Articles by Richard A. Serrano

745 articles since 1997

41 cartel suspects indicted

National | By Richard A. Serrano | October 30, 2008
Federal authorities in Atlanta announced grand jury indictments Wednesday against 41 people allegedly connected to violent Mexican drug cartels, including a former deputy sheriff from Texas stopped with nearly $1 million in cash hidden in his pickup on a Georgia highway. Read more
 

Mishaps mark John McCain’s record as naval aviator

National | By Ralph Vartabedian and Richard A. Serrano | October 6, 2008
John McCain was training in his AD-6 Skyraider on an overcast Texas morning in 1960 when he slammed into Corpus Christi Bay and sheared the skin off his plane’s wings. Read more
 

Guns from U.S. equip drug cartels

National | By Richard A. Serrano | August 10, 2008
High-powered automatic weapons and ammunition are flowing virtually unchecked from border states into Mexico, fueling a war among drug traffickers, the army and police that has left thousands dead, according to U.S. and Mexican officials. Read more
 

McCain’s broken marriage fractured other ties as well

National | By Ralph Vartabedian and Richard A. Serrano | July 11, 2008
Outside her Bel-Air home, Nancy Reagan stood arm in arm with John McCain and offered a significant – but less than exuberant – endorsement. Read more
 

FBI background checks for immigrants are far behind, audit says

National | By Richard A. Serrano | June 10, 2008
The FBI system for performing background checks on immigrants has become so overloaded since the Sept. Read more
 

Arizona was his land of opportunity

National | By Richard A. Serrano | May 30, 2008
When John McCain arrived in the Valley of the Sun nearly three decades ago, he was weighed down with enough negatives to sink most budding politicians. Read more
 

Sen. Ted Kennedy hospitalized in Boston after seizure

National | By Richard A. Serrano | May 18, 2008
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Parole case may dog Huckabee

National | By Richard A. Serrano | December 8, 2007
Pastor Jay D. Cole had two close friends. Read more
 

Gov. Wallace’s shooter, ‘model prisoner’ Arthur Bremer goes free after 35 years

National | By Richard A. Serrano | November 10, 2007
Arthur H. Bremer, who as a young loner 35 years ago made a bold grab for notoriety by shooting four people – including Alabama Gov. Read more
 

In long run, cops catch up with prison escapee

National | By Richard A. Serrano | October 27, 2007
Richard Lee McNair, America’s wiliest prison escapee, met his match after 18 months on the lam when he was outrun by a cop who had just graduated from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police training academy. Read more
 
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