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US officials in Philadelphia busted 16 tons of cocaine worth more than $1...
More than 16 tons of cocaine was seized in Philadelphia on Tuesday in what authorities called one of the largest busts in US history.The drugs were found on a cargo ship that had sailed from South...
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Days after a record-setting drug bust, US officials say they actually found...
US authorities have raised the total amount of cocaine seized in a historic bust in Philadelphia on Tuesday.Int ial reports indicated 16.5 tons of cocaine were found on a cargo ship that had sailed...
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Criminals and rebels in Colombia are trying to get desperate Venezuelans to...
Tens of thousands of desperate Venezuelans have cross the border into Colombia, seeking relief from economic and political turmoil at home.Criminal organizations and rebel groups in Colombia apparently...
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A staggering drug bust in Philadelphia is another sign that traffickers are...
US officials in Philadelphia seized more than 16 tons of cocaine from a cargo ship in mid-June.The massive bust was one of the largest in US history and underscores what appears to be a shift in how...
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A member of Brazil's air force was arrested with 86 pounds of cocaine in...
A Brazilian airman was arrested in Spain with three bags containing 86 pounds of cocaine.The arrest took place just hours before Brazil's president was scheduled to arrive.Visit Business Insider's...
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Colombia had a tiny drop in cocaine production in 2018, but a more disturbing...
Recently released US data showed a slight decrease in cocaine cultivation in Colombia last year.The US and Colombia have hailed that decline, but there appears to be little to celebrate about trends in...
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Watch a Coast Guard crew member leap aboard a 'narco sub' and bang on the...
During a June bust, a Coast Guardsman leaped aboard a moving "narco sub" as his fellow crew members pursued it in the Pacific Ocean.The interdication was one of 14 similar busts the cutter Munro and...
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A man was caught in Spain with a half-kilo of cocaine hidden underneath his...
A man on a flight from Colombia attracted attention in Spain because of his nervousness and the large hairpiece he was wearing.Underneath an oversize toupee, Spanish police found a half-kilo of cocaine...
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Mexican cartel chief Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman has been sentenced to life in...
Sinaloa cartel chief Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, five months after his conviction.Guzman was extradited to the US after two prison escapes in Mexico, and he...
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How the US Coast Guard helped put 'El Chapo' Guzman away for life
Mexican cartel chief Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, months after his conviction on charges that included drug trafficking.Much of the evidence related to that...
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'El Chapo' Guzmán's family is starting fashion brands inspired by the jailed...
Sinaloa cartel chief Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman received a life sentence on Wednesday for his conviction on drug-trafficking and other charges.While Guzman is unlikely to see the light of day again, his...
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Within hours of sentencing, 'El Chapo' Guzman was on a helicopter to a prison...
Within hours of his sentencing on Wednesday, convicted cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was on his way to prison.US authorities would only say that he was headed to the supermax facility in...
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4 reasons Trump's frustration about cocaine may make him pick a fight with...
Colombia has been one of the US's closest allies in Latin America and the world, but Colombia has also struggled to meet US demands about reining in cocaine production.President Donald Trump's dismay...
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'El Chapo' Guzman is in prison for the rest of his life, but the drug...
Sinaloa cartel chief "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years for drug trafficking and other charges.Within hours of his sentencing, Guzman was whisked away to ADX Florence — a...
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Germany just made its biggest drug bust ever — nearly 5 tons of cocaine worth...
Germany authorities searched a shipment of soybeans from Uruguay two weeks ago and instead found nearly 5 tons of cocaine.The bust was a record haul and was worth more than a billion dollars.Visit...
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Germany seized another 1.65 tons of cocaine worth $392 million last week, not...
Officials at the port of Hamburg in Germany said Wednesday they seized 1.65 tons of cocaine for a container ship last week.The discovery comes after July seizure at the same port that turned up nearly...
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Mexico is headed for another record-setting year of murders — here are the...
Mexican news outlet Milenio counted 2,249 murders nationwide in June, the highest monthly total since it began keeping its own tally in 2007 and the first time its numbers have ever surpassed 2,000 for...
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The Coast Guard's newest cutter busted 2,100 pounds of cocaine before it even...
Navy destroyer Michael Murphy and Coast Guard cutter Midgett teamed up to bust 2,100 pounds of cocaine in the eastern Pacific Ocean in July.The Coast Guard has been hauling in record amounts of...
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2 former Army Green Berets were just sentenced to 9 years in jail for trying...
Two former Army Green Berets have been sentenced for their attempted to smuggled cocaine to the US.They each received nine years in prison, and another suspect is awaiting extradition from Colombia to...
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Mexico's president wants to change how the drug war is fought, and he may be...
Mexico's president has announced plans to revise the Merida Initiative, a billion-dollar US aid program that has funded the war on drugs, and to decriminalize drugs and pursue national development over...
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