades smuggled cocaine, marijuana an...

A Tennessee woman allegedly paid to hire a hitman to kill the wife of a man she met on Match.com, according to a recently unsealed criminal complaint. A Tennessee woman alleged ly paid to hire a hitman to kill the wife of a man she met on a dating site, according to a criminal complaint. Melody Sasser was arrested May 18 and is being held in custody on probable cause that she allegedly attempted murder for hire. She is accused of transferring about $10,000 in bitcoin to a site named "Online Killers Market" in exchange for the murder of the wife of the man she met on the dating site, federal agents said in the complaint dated May 11. Sasser and the man she met on Match.com had become hiking friends, according to the complaint. But when Sasser's match revealed he was moving out of state with the woman he planned to marry, Sasser alleged ly turned to the dark web, the complaint said. Under the pseudonym "cattree," Sasser alleged ly posted her hit order on the ...

Prosecutors charged Josiah Ernesto Garcia, 21, with the use of interstate facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. A Tennessee Air National Guardsman was charged with applying to be a hitman, according to the Justice Department. While the country was focused on another Air National Guardsman from a different state on Thursday, prosecutors charged Josiah Ernesto Garcia, 21, with the use of interstate facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. The Justice Department said he applied on a spoof site renta hitman .com with a resume that described himself as an "expert marksman" and prior Military service. MORE: Jack Teixeira: What we know about document leak suspect "The resume also indicated GARCIA was a 'Marksman Expert, awarded for not missing a single bullseye on all of the targets for shooting expert with 2 (or more) weapons.' The resume indicated GARCIA was nicknamed 'Reaper,' which was "Earned from Military experience and Marksma...