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Drug cartel boss Osiel Cardenas, known for extreme violence, deported to Mexico
MEXICO CITY - The U.S. government deported drug lord Osiel Cardenas on Monday, transferring custody of the ex-Gulf Cartel chief known for...
Nov 81 min read
Spanish police seize record cocaine in Ecuadorean banana shipment
ALGECIRAS, Spain - Spanish police have made a record cocaine seizure after finding 13 metric tons of the drug hidden in a shipment of...
Aug 162 min read
Mexico waiting on U.S. for flight details behind capture of drug kingpins
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's attorney general's office said on Thursday it has yet to receive detailed information from U.S. authorities about...
Aug 162 min read
US seeks to move alleged Mexican drug kingpin 'El Mayo' to Brooklyn for trial
NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors are seeking to move alleged Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada from Texas to face trial in the...
Jul 271 min read
Arrest of drug leaders 'direct strike' against cartels - US Ambassador to Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said on Friday that the arrests of Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El...
Jul 112 min read
Mexico's navy warns dual use chemicals are boosting meth production
MANZANILLO, Mexico - Mexican navy officials running the country's biggest port are increasingly concerned about the rising flows of...
Jun 272 min read
Honduras ex-President Hernandez sentenced to 45 years in prison on US drug conviction
NEW YORK -Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was sentenced by a U.S. judge on Wednesday to 45 years in prison for his...
Jun 271 min read
Pope Francis warns against legalising drugs, denounces drug traffickers
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis spoke out on Wednesday against the legalisation of drugs and denounced drug traffickers as "assassins",...
Jun 272 min read
UN warns of overdose deaths after Afghan opium production plummets
VIENNA - The Taliban-ordered crash in opium production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier, could drive up overdose deaths...
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