Drug Trade
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 06:27
A recent report from US anti-narcotics forces suggests a dramatic drop in methamphetamine production in the United States, but evidence suggests supply for the market has not fallen but instead shifted south of the border, where Mexican cartels have been developing a purer product.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - 06:23
The second cartel leader in the last two years convicted of the 1985 torture and murder of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Salazar is poised to be released from a Mexican prison.
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 06:47
In another worrying sign of official corruption in Peru and its impact on the drug trade, authorities have uncovered evidence of competing police groups that stole drug shipments leaving the country’s largest cocaine-producing region.
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 06:43
Ecuador has extradited a Peruvian man who is accused of being one of Peru's most powerful drug dealers.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 06:13
On 1 May 2015 the Mexican military announced ‘Operation Jalisco’, a full-spectrum security engagement to tackle violence and drug trafficking in Jalisco, a state in Western Mexico.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 - 06:24
As heroin addiction soars in the United States, a boom is underway south of the border, reflecting the two nations’ troubled symbiosis. Officials from both countries say that Mexican opium production increased by an estimated 50 percent in 2014 alone, the result of a voracious American appetite, impoverished farmers in Mexico and entrepreneurial drug cartels that straddle the border.
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 06:09
Brazil has broken up what authorities are calling the country's largest synthetic drug trafficking network, further demonstration of the growing domestic and regional demand for these types of narcotics
Friday, August 28, 2015 - 06:05
The US has announced sanctions against four alleged members of Colombia's Farc rebel group, accusing them of drug trafficking and money laundering.
Friday, August 14, 2015 - 06:10
Two men have pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs by a drone, the Los Angeles Times has reported. This is the first cross-border drug seizure by U.S. law enforcement involving a drone, federal authorities said Wednesday.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 06:27
The US Coast Guard seized a record $1 billion worth of heroin and cocaine over a four-month period, providing further evidence that maritime drug trafficking in Latin America is seeing a resurgence.