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Nov 28

Police take down cocaine ‘super cartel’ in Europe, arrest 49

By Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press

Europol says law enforcement authorities in six different countries have joined forces to take down a "super cartel" of drugs traffickers controlling about one third of the cocaine trade in Europe.

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Nov 04

U.S. sanctions Haitian politicians on drug trafficking claims

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

Two Haitian politicians are facing U.S. sanctions over allegations they abused their positions to traffic drugs in collaboration with gang networks and directed others to engage in violence.

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Feb 15

Police arrest former Honduras President Hernández at U.S. request for extradition

By Marlon González, Christopher Sherman, Associated Press

Police have arrested former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a step toward fulfilling a request by the United States government for his extradition on drug trafficking and weapons charges.

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Dec 13

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Moise assassination may be linked to what he knew about Haitian drugs, arms trafficking

By Nick Schifrin, Morgan Till

It has been five months since gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Authorities have arrested 45 people, but have charged none of them with a crime. This weekend, The New York Times detailed a possible motive for the assassination. Nick…

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Sep 16

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Ordinary people are taking the law into their own hands to counter cartel threat

By Monica Villamizar

In the mountain top village of Ayahualtempa in Guerrero state Mexico, children are learning how to use firearms and preparing for an attack by a nearby drug cartel. In our third and final story on the ravages of the cross-border…

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Sep 15

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Fentanyl is making its way into various drugs sold in the U.S. Here’s how it gets there

By Monica Villamizar

For the second part of our series on the ravages of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, we take a look at the deadly cost of the drug just across the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. With the support of the Pulitzer Center,…

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Sep 14

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A secret look at a Mexican cartel’s low-tech, multimillion-dollar fentanyl operation

By Monica Villamizar

Tonight, we begin a three-part look at the production — and devastating effects — of the drug fentanyl. Illicit use of the synthetic opioid painkiller has ravaged the United States, with Mexican drug cartels now seeing huge profits. With the…

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Mar 19

U.S. prosecutors say Honduras president took bribes in 2019

By Claudia Torrens, Associated Press

U.S. prosecutors say Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández accepted bribes from a drug trafficker as recently as 2019 — not just when he was running for office, as they earlier alleged.

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Feb 22

Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ arrested on U.S. drug charges

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

She's accused of helping her husband escape from a Mexican prison in 2015 and participating in the planning of a second prison escape before Guzman was extradited to the U.S. in January 2017.

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Jan 15

Mexico says U.S. ‘fabricated’ drug trafficking accusations, released case files

By Mark Sherman, Mark Stevenson, Associated Press

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration "fabricated" drug trafficking accusations against his country's former defense minister and his government.

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