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Haiti President’s Alleged Assassins Caught on Video Posing as DEA Agents
Videos of the scene show heavily armed gunmen and a voice over a megaphone saying in English, “DEA operation, everybody back up and stand down.”
Mayoral Candidate Dubbed “Armed and Dangerous” By DEA Claims Charges Are Bogus
Rogelio Portillo Jaramillo, a member of the Mexican president's MORENA party, denied the allegations to VICE World News.
Feds Allege Tech CEO Designed ‘Parasitic Narco Sub’ for Drug Cartels
Millionaire Marty Tibbitts died in 2018. The DEA said he was at the center of a vast criminal conspiracy involving cocaine, submarines, and cash.
A New Law in Mexico Limiting Foreign Agents Is a Warning to the US
The new rules promise to limit agencies such as the DEA in Mexico, and to be one of the first diplomatic headaches for President-elect Joe Biden when he takes office.
Mexico's President Wants to Rein In U.S. Drug Agents Operating on His Turf
A new proposal could drastically alter cooperation between the two countries on drugs and security.
The DEA Abruptly Cut Off Its App Location Data Contract
The DEA cancelled its contract with Venntel, which obtains granular location data from ordinary apps and sells access to law enforcement agencies.
ICE, IRS Explored Using Hacking Tools, New Documents Show
A cache of documents shared with Motherboard show much broader interest from the U.S. government in using malware in criminal investigations.
The Network: How a Secretive Phone Company Helped the Crime World Go Dark
Vince Ramos wanted Phantom Secure to be the Uber of privacy-focused, luxury-branded phones—flood the market with devices, and sort out the law later. Then the FBI investigated him.
The Defund the Police Movement is Coming for the DEA
Critics say the Drug Enforcement Administration has fueled mass incarceration and is a “100 percent failure” at curbing drug trafficking.
Sinaloa Cartel Used Encrypted Phone Network Hacked By Police, FBI Document Says
A document included in the BlueLeaks hack says "senior Sinaloa leaders were using a highly sophisticated encrypted communications platform, Encrochat."
Cartels, Chemists, and the Story of Fentanyl in the U.S.
A new podcast series from VICE News and Spotify is a deep dive into the powerful opioid fueling America’s overdose crisis.
Lawmakers Demand Federal Agencies Stop Spying on Peaceful Protests
Thirty-five members of Congress signed the strongly worded letter sent to the heads of the FBI, DEA, CBP, and National Guard Bureau.