CARTELS
The Honduran Drug Boss Who Helped the US Now Faces Deportation—and Death
Digna Valle Valle helped the DEA bring down some of Honduras' most powerful drug traffickers. Now she could be deported back to the country to die.
I Followed a Kilo of Cocaine From Field to Street
In a new book, Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels, war correspondent Toby Muse reports on the human stories behind the drug's passage across Colombia, from coca leaf pickers and jungle chemists to cartel sicarios and speedboat smugglers.
Mexican Top Cop Allegedly Bribed by El Chapo Wants Out of Jail Because of Coronavirus
Genaro García Luna, currently housed in a Brooklyn federal jail on charges that he took millions of dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa cartel, has asked to be released for fear of contracting COVID-19.
Coronavirus Is Leading to Shortages of Fentanyl And Meth
The pandemic has slowed the production and export of chemicals from China to Mexico, for onward smuggling into the U.S.
Inside Mexico’s Warring Cartels and the Millions of People They’ve Displaced
VICE News met with families who had no choice but to leave their homes.
The World's Biggest Legal Coca Industry Might Get Shut Down
A right-wing power grab in Bolivia could spell the end of a system that has likely kept the drug war in check.
Meet the Children Being Armed to Defend a Mexican Village From Drug Cartels
“We are preparing the children because if they lose their parents, who is going to defend them?”
Mexican Drug Cartels Are Openly Handing Out Toys to Win Over Local Families
As turf rivalries intensify, violent gangs step up the charm offensive to get locals on their side.
European Gun Makers Are Quietly Supplying the Mexican Drug Wars
Companies in Italy, Belgium, and Romania are arming Mexican soldiers, cops, and cartels alike.
A Mexican Police Chief Was Arrested in Connection With the Massacre that Left 9 Members of a Mormon Family Dead
Fidel Alejandro Villegas, the police chief of the municipality of Janos, Chihuahua, is suspected of having ties to organized crime.
Sinaloa Cartel Kingpin’s Son ‘El Mayito Gordo’ Was Just Quietly Extradited to San Diego
Ismael Zambada-Imperial was shipped overnight from Mexico to California to stand trial on federal drug charges.
How the Drug Trade Transformed a Peaceful Tropical Country into a Narco State
Guinea-Bissau is more reminiscent of holiday destinations than some kind of drug war zone.