Pablo Escobar was gunned down 24 years ago, but his killing remains shrouded...
Pablo Escobar was gunned down 24 years ago — here are 3 theories about who took the Medellin kingpin's lifeSEE ALSO: Pablo Escobar's death cleared the way for a much more sinister kind of criminal in...
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Afghanistan wants the US to send the A-10 back to fight the Taliban
The US is expanding its military campaign in Afghanistan, increasing its troop presence there and targeting Taliban financing.The Afghan government has reportedly requested the US deploy A-10...
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There's a 'double-edged sword' hanging over Mexico's decade-long war on drug...
Mexico's more than decade-long war on organized crime has led to protracted domestic deployments for the country's military.The country's legislature is currently considering a law that would formalize...
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Brazil captured an alleged member of one Mexico's most powerful drug cartels...
Jose Gonzalez Valencia was arrested at a resort area near Fortaleza in northeastern Brazil.Gonzalez Valencia is believed to be a leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation cartel and is wanted by...
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A Justice Department team will review Hezbollah probes after reports Obama...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is forming a team of prosecutors to investigate drug trafficking and money laundering linked to Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant movement, Attorney General...
View ArticleMexican drug traffickers may catch a break from Jeff Sessions' marijuana...
Mexican drug traffickers may catch a break from Jeff Sessions' marijuana crackdownSEE ALSO: Farmers in Mexico's avocado heartland are relying on vigilantes to protect their 'green gold'Join the...
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Drug traffickers are pushing deadly violence to record levels in a tranquil...
Deadly violence rose again in Costa Rica in 2017, continuing a sustained increase seen over the past few years.While Costa Rica's security situation is far better than its neighbors, homicides are at...
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Fentanyl, the powerful drug implicated in Tom Petty's death, is getting to...
Fentanyl, a drug that is 30 times stronger than heroin and claimed the lives of more than 20,000 Americans last year, is showing up in the mail.A new Senate investigation into the fentanyl trade...
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Trump is keeping the pressure up on Mexico, but he 'risks cutting off his...
US-Mexico relations have been fraught during President Donald Trump's first year in office.Despite that tension, the two countries continue to cooperate on a range of issues.But Trump's rhetoric and...
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A huge cocaine bust on a private jet in the UK is a sign of drug smugglers'...
A foiled attempt to smuggle half a metric ton of cocaine in a private jet from Colombia’s main international airport to the United Kingdom suggests crime groups are becoming bolder in their efforts to...
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Mexico took down a US citizen who rose to the upper ranks of the vicious...
Mexico took down another regional leader in the Zetas cartel.Jose Maria Guizar Valencia was one of 122 high-priority organized-crime targets, and his capture comes as the cartel continues to...
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Nikki Haley finesses Trump's threat to cut aid over drug trafficking
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley pledged on Tuesday to raise the problem of drug trafficking at the United Nations after visiting Honduras and Guatemala this week...
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How drug dealers used the US military to smuggle heroin
In the early 1970s, Harlem-based drug kingpin, Frank Lucas, was slinging his signature brand of heroin all over New York and the east coast. “Blue Magic,” as it was called, was the best-selling,...
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Mexico arrests MS-13 leader, busting the gang's latest attempt to start an...
Mexico authorities have arrested an MS13 leader in Tijuana, disrupting another attempt by the gang to create a small international drug trafficking pipeline into the United States.No official...
View ArticleThese were the 50 most violent cities in the world in 2017
These were the 50 most violent cities in the world in 2017SEE THE 2016 RANKINGS: The 50 most violent cities in the worldNOW READ: These are the 25 most powerful militaries in the worldJoin the...
View ArticleMexico's surging narco violence is intensifying at the edges of one of its...
Mexico's surging narco violence is intensifying at the edges of one of its biggest tourist hotspotsSEE ALSO: The US has barred government workers from traveling to a popular tourist area after a...
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Colombia is trying to root out the cocaine trade, but farmers are relying on...
Colombia, working to emerge from a decades-long period of civil conflict, is also contending with increasing cocaine production.The government has tried to provide alternatives to farmers, but those...
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Hundreds of schools have shut down in a Mexican tourist haven after bandits...
Attacks on schools in the Mexican tourist city of Acapulco have prompted hundreds of them to close their doors.The attacks, early on Tuesday, involved robberies of students and teachers, some of whom...
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Latin America's biggest port just made its largest cocaine seizure ever — the...
The port of Santos in southeast Brazil saw its largest cocaine bust ever on Friday.The port is a major transshipment center for the drug, and seizures there are frequent.Brazil as a whole has become a...
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Trump wants to beef up border security to 'knock the hell out of the drug...
President Donald Trump has made border security a key initiative for his administration.He has pushed for a additional barriers on the US-Mexico border and for additional enforcement along the...
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