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narco-gangs
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Haiti: Narco-Compromised Army To Be Unleashed On Drug Gangs
Sound like a good plan?
Brazil’s Top Fugitive Drug Lord Gets Popped
Police took selfies with him.
Yet Another Deadly Prison Uprising In Mexico
There was yet another deadly prison uprising in Mexico. The latest grim manifestation of the unrelenting prison crisis in Latin…
What We Don’t Get About ‘Narcos’—and Why We’re Living Out an Alternative Narrative in Real Life
Pablo Escobar is not a heroic figure. When you kill enough people to become known as “The Patron…
Is Anti-Drug Strongman of the Philippines in Bed with Narco Gangs?
Is it really possible that Philippine President Rodirgo Duterte—who has unleashed a “War on Drugs,” which has now…
Mexico: Cartels Kill Another Journalist
Yet another Mexican journalist was slain on Tuesday, as the cartels continue to exact vengeance on any who…
Rights Violations Seen in Federal Mara Crackdown
Civil rights organizations in New York are trying to determine if police and school officials on Long Island helped federal…
Burma’s Rohingya Refugees Tarred with Narco-Stigma
The Rohingya Muslim people of Burma are facing what some have called genocide in their homeland, long denied citizenship rights…
Colombian Coca Production Makes Record-Breaking Jump
In unsettling news for the country’s peace process with the FARC guerrillas, Colombia registered a record-shattering 50 percent increase in…
International Investigators Targeted by Spyware Sold to Mexican Government
In the current atmosphere of cyber crime, hacking and spying, this is an especially egregious example: the international…