Drug Trade
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:58
DEA officials caution that it is too early to say whether the rush of Central American migrants is responsible for the falling drug interdiction numbers, noting that the biggest narcotics loads in Texas are typically seized from vehicles at highway checkpoints farther north, not on the banks of the Rio Grande.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 08:12
A Mexican security official says two alleged top members of the Zetas and Gulf drug cartels have been arrested through government efforts to quell violence in the border state of Tamaulipas.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 06:50
The troops have been taking part in Operation Cunshireni 2014, whose aim is tracking down a Shining Path contingent, the Joint Command said. The encounter took place in a territory region the military has designated as the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers (VRAEM), where most of Peru’s coca – the raw material of cocaine – is grown.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 06:21
Lamentó que actualmente “no se puede mover un helicóptero estadounidense a una zona donde existen narcotraficantes porque dicen que es una zona de alto riesgo, y ¿el riesgo que está sufriendo el hondureño, el centroamericano?”, preguntó
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 08:37
La Dirección Antidrogas de la Policía Nacional de Perú (Dirandro) incautó de una avioneta de matrícula boliviana y unos 333 kilos de cocaína en la región sureña de Ayacucho
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 08:09
Costa Rica no tiene un avión presidencial, por lo que sus funcionarios deben viajar en vuelos comerciales o en algunas ocasiones son invitados a utilizar aeronaves de otros Gobiernos.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 08:06
La embajadora de Estados Unidos sostiene que la impunidad que todavía persiste en el tema de combate al narcotráfico es otro factor que obstaculiza la fluidez de la cooperación norteamericana a Honduras.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 06:34
Getting here from Lima takes more than 20 hours by car, keeping in mind the possibility of the road collapsing
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 06:52
Paraguay's antinarcotics chief Crispulo Sotelo voiced concern that the nation was becoming more involved in cocaine production, as indicated by a number of recent laboratory busts.
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 08:16
Although the number of homicides in Puerto Rico has fallen over the past three years, drug trafficking is responsible for 70 percent of the murders committed on the island.