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Mexican Prosecutor Jailed in New York on Narco Charges
Edgar Veytia, attorney general of Mexico’s western state of Nayarit, was once himself targeted for death by the…
Mexican Political Elite Collapsing Under Weight of Narco-Corruption
Javier Duarte, the fugitive ex-governor of Mexico’s Veracruz state, was detained in Guatemala on Saturday in a joint operation…
Police: Most of the Marijuana in the UK Is Grown with Slave Labor
Indulging in all of life’s pleasures requires either maintaining the blissful ignorance of your childhood for decades—some of…
It Wasn’t Seaweed: Man Finds Marijuana Bale on Florida Beach
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a 52-year-old man called 911 after finding a bale of marijuana…
Pilot with 230 lbs. of Weed Lead Police on Wild Chase
It must have looked like a cross between the Keystone Cops and a World War I movie, as…
Exclusive Excerpts from ‘Smuggler’ by Roger Reaves
Roger Reaves grew up a poor farm boy in Georgia and went from making ‘moonshine’ to becoming one…
Mexican Cartels Moving Drug Crops into Oaxaca State
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican army general said his forces are increasingly coming under fire from drug…
Mexico: Another Mass ‘Narco-Grave’ Found in Veracruz
More than 250 human skulls were unearthed from a mass grave outside Mexico’s port city of Veracruz, state…
Man With Over $100K Worth of Cocaine ‘Busting Out of His Pants’ Arrested at Airport
When smuggling large quantities of cocaine into the United States, it can be easy to get a bit…
New Documentary Goes Inside El Chapo’s Sinaloa Drug Cartel
The staggering death toll in Mexico’s drug war has outpaced the number of civilian deaths in Iraq and…