Browsing Tag
cartels
15 posts
Cartels Ditch Pot and Opium Fields for Synthetic Drugs, Mexico Defense Secretary Says
The governments of both Mexico and the U.S. admit that legal cannabis is hurting cartel crops.
December 21, 2021
Could The End of Prohibition Mean The End of Cartel Violence?
How do we successfully combat cartels?
January 27, 2018
Are Mexican Cartels Behind California’s Wildfires?
Who started this asinine rumor? You don't need to investigate. We've laid out all the facts for you.
October 18, 2017
Mexican Cartels (Or Cops) Kill Yet Another Journalist
In the long string of Mexican journalists assassinated for covering police abuse and narco-corruption, the latest case is particularly egregious.…
October 10, 2017
Pablo Escobar’s Top Hit Man Calls on Theresa May to Legalize Cocaine
John Jairo Velásquez, Pablo Escobar’s top hit man, has called on British Prime Minister Theresa May to legalize…
July 20, 2017
Trump’s Wall Promises Big Profits for Smugglers
“Ain’t no mountain high, ain’t no valley low, ain’t no river wide enough to keep me from getting…
May 5, 2017
U.S. Border Guards: We Can’t Tell If We’re Stopping Cartel Drugs
Along with “murderers and rapists,” President Donald Trump would have you believe that his famed and heretofore mythical…
May 5, 2017
Florida Pot Monopoly Compared to a ‘Cartel’
Medical marijuana in the state of Florida is a real-life game of Monopoly, but one where a few…
April 10, 2017
Peru: Terrorist Group Linked to Colombian Cartel
Peru’s authorities can’t seem to put out the last flicker of the Sendero Luminoso insurgency. A generation ago,…
May 22, 2015
Mexico: Cartels Declare Open Season on Candidates
Mexico’s drug cartels appear to have declared open season on any candidate for public office who will not…
May 20, 2015