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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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Here's how a Coast Guardsman ended up banging on the hatch of a narco sub in...
Video of a Coast Guard crew member jumping onto a moving narco sub in the Pacific in June rocketed around the internet this summer.The intense encounter didn't last very long, but it took hours for the...
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Inside the shadowy criminal alliance that's flooding Europe with cocaine
Recent arrests in Brazil highlight the presence of the Italian mafia there and the role it has in smuggling cocaine from South America.Two of the world's most powerful criminal groups, Italy's...
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The Dominican Republic says it took down the country's largest drug...
More than 40 raids were carried out across the Dominican Republic in connection with what authorities called the country's largest drug-trafficking gang.Among those arrested were two former Major...
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'El Chapo' Guzman says his drug money should go back to Mexico, and Mexico's...
Convicted Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman wants his wealth to be returned to Mexico and distributed to indigenous people there, according to his lawyer.Mexico's president, who wants...
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Trump's border crackdown has forced drug smugglers off-shore as they stuff...
It's getting tougher to move drugs through land ports as President Donald Trump leads a crackdown on the southern US border.That's forced smugglers to start moving drugs through ocean freighters,...
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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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'El Chapo' Guzman says his drug money should go back to Mexico, and Mexico's...
Convicted Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman wants his wealth to be returned to Mexico and distributed to indigenous people there, according to his lawyer.Mexico's president, who wants...
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Trump's border crackdown has forced drug smugglers off-shore as they stuff...
It's getting tougher to move drugs through land ports as President Donald Trump leads a crackdown on the southern US border.That's forced smugglers to start moving drugs through ocean freighters,...
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Trump wants South American countries to help crack down on Hezbollah — they...
The Trump administration has worked closely with right-wing governments in South America on security issues, particularly in relation to Hezbollah.The US's perception of the terrorist group's presence...
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Trump claims he's worried about 'very bad drug dealers' coming from the...
President Donald Trump has resisted allowing Bahamanians into the US after Hurricane Dorian, claiming the island country is home to "very bad drug dealers."Data compiled by the US government indicates...
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Under pressure from snipers, landmines, and the US government, Colombian...
Colombian soldiers and civilian workers have been deployed to the countryside to rip up coca plants, which produce the main ingredient for cocaine.Colombia has manual eradication teams back out in...
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The Coast Guard busted another 'narco sub' carrying 12,000 pounds of cocaine
A Coast Guard cutter intercepted a "narco sub" carrying 12,000 pounds of cocaine in the Pacific Ocean this month."Narco subs" have become increasingly popular with smugglers, as they can carry huge...
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Cocaine is piling up in a quiet corner of Central America as drug production...
A series of drug busts in Belize underscore that country's central location for drug trafficking through Central America.Belize's law-enforcement capacity is limited, making it an ideal transit country...
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Record cocaine busts help one of Africa's smallest countries earn its...
For more than a decade, the West African country of Guinea-Bissau has been called a "narco state."The continued seizure of cocaine there, including a record-setting bust in September, have only...
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Witness says 'El Chapo' Guzman tried to give $1 million to Honduran president...
A witness in the trial of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez's brother says Mexican kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman tried to give money to Hernandez's campaign in exchange for protecting...
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13 police were killed in an ambush in one of Mexico's most violent regions,...
A police convoy in Mexico's Michoacan state were ambushed on Monday by gunmen who killed at least 13 officers and wounded nine.The attack appears to be the work of the Jalisco New Generation cartel,...
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How Mexico's narco problem has gotten worse, and how it could be fixed,...
Mexico's drug war has transformed and intensified over the past two decades.Journalist Ioan Grillo has documented those shifts while reporting on the ground in Mexico and throughout the region.Visit...
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