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The US has indicted Venezuela's Maduro, accusing him of using the drug trade...
The US government on Thursday indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner, accusing them of conspiring to wield the drug trade as a weapon against the US.The indictments are...
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Mexico's president defends his handshake with 'El Chapo' Guzman's mother — a...
Mexico's president defended his brief meeting and handshake with the mother of imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said corruption was a bigger...
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5 clever ways smugglers have recently found to hide drugs — including inside...
Drug smugglers have also relied on legitimate shipping to hide their illicit cargo.With the sudden demand for medical gear like face masks, those smugglers are taking advantage.Visit Business Insider's...
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Why Mexico's cartels may bounce back quickly from coronavirus-related...
Mexican cartels may face short-term shortages of some precursor chemicals used to manufacture synthetic drugs, but these shortages are unlikely to significantly impact their output.Mexican cartels have...
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From growers in Peru to dealers in Paris, the coronavirus has upended the...
Countries around the world have shut their borders and told people to stay at home in order to stem the spread of the coronavirus.For the members of the drug trade, from Andean farmers to street...
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The brazen killing of a top Sinaloa hit man in Mexico hints at cartel power play
José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa, aka "El Chino Antrax," was once one of the Sinaloa cartel's top hit men.But he was found dead in car in Mexico on May 16 — 10 days after escaping federal probation...
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The Army's new adviser unit is supposed to help fight drug cartels in...
The Army's 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade is heading to Colombia, marking the first time one of the new units meant to train and advise partner forces has been sent to the region.The deployment...
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Mexico's government has accused more tequila brands of laundering drug money...
The Mexican government has frozen bank accounts belonging to people and businesses it says are linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, operating through front companies posing as tequila...
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Why Mexico's powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel isn't as dominant as it...
The Jalisco New Generational Cartel has grown rapidly in Mexico, and media reports and indictments have cast the group as Mexico's most dominant.But in much of Mexico, the CJNG is one of many groups on...
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A convicted drug lord nicknamed 'La Barbie' linked a former Mexican president...
Edgar Valdez Villarreal collaborated with the US government while working for Mexico's Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, according to recently released court documents.Valdez, a US citizen nicknamed "La Barbie,"...
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4 ways drug dealers are getting around coronavirus restrictions
Like many other businesses, drug dealers in Latin America have tried to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic.With the added challenge of avoiding law enforcement, dealers across the region have found...
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The bizarre story of Carlos Lehder, the drug smuggler smarter and crazier...
Convicted drug trafficker Carlos Lehder was released from a US prison on Monday, 33 years after his arrest in Colombia.Lehder rose to power in the Medellin cartel, alongside Pablo Escobar, but in among...
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How a small vacation hub on Mexico's Pacific coast became the country's most...
Colima is one of Mexico's smallest and least populated states, but in recent years it's also become one of the country's most violent.That bloodshed has been driven by competing organized-crime...
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Colombian traffickers are squeezing more cocaine out of fewer coca plants
The total area of coca under cultivation in Colombia dropped in 2019, according to the UN, but the of amount cocaine, in which coca is the base ingredient, produced rose over the same period.The trend...
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How 'El Chapo' allegedly helped put one of Trump's 'proven partners' into power
US officials, including President Donald Trump, have embraced Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández as a "valued and proven partner" for addressing crime and immigration.That praise has come...
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'The Business of Drugs': A Navy SEAL and a CIA officer take on the drug trade
The new Netflix series "The Business of Drugs" delves into the global drug trade, with a former Navy SEAL and a former CIA officer leading the way.The series traces the path of several drugs from...
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'Narco-antennas' keep appearing in Mexico, another sign cartels are reaching...
Technicians and contractors working on Mexico's communications antennas often find unofficial hardware installed on them: "narco antennas" used for communications by organized-crime groups.The...
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Before Pablo Escobar made a fortune off cocaine, marijuana fueled Colombia's...
Pablo Escobar and his empire built on cocaine smuggling cast a long shadow over Colombia's history of illicit drug production.But before Escobar and his Medellín cartel got rich off of cocaine,...
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Smugglers are getting back to business in a major drug-trafficking corridor...
Honduras seized more cocaine through July this year than it did during all of 2019, a sign that smuggling is increasing through one of Central America's most important drug corridors.The upward trend...
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Colombia says it captured a narco sub carrying a ton of cocaine for Mexico's...
Colombian authorities intercepted a "narco sub" of the country's southwest coast, officials said Monday.The vessel was carrying a metric ton of cocaine and was heading for Mexico, the home turf of the...
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