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US Companies Are Helping Mexican Cartels Get Rich Kidnapping Migrants
The wave of migration at the border is a boon for kidnappers, human smugglers, and the American businesses that handle their money.
Vietnamese ‘Drug Kingpin’ Jailed for Smuggling Migrants Onto Cannabis Farms
An investigation found several illegal cannabis operations throughout northwestern England.
Top Candidates in Honduras' Presidential Race Face Drug Trade Allegations
As the country awaits the results of the vote, new allegations against outgoing President Juan Orlando Hernández and several other politicians loom large.
Mexican Drug Cartels Have Turned Once-Thriving Guadalajara Into a War Zone
The discovery of dozens of grisly “extermination houses” and mass graves has set the city on edge.
This Malaysian Grandfather Is Facing Death for Weed
‘Dr Ganja’ has emerged as an unlikely cause celebre for medical marijuana use in the Southeast Asian country.
On the Front Line of Mexico’s Forever War Against the Cartels
“You’ve found the heart of the mafia,” one cartel member in the state of Michoacán told us. “If I were you, I wouldn’t have come here.”
El Chapo’s Wife Emma Coronel Was Just Arrested on International Drug Charges
Coronel is also accused of helping coordinate El Chapo’s infamous 2015 escape from Mexico’s maximum-security Altiplano prison.
The Shadowy Drug Cartel That Brought Down Mexico’s Former Top General
A U.S. indictment behind the arrest of retired General Cienfuegos last week named the H-2 Cartel, which allegedly referred to the former military man as 'the Godfather'.
Why Brutal Massacres Are Rocking Colombia Years After it Signed a Peace Deal With Rebels
The agreement with the FARC guerrilla groups was aimed at bringing down violence. But organized crime is gunning ordinary citizens down in small towns around the country, and it’s getting worse.
Mexican Cartels Are Arming Themselves to the Teeth With Powerful US Sniper Rifles
High-powered .50-caliber rifles can be purchased legally in most of the U.S. — and they keep showing up in the hands of cartel gunmen.