Processing lab located in Suchitepéquez synthetic drugs An operation that takes place on Tuesday at a farm in San Francisco Zapotitlan, Suchitepéquez allowed dismantle a narcolaboratorio where located 1000 500 barrels with chemical precursors, bags with drugs, narcotics produce containers and gas cylinders and boilers. Read Article
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Unionradio.net reported GNB seized drugs in Zulia Venezuela GNB seized 122.3 kilograms of marijuana in Zulia As part of Operation Sentinel, members of the Regional Command 3 of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) seized 122.3 kilograms of marijuana in Maracaibo, Zulia state, reported in the account @ FANBoficial. Read Article
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El Paso Police discovered 272 kilograms (600 pounds) of marijuana in an abandoned truck, which had reported as stolen. The discovery came during Monday night east of the city, after they responded to a call which warned of a suspicious vehicle. Read Article
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Elimparcial.com reported that three people were arrested in separate smuggling attempts by Customs and Border Protection during inspections weekend in Puerto Dennis DeConcini. Three people were arrested in separate smuggling attempts by Customs and Border Protection during inspections weekend in Puerto Dennis DeConcini. Francisco Javier Silva Enriquez, 50, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was arrested Sunday […]
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According to nicanoticias.com, police dismantled a gang that was engaged in drug trafficking from Costa Rica to Guatemala, by passing packets in the interiors of furniture moved and export goods from those nations, the government said Monday. The head of the Directorate of Legal Aid, General Commissioner Glenda Zavala, told reporters that the capture took […]
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Opinion.com.bo reported that FELCN arrested of a person wearing a backpack eight kilos of cocaine, allegedly tried to transport Villazon border with Argentina. The departmental director of the police force, Jesus Flores, said in a press conference, the staff of that unit to the arrest of an individual 31 years of age, who, “acting suspiciously” […]
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According to elnuevoempresario.com, Uruguayan authorities the Interior Ministry dismantled a network of drug sales in the framework of “Operation Pisces” and arrested 18 people, reported media here today. Of those arrested, six have already been processed, without specifying the length of sentence, and another 12 are still held, as quoted by the portal Montevideo.com. The […]
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According to noticias.terra.com.ar, staff of the Coast Guard today seized a shipment of more than four tons of marijuana in the resort of Puerto Rico missionary in the center east of the province. The drugs seized is worth about 19 million dollars on the black market. The tasks were performed under the operating provisions of […]
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Three students from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Guanajuato (UG) is poisoned by eating a cake made with marijuana allegedly in a private home. The three students, two men and a woman were admitted in critical condition to the emergency service unit 10 of the Mexican Social Security Institute at 21:00 pm […]
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Jorge Hernández Tinajero In this paper, I will try to present a general overview of drug politics and policies in México. It may be less scientific, but comes from our experience on the ground. I will refer especially to the impact of Mexican rates of consumption and violence created by the current government’s policies. This […]
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Eluniverso.com reported thatT. Francisco, who worked for four months as a guide in Ambato Rehabilitation Center, was arrested by police last Thursday, when trying to enter the prison cocaine base. Early yesterday morning the guide gave a statement to the prosecutor to flagrante delicto, Diego Moreno, in which he said he received threats to harm […]
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Daniel Mejía1 Universidad de los Andes Yale Center for the Study of Globalization bia, which had two main objectives. The first one was to reduce the production and trafficking of illegal drugs, mainly cocaine, by 50% in six years. The second objective was to improve security conditions by reclaiming the control of large areas that […]
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ejercito.mil.co reported that in the last hours, developing military operations carried out in the department of Nariño, troops of the Third Division, assigned to the Southwest Joint Command located and destroyed a crystallizing used for processing coca paste. The discovery was made in the village Manipia Taminango Township, where soldiers from Infantry Battalion No. 9 […]
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Agents of Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English) arrested four Guatemalans in two different actions when they tried to enter the United States a shipment of heroin hidden inside their bodies. The spokesman of the unit, Phillip Barrera said the first assurance of narcotics was made in New Dawn International Bridge, […]
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According to the Metropolitan Police Commander, General Jose Angel Mendoza, the airport of Bucaramanga is increasingly coveted by drug trafficking networks that send to the so-called “mules” with their bodies loaded with drugs. “As is known in the jargon of the gangs involved in drug trafficking, criminals are trying to ‘mount line’. It is not […]
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In the enclave of Punta Blanca marine Jaramijó canton in northwestern Manta, Manabi a Chevrolet was abandoned in 1970. It happened at 21:30 on Thursday. In the automotive wooden bucket were two bags inside which there were 100 brick-shaped packages. A joint operation between the police and members of the Navy allowed to discover the […]
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Lahora.com.ec reported that Guayas Counternarcotics Police foiled Friday night August 31 sending 434,689 kilos of cocaine that was headed for the port of Antwerp, Belgium. The discovery was made in the container stands CAXU 6194144, DAVIDE SA company, which was ready to sail from the seaport. The drug was found hidden in 77 iron pipes […]
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Five counts of aggravated robbery, abuse of authority in July, three drug trafficking, falsification 4, 5 illegal searches, 7 embezzlement and one offense of conspiracy are part of the charges for which is judged from yesterday to 14 policemen. All are linked to a series of blows that apparently occurred in 2010 in Goicoechea and […]
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Police arrested with 123 kilos of drugs seized in May • It was early yesterday morning near Leoni • He had drugs in his car • There was a large and police believe is also • The drug was stolen from the First Sectional Precinct Puerto Rico • PUERTO RICO. An officer Assistant Police Quest […]
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Panama is a priority in the fight against drugs, their weaknesses in the area of money laundering and drug trafficking across the territory are a concern for U.S. forces trying incessantly that the United States do not touch drugs. Only in 2010, 48 Panamanian Public Force were trained by the Americans to fight drugs, in […]
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Antidrug authorities of Costa Rica, with the support of the Coast Guard of the United States on Monday seized 725 kilos of cocaine coming in a boat whose four crew escaped to a mountainous area. A ministry statement said Public Safety officers found the drugs in the boat, which, after being chased, ran aground on […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that the governor of Azuay, Humberto Cordero, was surprised by the actions of certain groups of young people with alcohol and excess consumption of some drugs in the wake of the murder of Juan Antonio Serrano, brother of the Minister of Interior. Speaking to ECUADORADIO, intensely concerned Cordero said this and also the […]
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Earsenal.net reporte that the general director of the National Center for Youth Integration, Carmen Fernandez Caceres, said Quintana Roo has first national illicit drug use by young people, “the increase in juvenile addiction is worrying because it is associated so inexorable with crime. ” He cited the case of Cozumel, where a hundred patients, at […]
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According counternarcotics police investigation, the gang sent drugs to the United States and the Netherlands. Counternarcotics director, General Luis Alberto Perez said that in total 37 people were arrested during the operation in Jamundi (Valley) and Riohacha (Guajira). The investigation began in 2010 on behalf of an organization’s information in Colombia who had business with […]
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Didn’t use traditional method of transporting – used liquid cocaine wrapped in latex— Semana.com reported – Two Colombians are condemned to death in China. In that same distant place, five others already sentenced to prison for life, and 25 more with sentences ranging from 12 to 20 years in prison. In Hong Kong, there are […]
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The report notes that the U.S. agency in Bolivia cocaine production in 2011 was 325 tons over Colombia, which generated 195 tons. The Bolivian government rejected the report because, as indicated, no information after the departure of the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), when the government of Evo Morales in 2008 expelled the U.S. ambassador conspiracy […]
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It was a military operation carried out by Brazil. They also found thousands of counterfeit dollars, baring the chaos on the border with Argentina and Paraguay. 182 vehicles and boats, 11,764 kilograms of explosives, 315 detonators, 6087 kg of illicit drugs, 32 units of weapons in general, 748 rounds of ammunition of different calibers, 40,000 […]
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In the past 15 days, police arrested six people Manabi allegedly linked microtrafficking or retail drug sales. And since June Narcotics seized nearly 1.4 tons of alkaloid in the province. The latest raids led to four fish packers Manta and its periphery. For the head (e) of the Police Manta, Rafael Perez, Manabi has become […]
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The great “quantum leap” in the fight against drug trafficking and organized crime in Central America must be the money laundering investigation rather than the use of force against members of criminal gangs, said today Costa Rican authorities. Security Vice Minister Costa Rica , Celso Gamboa said in a press conference with foreign correspondents that […]
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A drug dealer wanted in the United States for the sale and distribution of methamphetamine was arrested in the port of San Felipe, in the southern town of Mexicali, where it remained hidden for five years. The International Liaison Coordinator State Preventive Police (PEP), Alfredo Arenas Moreno, said that with information provided by U.S. officials, […]
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In the last operational research, carried out simultaneously during Tuesday night in Arica and Region V, the strength of the PDI arrested in the northern city Labarca Alfonso Alvarez (55), Customs officer who was in charge to handle the scanner guarding the entry load in Arica, and Claudio Contreras Molina (39), a member of the […]
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laestrelladeloriente.com reported on August 15 the community, in Yapacani staff Special Force against Drug Trafficking and found a clandestine airstrip near a stricken aircraft. According to the report of the Red One, suspect that the ship would have tried to take flight when he suffered a mishap and fell to the ground which caused it […]
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Elsiglodedurango.com.mx reported given the increased security, particularly in the border of Mexico and the United States, drug traffickers have devised various methods to cross their drug shipments. From using tunnels, catapults, submarines and aircraft, to hide narcotics in clothing, septic tanks, in shoes, in plaster statues in food jars and even in wheelchairs, have been […]
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The deployment of the Marines are part of Operation Hammer, an initiative involving several nations, which began on January 15 to stop the transit of illegal drugs by the Central American coast. A contingent of 200 Marines U.S. this week started patrolling the west coast of Guatemala in an unprecedented operation to fight drug traffickers […]
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Police discovered novel modality for drug trafficking Medellín. The police procedure was advanced in the northern bus terminal, where soldiers found two suitcases, 86 packages of marijuana with a total weight of 50 kilograms carried by an individual 21 years. According to investigative work it was established that this person had the task of traveling […]
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The ommunities Arrozales, Naranjitos y Media Luna are the three new routes used to smuggle stolen cars and drug trafficking, entering or leaving Bolivia and Argentina, according to complaints from community members own the place. THE NATIONAL those communities where he visited different versions of the local people, many preferred to keep their anonymity for […]
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‘Seventeen people, all Hispanic, were arrested today accused of involvement in a drug trafficking ring in the country to introduce large quantities of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine from Mexico. As reported by the prosecution, the federal authorities rushed a dozen raids in different parts of Southern California in an operation against a network that illegally […]
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Police in Ecuador seized 191.7 kg of cocaine from Colombia in an operation in the border bridge Rumichaca, the institution said yesterday. The shipment was transported on a truck Tuesday Ecuadorian registration had previously been in the Colombian city of Pasto, according to the official report. Read Article VIDEO OF BRIDGE FROM ECUADOR TO COLOMBIA […]
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Five producers of coca leaf died and 13 others were injured today when confronted by a group of police in the Peruvian region of Huanuco, said the representative of the Ombudsman’s Office, Pier Paolo Ricardo March. Two of the dead were identified as Rider Roque Moreno and Juan Espinoza Loarte, but still working to determine […]
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One person was killed Tuesday night in northwestern Venezuela in the crash of a small plane carrying a quantity of drugs yet to be determined, said the Deputy Minister of Public Safety, Nestor Reverol. “He was a person apparently manning a single-engine aircraft, which is dead,” he said in a telephone connection Reverol the official […]
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The International Police (Interpol) and seeks former Tamaulipas Governor Tomas Yarrington to the arrest warrant that a judge granted against him for crimes against health, ie its alleged links to drug trafficking operations. Marisela Morales Ibáñez, head of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), and indicated that the agency in charge decided to bring criminal action […]
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The Minister of Defense, Juan Carlos Pinzón, announced that in the coming months the country will have about 20 new helicopters, intelligence generation, patrol boats for the fight against drug trafficking and the increase in 25 000 men that will strengthen the security forces. Read Article
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Orlandosentinel.com reported a postal worker in the state of New Jersey received and distributed cocaine packets with false addresses during its route and established drug trafficking organization in Puerto Rico would send the drug regularly, U.S. authorities said Tuesday. Christina Nunez admitted intercepting shipments from Puerto Rico and delivering cocaine to accomplices in the city […]
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Elheraldodesaltillo.mx reported …. With a key geographical position between the centers of cocaine production in South America and the largest consumer markets in the United States, Nicaragua suffers the brunt of international drug cartels that use air corridors, land and maritime smuggling drugs to Central America . Research Institute for Strategic Studies and Public Policy […]
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Fabricio Delgado, technical director of the Institute of Neurosciences, Guayaquil Welfare Board, says that despite all the efforts that have been made to prevent the consumption, the average age of first use is maintained between 13 and 14 years. Therefore argues that we must intensify prevention in the most vulnerable group. The center opened in […]
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Specialist believes that drug traffickers seeking to intimidate the new governments in seeking a greater control of the territories in which they operate. The violence in the triangle formed by the State of Mexico, Guerrero, Michoacan and Colima and Jalisco, mainly due to the rearrangements of criminal groups and seeking to influence or intimidate the […]
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According to Nogalesinternational.com a state police bomb squad was called to a home in Rio Rico this month after federal agents discovered six grenades there. On Aug. 17, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents served a search warrant at a home on Calle Dura as part of an investigation into suspected drug smuggling, said […]
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Cocaine goes to Uruguay from Argentina. And not from Brazil. The country carioca are “exported” methanol, among other things. But the cocaine base comes from the west bank of Uruguay. Just across the river, as officially denounced Senate Uruguayan National Drug Board. The traffic is through the international bridges and Colon-Paysandu Gualeguaychú-Fray Bentos. In eastern […]
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A Colombian aged 49, was captured by units of the Judicial Investigation Department of the National Police (INTERPOL-Panama), after being requested by the government of the United States of America, for the crime of trafficking International drug. Read Article
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Units belonging to Battalion SENAFRONT Caribbean diligence conducted raid in company secretary Ramiro Free of Nargana personality, to a retirement community Mulatupo in Kuna Yala region, resulting in the seizure of 138 balls and three alleged drug marijuana manila paper wrappers kept inside a dried herb, which is presumed to be the aforementioned drugs, making […]
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Potosionline.com reported that adults are involving minors in drug transport route for drug trafficking, Uyuni-Avaroa without legal consequences legal measure that can be applied to law 1008. In the last operation called “Wind”, staff Especialde Force against Drug Trafficking (FELCN), managed to detain three people including a child under 15 who is under investigation. The […]
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Staff of the Criminal Investigation Branch (Sijin), in a parking Quarter Vélez captured three people who were found 136 kilograms of cocaine, hidden in the trunk of a vehicle with a false bottom. These people, the narcotic substance seized and automotive assets were turned over to the Attorney Carepa Local 095, for the offense of […]
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The prosecution was able to custodial Colombian-born citizen Juan Bilbao, 43 years old, for his alleged links with the case of the plane that took off without authorization from Arturo Michelena International Airport in Valencia, Carabobo state, with a cargo drug, which was subsequently stash seized by the Spanish authorities in the Canary Islands. Read […]
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Siglo21.com.gt reported that a risk analysis of the Interior Ministry reveals a latent threat of drug trafficking groups that “intend to put together to make synthetic drug laboratories in the country,” said the head of this portfolio, Mauricio Lopez Bonilla. The official explained that “probably are trying to make natural drugs like cocaine,” that following […]
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Opinion: In recent weeks the authorities have dealt serious blows to various drug trafficking operations, situation warrants noted that while positive, we also should lead to reflection, because it is a clear indication that these organized crime groups are increasing their presence not only in the country, but also diversify their activities and thus the […]
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After reviewing precaution to policyholders, agents Unit Operations CSO contacted members of the International Liaison Coordination of the same corporation, to verify the personal data of the couple. Verification of personal data proved that Steven Scot Juston Campbell had an arrest warrant against him for crimes related to narcotics, dated May 10, 2012. While Brittany […]
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Iran Federico Sotelo, 22, was arrested at the airport in Phoenix procedetne Hermosillo. Descending from a flight from Hermosillo, Sonora, at the airport in Phoenix, Arizona, was arrested a subject of Mexican origin who had a pending arrest warrant for several crimes related to drug trafficking. Officials of the Department of Customs and Border Protection […]
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Prensalibre.com reported, Counternarcotics agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) seized 22 pounds -10 kilos-liquid pseudoephedrine was in plastic bins, hidden in a cardboard box in the office air Combex, in zone 13. The Interior Ministry, in a statement, said the drugs came from France and was bound for a company in San Jose Pinula. […]
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Police in Hong Kong won the largest seizure of cocaine in its history, to seize over 560 kilograms (1,200 pounds) of the drug, and arrested eight people, including five Mexicans, said Monday authorities. The Office narcotics agents attended an anonymous tip and raided a warehouse in a suburb of Hong Kong and three other locations […]
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The Commander of the Special Anti-Drug Unit of the GNB Maiquetia, Lieutenant Colonel Juan Alberto Ramos Faria said that this citizen attempted to board the flight JJ8051, airline TAM, bound for Sao Paulo-Dubai-Nairobi. Staff assigned to the Drug Enforcement Special Unit Maiquetia, succeeded in capturing a Nigerian citizen, (31) with 14.900 Kg of suspected cocaine […]
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Some 30,000 ecstasy tablets were seized on Thursday at Ezeiza International Airport by Customs personnel. The drug was hidden in the false bottom of a suitcase and a Dutchman stopped there because. The Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP), through Customs, carried out the operation and managed to kidnap a total of 29,802 pills were […]
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Customs staff-Clorinda, kidnapped last night Saturday at the Loyola Bridge control 130 kilos of marijuana that were hidden in two spare wheels of international transport Paraguayan patent sought to enter the country. It is presumed that “the idea” was “crossing the empty truck” by Puerto Pilcomayo “but the strong wind that moves the raft did […]
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Staff Highway Patrol Arequipa early Wednesday seized seven kilos of alkaloid cocaine that belong to citizens Brady Zapata Rojas (23), who apparently had hidden it in a turbine. The alleged ‘burrier’ traveling in a bus company Hermanos Flores covering the route Lima-Arequipa-Desaguadero. The drug was camouflaged within the hydraulic turbine casing that was opened with […]
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The director of the National Police of Nicaragua, Aminta Granera, reported that it has been confirmed that most of the 18 people arrested yesterday in this capital itself are Mexican and they have nothing to do with Televisa and declare them to be arrested, but are allegedly members of the Michoacan cartel La Familia drug. […]
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– The Mexican Army destroyed a marijuana plantation, with an area of more than one hectare, this in Township. The National Defense Secretariat, through tepechitlán ohe Commander of the Eleventh Military Zone, said that in the town of Tepechitlan, Zacatecas destroyed by incineration one marijuana plantation covering an area of 1.5 hectares. Read Article
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Spanish citizen Amparo Nieto Saenz de Santamaria was arrested in the Puna Cana airport in the Dominican Republic for attempting to traffick drugs to Spain. She had hidden the drugs in a disposable diaper she was wearing and underneath black tights. The total weight of the drugs was one kilo, 40 grams, Noticias Mundo Vision […]
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Colombian citizen Alba Nidia Rivera Solano was arrested after officials in Peru caught her attempting to leave the country with drugs. She had been carrying a laptop that was concealing the drugs, El Comercio reports. They had been packed into areas designated for the battery, hard drive, and in areas under the keyboard and behind […]
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29,802 ecstasy pills were seized in the airport of Ezeiza in luggage belonging to a citizen of the Netherlands. He had arrived in Ezeiza several days earlier without his luggage. Once it arrived and he returned to the airport to pick it up, officials realized it was stuffed with drugs. According to Los Andes, the […]
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Over the course of several operations, police in Peru were able to seize seven kilos of cocaine paste and 280 kilos of dried coca leaves. In the town of Tutumbaru, a total of seven kilos, 300 grams of cocaine paste were seized, Info Region reports. Alex Urquizo (22) was arrested in one operation, in which […]
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In a container transporting a coffee shipment from Ecuador to Europe, officials discovered 2.3 tons of cocaine. According to Hoy.com, the shipment departed from the port of Guayaquil, arrived at the port of Antwerp in Belgium, and then made its way to the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The drug operation was linked to the […]
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Two small plastic looking between the stones, the beach north of San Clemente, found three packages that were lined brick type with blue plastic. The discovery spread throughout the entire population and the police raided the homes of the parents of the children. After verifying the facts, it was learned that packets of cocaine were […]
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Proceso.com.ms reported Nicaraguan authorities arrested 18 Mexicans who posed as journalists and alleged cover Televisa and the trial started on Wednesday 22 against an international drug ring linked to the murder of Argentine singer Facundo Cabral. The Chief of Police of Nicaragua, Aminta Granera, said Mexicans entered the country on Wednesday night in six mobile […]
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Five minors, all between the ages of 14 and 16, were arrested in the Dominican Republic for selling drugs in Higuey and La Romana. They were arrested in the possession of several hundred grams of various drugs, El Nuevo Diario Reports. One girl, 16, was arrested in La Romana with 35 portions of cocaine, four […]
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Elements of the Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico claimed 15 communications facilities in Veracruz and Tamaulipas, who allegedly were part of a drug trafficking network communication. In the first case in the state of Veracruz, is able to identify, locate and eradicate atop Coffer of Perote, Veracruz, 13 unauthorized communication facilities, which were secured […]
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Toluca, State of Mexico. – Army elements continue Wednesday with patrols in different colonies of the Capital mexiquense to prevent narcomenudistas(small drug sellers) mobilizations and to achieve more arrests. The operating controls that coordinate random requested help from the public in order to operate more effectively and anonymously report called the phone and email 7171326033 […]
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Seven people were arrested after officials dismantled seven illegal drug laboratories along the border between Colombia and Ecuador. In the Ecuadorian town of San Lorenzo, officials discovered an illicit chemicals marketing scheme was operating under the cover of a lumber company. According to El Nacional, the supplies were taken to Colombia to produce drugs, where […]
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Anti-narcotics police in Paraguay seized 726 pounds of cocaine in the private port of Caacupemí, in Asuncion. According to El Nuevo Heraldo, the drugs were found hidden inside pieces of wood in containers bound for Italy. Police have identified and arrested those responsible for the shipment, though their identities have not been released to the […]
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A 57-year-old was detained after U.S. customs officials caught him with drugs strapped to his body as he attempted to cross the border. He had intended to pass into the United States from Reynosa, Mexico to Hidalgo, Texas. The suspect had legal documents to prove he was a citizen of the United States, but had […]
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Austrian officials detained a 43-year-old Mexican citizen, supposedly a member of a drug trafficking organization, that was wanted by the U.S. DEA. After receiving information that the suspect was in Austria, he was finally arrested in the Vienna airport, Excelsior reports. He was wanted for transporting large amounts of cocaine from South America to Central […]
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The Gulf cartel financed between 1998 and 2007 campaigns, a former governor and mayors of the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the border with the U.S., as a protected witness, revealed yesterday by the newspaper Reforma. Read Article
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The United Nations International Narcotics control reported that Africa has become a hub for drug trafficking from Latin America to Europe. According to an El Mundo report, drugs from countries such as Colombia enter Africa through the west coast. At the same time, countries in eastern Africa often serve as transit areas for drugs heading […]
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime announced the start of a program dedicated to monitoring illicit crops growth in Mexico. This system will produce statistic concerning the production of marijuana, poppy, and coca. The UN will work with officials in Mexico to train them on the methodology of using satellite maps, Noticias Grupo […]
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After a U.S. spy plane spotted a speedboat in Dominican waters, four Colombians were arrested: Aluchom Castro, Arechelleo Bocaleo, Rubén Bucaria and Micton Sretellea. They were trafficking one ton of cocaine, Diario Libre reports. The United States requested the extradition of the suspects. According to authorities, the suspects were members of a major South American […]
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462 grams of heroin derived from cocaine were found in a package meant to be shipped from Ecuador to a location overseas. It was discovered in a post office, El Mercurio reports. Officials do not know who sent the package, or who was to receive it. This type of drug is priced too high for […]
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Customs agents in Argentina arrested a Colombian man along the Bolivian border after he was caught with heroin. According to Nuevo Diario de Salta, he was carrying 1.890 kilograms of the drug. In Europe, this amount of drugs could be worth 200,000 euros. He was arrested after displaying strange behavior. This is the first time […]
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Two anti-narcotics operations in Argentina led to the capture of nearly 100 kilograms of cocaine and 82 of marijuana. The first seizure occurred at the Quiaca checkpoint on Route 9, where drug sniffing dogs were able to alert officials of a suspicious Peugeot vehicle. According to Diario La Nueva Provincia, 97 kilos of cocaine were […]
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Ayna Police seized three guns and 12 kilos of cocaine base, the interior of a home. However, when police arrived they found no occupants because apparently had received the alert. After a thorough review identified a backpack containing four packages of PBC. They also found guns hidden in a short range of the drawers in […]
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A package with almost four kilos of marijuana was found along Route 77 near the city of Chepes. Police stumbled upon the package during a routine patrol. The bags containing the marijuana were bound with ribbons that had “Paraguay” written on them, 26 Noticias reports. Officials stated the drugs were found in a rural area […]
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Nearly two tons of cocaine were seized in the Caribbean in two operations during the August 18, 2012 weekend. The first operation took place near San Blas Islands, Panama. According to Fox News Latino, a go-fast type boat was found by Colombian officials carrying 1,362 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride. No arrests were reported. The second […]
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203 kilos of cocaine were found on board a cargo ship in San Andres, Colombia. It had been shipped from Barranquilla, Caracol Radio reports. The drugs are estimated to be worth 6 million pesos. They were hidden in six containers, camouflaged within 34 barrels of stucco. No arrests have been reported, although officials continue to […]
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Officials in Madrid, Spain arrested two individuals who attempted to bring 16 kilograms of cocaine into the country. They had arrived in the airport on a flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Europa Press reports. Both suspects were of Brazilian nationality. They had hidden the cocaine in two cardboard boxes in their luggage. They intended to […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard in Venezuela seized over 92 kilograms of marijuana and over 4 kilograms of crack cocaine in Apure. According to El Tiempo, the drugs were found in a Ford 150 vehicle driven by a 61-year-old citizen of Tachira. The name of the citizen and whether the suspect was arrested has not been […]
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Security forces in Guatemala located an abandoned airplane located on a clandestine airstrip. The airstrip was found in El Manchon, Champerico, Retalhuleu, according to an Emisoras Unidas report. Officials suspect that the plane and airstrip was used by narco-traffickers. Several suspects fled the scene upon the arrival of security forces. An ATV was also abandoned. […]
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The portfolio of the Interior conducted six raids in coordination with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in private hangars La Aurora International Airport. The operation was completed one day after the discovery of a small plane, an Ecuadorian company, which was carrying 405 kilos of cocaine. This expedited forfeiture actions taken yesterday, where […]
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Colombian Navy troops found and destroyed two laboratories for cocaine processing capacity to produce two tons of alkaloids month, in the village of Santa Barbara in the district of Zaragoza, rural area of Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca. The first structure was later found that Pacific Coast Guard units and Fluvial Brigade of Marines, conduct an […]
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A woman tried to enter the Lurigancho half a kilo of marijuana hidden in her vagina. The female was operated at the security post of the entrance door. Stopping Beatriz Aguirre Luzmila Salazar (41) was produced by averaging 10:05 am, when he tried to enter the prison to visit his girlfriend, who apparently is being […]
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Some 171 Marines Army United States this week begin joint exercises with the Armed Forces of Guatemala , in the name of “Operation Hammer, operación martillo”, to combat drug trafficking groups operating in the Pacific coast of this Central American country. About 171 Marines Army U.S. this week begin joint exercises with the Armed Forces […]
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Police in San Antonio, Panama seized drugs and cash during a home raid. During the raid, a drug known as “crispy” was found. According to Sucesos Critica, it was hidden inside an envelope. Another envelope of cocaine was also discovered in the residence. In addition, cash presumed to be the result of drug deals was […]
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A 41-year-old man died after attempting to smuggle drugs into the La Modelo prison in Bogota, Colombia. He had swallowed the drugs, leading him to display signs of physical discomfort, El Tiempo reports. He died shortly after, due to cardiopulmonary arrest brought on by decomposition of the drug. The man and the type of drug […]
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