6+ hour, 22+ min ago   (937+ words) For decades, discussions about Latin America's cocaine trade have tended to focus on the same places. Colombia and Peru produce much of the world's coca, while Mexico's cartels dominate trafficking into the US. But between these known parts of the…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (318+ words) The announcement comes as the U.S. has ramped up attacks against fishermen in the Caribbean and the Pacific, killing more than 200, as part of the Trump administration's push to expand joint anti-drug trafficking operations in Latin America. “Operating under the guise…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (132+ words) "Los Rusos" Threaten "Bloodbath" In Mexicali, According To NY Post Parriva The alert, issued on the night of August 24, was reportedly based on messages from “Los Rusos”—the armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel’s “Los Mayos” faction—warning of attacks…...

9+ hour, 26+ min ago   (380+ words) Colombia: Colombia seeks to isolate jailed extortion kingpins on prison ships | International EL PAÍS English Faced with the inability to stop organized crime from operating in land-based prisons, the government of Abelardo de la Espriella is seeking to do so…...

8+ hour, 49+ min ago   (325+ words) Antonio Rios received 18 years for killing Jose Juan Lopez in June 2022, according to a Maricopa County Attorney’s Office release. Rios shot and killed Lopez following an argument as the bar was closing, and Rios tried to convince a woman to…...

16+ hour, 2+ min ago   (531+ words) A Mexican state governor — wanted by U.S. authorities on charges of collaborating with the notorious Sinaloa cartel — returned to office Friday, more than three months after going on leave following his stunning federal indictment in New York. Rubén Rocha Moya,…...

12+ hour, 38+ min ago   (452+ words) The 7th Special Forces Group is running joint operations with Ecuadorian forces against narco-trafficking organizations in Esmeraldas province, near the Colombian border, Esmeraldas Governor Juan Jaramillo said on August 20. The 7th Special Forces Group is the U.S. Army Special Forces unit assigned to…...

23+ hour, 24+ min ago   (133+ words) VIDEO: AFP's silence on Colombia cartel crackdown ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation VIDEO: AFP's silence on Colombia cartel crackdown ZThe Australian Federal Police has announced a new international taskforce based in Colombia and the Pacific to combat the flow…...

18+ hour, 56+ min ago   (174+ words) A man arrested in a Regional Narcotics Unit investigation last December has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, with parole eligibility after eight years, after authorities said they found cocaine in his car and large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin…...

23+ hour, 27+ min ago   (257+ words) Federal prosecutors announced charges against 25 alleged members of two Minneapolis drug trafficking gangs, saying the organizations operated open-air drug markets, distributed fentanyl and fueled violent crime across the city. ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Rodolfo Rebollar-Gonzalez, 29, has been sentenced to 120 months…...