World Feb 20 Former Honduran president accused of running his country as a ‘narco-state’ stands trial in New York City By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press
World Dec 22 Watch 8:12 Skyrocketing methamphetamine use poses new security threat in Iraq The Middle East has long been plagued by conflicts, but now a crisis of a different sort is taking hold. The narcotics trade poses new security threats and risks forever changing societies whose conservative norms had usage in check. Special… By Simona Foltyn
Politics Jul 10 WATCH: Trump holds briefing about counternarcotics operations The briefing will focus on efforts to slow the flow of illicit drugs into the United States as part of the National Drug Control Strategy. By Associated Press
World Apr 01 Trump: U.S. to deploy anti-drug Navy ships near Venezuela The mission involves sending additional Navy warships, surveillance aircraft and special forces teams to nearly double the U.S. counter-narcotics capacity in the Western Hemisphere, with forces operating both in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press
World Feb 16 Watch Juarez: ‘The Most Lethal Place on Earth’ Bill Neely of Independent Television News reports on Mexico's continuing violent drug wars after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent working with Mexican authorities was killed on Tuesday.
Jun 16 Watch Mexico’s War With Drug Cartels Claims More Lives Mexican President Felipe Calderon appealed to the Mexican people for help as yet another round of drug gang violence erupted in Mexico this week. Ray Suarez has an update on the volatile situation along the border. Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch Yemen’s Drug Crop Diverts Precious Resources Margaret Warner wraps her reporting series on the complex security picture in Yemen with a look at the drug qat, the cash crop that is depleting the country's water supply. Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch Deaths of Americans Raise New Concerns Over Mexico’s Drug War U.S. and Mexican authorities are investigating the possible drug cartel violence that left two Americans and a Mexican with ties to the U.S. consulate in Juarez dead over the weekend. Gwen Ifill talks to a journalist about the escalating violence… Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch Mexican Drug Lord Killed in Bloody Shootout The Mexican government claimed a major victory in the war against drug cartels: kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed Thursday in a shoot out with a Mexican navy unit. Global Post correspondent Ioan Grillo reports. Continue watching