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The 'US-Mexico border is literally riddled with tunnels'
Donald Trump doubled down on his promises to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, saying, "We will build a great wall along the southern border" in speech on Wednesday evening.Trump has promoted...
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Police busted 2,000 pounds of cocaine at the gateway to Europe's drug market
Police and customs officials in southern Spain intercepted nearly 2,000 pounds of cocaine hidden in a commercial shipment of bananas, Spanish officials reported on Sunday.The seizure was the result of...
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The US has linked a top Venezuelan official to a cocaine-smuggling scheme,...
A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent testified on Thursday that an investigation of two nephews of Venezuela's first lady started after a drug trafficker cooperating with authorities reported a...
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Border agents stopped a suspected drug smuggler 'in her tracks'
An "unusually heavy" pair of sneakers alerted border agents in El Paso, Texas, that a smuggling attempt may have been afoot.Laura Valeria Ramirez of Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican city just over the border...
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Here's the secret code a Mexican drug cartel allegedly uses to communicate
To sell drugs and transport their profits, Mexican cartels need to stay off the grid. That means using ultra-secret communications.In a 2015 money-laundering case in Chicago, special agent with...
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Mexican police found a 'homemade bazooka' that might have been used to fling...
Earlier this week, Mexican federal police in Sonora came across a panel van with modifications and additions that allowed it carry a "cannon" possibly used to launch drugs over the border into the...
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US border agents in Arizona intercepted an Xbox crammed with meth
US Customs and Border Patrol agents in Nogales, Arizona, intercepted 3 pounds of methamphetamine crammed inside an Xbox gaming system on September 15.The agents came across the narcotics when a...
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Colombia's historic peace plan has a bloody legacy to overcome
After four years of negotiations, progress toward concluding Colombia's decades-long civil conflict has advanced quickly in recent months.Since signing a bilateral and final cease-fire over the summer,...
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The US heroin habit is growing, and 2 of Mexico's most powerful cartels are...
Heroin use in the US has spiked over the last few years, with the drug appearing in larger quantities throughout the nation and an increase in overdose deaths.The Drug Enforcement Administration's...
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Bolivia's approach to regulating coca production is worlds apart from the old...
The US government’s annual report on the drug trade has accused Bolivia once again of failing to do enough to tackle the production and trafficking of illicit narcotics.This has been the US mantra for...
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The Philippines' president is trying to cozy up to China, but his bloody drug...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has attracted international criticism for the bloodshed driven by the war on drugs he launched when he took office nearly four months ago.And he has caused more...
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'Colombia is betting everything on this': Voters are deciding whether to end...
Colombians at home and around the world began voting early Sunday morning on a peace deal negotiated over the last four years by the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the left-wing...
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'Yes I did lie to them': A high-profile drug case is in doubt because 2...
During testimony in September, two informants taking part in a high-profile international-drug-smuggling case admitted to lying to US officials, which could affect the outcome of the trial against two...
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80 people are facing federal indictments for suspected drug trafficking at a...
(Reuters) - A federal grand jury has indicted 80 people for suspected drug trafficking at Maryland's biggest prison, charges released on Wednesday showed, in the third major case to target corruption...
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Smugglers are still using food to conceal drug shipments — this time with...
Customs and Border Protection agents at the Otay Mesa crossing between San Diego and Tijuana uncovered 3,100 pounds of marijuana hidden in a shipment of cucumbers this month."CBP officers in San Diego...
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Colombia's failed peace-deal vote could make its cocaine problem worse
On Sunday, Colombia's peace plan to end a 52-year war between leftist rebels and the state was voted down, with Colombians casting about 54,000 more "no" votes than "yes" votes, out of more than 13...
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2 major Mexican cartels have put Tijuana in 'imminent danger,' and violence...
A simmering struggle between two of Mexico's most powerful cartels continues to drive violence in Tijuana, a major Mexican city and focal point for trafficking activity just a few miles from San...
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A big player might be about to get back into the cocaine trade — here's how...
A historic peace deal between the Colombian government and left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels faltered earlier this month, when voters narrowly rejected the accord in a...
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'Eradication has been close to zero' in the world's biggest producer of heroin
Opium production in Afghanistan has spiked to one of the highest levels registered since the UN began keeping track in 1994, the international body said earlier this month.As much as 90% of the world's...
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Cocaine prices in the US have barely moved in decades — here's how cartels...
Efforts to staunch the flow of cocaine in recent years have focused on the source — ripping coca plants out of the ground or dousing them with herbicide.And attacking cocaine production at the source...
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