A doomsday shelter for the 1% is being investigated by the FBI as a possible...
Trident Lakes, a doomsday getaway for the rich, is being investigated by the FBI as a possible front for a Colombian drug trafficking scheme.The buzzy Texas condo development promised hundreds of...
View ArticleWhat the Cali cartel learned from Pablo Escobar, according to a DEA agent who...
What the Cali cartel learned from Pablo Escobar, according to a DEA agent who hunted both of themSEE ALSO: Pablo Escobar was gunned down 24 years ago — here are 3 theories about who took the Medellin...
View ArticleA Special Forces soldier is being investigated for smuggling millions of...
An Army Special Forces soldier was arrested this month in connection with a drug-smuggling attempt out of Colombia.The attempt involved a multimillion-dollar load of cocaine hidden aboard a military...
View ArticleHow 2 guys in a Connecticut jail cell helped change the way America does drugs
How 2 guys in a Connecticut jail cell helped change the way America does drugsSEE ALSO: Meet the cocaine-addled, Hitler-obsessed drug smuggler who tried to take down Pablo EscobarJoin the conversation...
View ArticleColombia's cocaine production is at an all-time high, and the country's navy...
Colombia's navy intercepted two "narco subs" during the first half of August.That brought the total caught this year to 14 — more than triple the four caught last year.The increase comes amid years of...
View ArticleA Special Forces soldier accused of a multimillion-dollar drug-smuggling...
An Army Special Forces soldier was arrested in August in relation to a drug-smuggling attempt.The soldier, a master sergeant and recipient of the Silver Star, will go to trial on conspiracy charges in...
View ArticleThe Coast Guard is catching more drug-running subs, but most 'very stealthy'...
Seizures of so-called narco subs have increased, according to US and Colombian authorities.These low-profile vessels are hard to detect and can move massive quantities of contraband.US officials say...
View ArticleDrug cartels are testing out a new area for cocaine production, and it's much...
GUATEMALA CITY/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Cocaine production is beginning to creep into Central America, a development which could bring the supply of the drug closer to the United States and create a new...
View ArticleMore potential 'El Chapo' jurors excused for safety concerns, citing 'some...
The pool of potential jurors for the US drug trafficking trial of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman continues to shrink.On Tuesday, two people who expressed fears about their safety...
View ArticleSpaceX is launching more than 70 satellites at once — and a few will hunt...
The next rocket mission for SpaceX, called SSO-A, will launch 71 small satellites into orbit at once.Three satellites belong to HawkEye 360, a startup that aims to "see"radio-wave emissions all over...
View ArticleCocaine production is spiking in Peru and Bolivia, and it could get worse
New figures released this month show that Peru and Bolivia have stalled, if not taken steps backward, in their attempts to eradicate cocaine production.Peru's production of pure cocaine reached a...
View ArticleThe Coast Guard's 'push-out-the-border strategy' is fighting drugs in the...
The Coast Guard offloaded nearly 38,000 pounds of cocaine on Thursday — a haul worth $500 million.The past three years have seen some of the service's highest levels of seizures on record.The Coast...
View ArticleDrug cartels make billions in the US, but somebody else is doing the selling
US authorities continue to seize immense amounts of drugs coming to the US from South America.Consistent demand and established routes make the US an appealing market for traffickers.But in the US,...
View ArticleBillions of dollars of cocaine are smuggled into the US by sea every year,...
The Coast Guard has partnered with other agencies and countries to track down illegal drugs in the open ocean.In recent years, the service has been seizing record amounts of cocaine on the high...
View ArticleThese photos show why the US Coast Guard's snipers are some of the best in...
FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida — Once the Coast Guard has a suspect vessel in its sights on the high seas, there's usually nowhere for it to go, but getting it to stop isn't always easy.The crew of the Coast...
View ArticleMore Mexican leaders are being implicated in the Sinaloa cartel's dirty...
The trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has entered its second week.In testimony on Tuesday, a former senior Sinaloa cartel figure implicated more Mexican officials in corruption.Guzman's defense team...
View ArticleThe Coast Guard is catching record amounts of cocaine, and activity is...
The Coast Guard is catching increasing amounts of cocaine at sea.Most of the cocaine heading to the US is coming through the eastern Pacific Ocean.More smuggling routes are swinging deep into the...
View Article'I knew that he was the boss': The latest witness in 'El Chapo' Guzman's...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was "the boss" of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, a witness told jurors in the accused Mexican drug lord's trial in Brooklyn federal court on Monday,...
View ArticleCoast Guard crews are capturing record amounts of cocaine — here's how they...
The past three years have seen some of the Coast Guard's highest cocaine seizures on record.Most of those drugs are intercepted in the eastern Pacific Ocean, where smugglers move drugs from South...
View ArticleEl Chapo's beauty queen wife says the drug lord is a 'simple' and 'normal'...
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman’s wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, gave her first public interview in more than two years on Monday. She spoke to Telemundo about Guzman's drug trafficking trial in Brooklyn, and...
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