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Mexican President Says Country Won’t Combat Cartels on Orders From U.S.
The president of Mexico issued a defiant message to the United States last week, saying that the country will not fight the powerful drug cartels on the orders from his neighbor to the north.
March 27, 2024
DEA Cracks Down on Internet Pill Press Sales
For years now it has been incredibly easy to purchase tools online to use in the production of fake pills, designed to look like their pharmaceutical counterparts but typically containing fentanyl. The DEA is now attempting to curb the sale of such tools.
March 1, 2024
Ex-President of Honduras Stands Trial, Accused of Taking Millions from Drug Cartels
President Juan Orlando Hernandez, once an outspoken advocate of stamping out drug crime now accused of corruption and taking piles of money from cartels for police protection, began trial in the United States last week.
February 26, 2024
New Report Shows 89% of Fentanyl Labs Raided in Mexico Were Already Inactive
A public information request concerning Mexican raids on fentanyl production facilities has spurned accusations from lawmakers that the Mexican government has been inflating or at the very least manipulating information about their efforts to take down fentanyl production facilities.
December 27, 2023
Drug Trafficker Turned Informant Offers Up Private Island in Hopes of Leniency
A former drug smuggler and Van Gogh lover who evaded capture for over five years has handed over the deed to his private island off the coast of Dubai to Italian authorities to try and sway them to give him a lighter sentence for his many crimes.
November 30, 2023
Cartel’s Primary Pot Distributor ‘El Mago’ Shot Dead in Los Angeles
Eduardo Escobedo, aka “El Mago,” the Sinaloa cartel’s top pot distributor, was found dead at age 39.
November 29, 2023
Pablo Escobar’s Hippos Have Been Running Amok So Colombia Is Going To Kill, Sterilize Some
A group of hippos that escaped from the remnants of Pablo Escobar’s forgotten cocaine mansion have reproduced and wrought havoc on Colombian ecosystems ever since.
November 6, 2023
3-Year Old, Father Murdered After Possibly Finding Cocaine Washed Up On Shore in Belize
A particular cove known as the “Sea Lotto” in Belize has been a hotspot for criminal activity ever since bricks of cocaine started washing up onshore with surprising regularity from cartel trafficking. This week, the violence claimed the life of a very young child, her father, and another bystander.
October 26, 2023
Former Mexican Cartel Head and El Chapo Associate Gets Life for Drug Smuggling
WASHINGTON (AP) — A once-powerful Mexican drug cartel leader and associate of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been…
April 7, 2017
Nicaragua Nabs Cocaine Lord off Miskito Coast
A Colombian cartel operative—who established Central America’s remote and lawless Miskito Coast as a major cocaine transfer point,…
February 28, 2017