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Mexico gang seen ramping up meth in Guatemala
Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa drug cartel appears to be extending its massive production of methamphetamine into neighboring Guatemala, as hundreds of tons of precursor chemicals stream into the Central American nation.

Drug gangs strike back in Rio pacified slums
A police programme to restore law and order to the city�s violent favelas has had its successes but a lack of resources is undermining it

Police find 7 bodies in northern Mexico
Police in the northern Mexico state of Nuevo Leon said Tuesday that information provided by arrested members of a kidnapping gang has led them to at least seven bodies found buried in shallow graves or dumped in a well.

Mexico cop gets 10-year sentence for drug ties
A former high-ranking federal police official has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Mexico for helping the Sinaloa drug cartel.

Mexico’s cartels build own national radio system
When convoys of soldiers or federal police move through the scrubland of northern Mexico, the Zetas drug cartel knows they are coming.

Mexico says it captures drug-lord security chief
Investigators in Mexico say they have arrested a security chief for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, an alleged drug kingpin who is one of Mexico’s most wanted men.

NarcoLeaks criticizes White House response to drug report
NarcoLeaks releases a statement criticizing the U.S. government’s response to their report on international cocaine trafficking, for underestimating both cocaine distribution in the U.S. and Colombia’s level of production.

Drug case involves DEA money laundering
A two-year drug investigation that spanned five countries and involved U.S. federal agents laundering millions of dollars in narcotics money on behalf of a drug lord connected to the Sinaloa cartel has been quietly working its way through San Diego federal court.

Ex-Panama strongman Noriega returns home to prison
GAMBOA, Panama (Reuters) - Manuel Noriega, Panama’s drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, was extradited back to the country on Sunday and taken straight to prison to serve a 20-year sentence for the murders of opponents during his rule.

SWAT teams dispatched as gun battle unfolds near EscobaresGunmen crossed the Rio Grande into the United States near a shootout between where the Mexican military and a group of gunmen was taking place.

Canadian smuggler claims ‘nothing wrong with’ drug trafficking
A Canadian sailor who was caught off the Colombian coast smuggling cocaine tells U.S. authorities to “mind their own business” as “there is nothing wrong with cocaine trafficking.”

Mexico says key figure in Tijuana drug gang caught
MEXICO CITY - One of the main operators in a drug cartel war that devastated the border city of Tijuana was captured…

VIDEO: Farc leader Cano killed in raid
The leader of Colombia’s left wing Farc rebel group, Alfonso Cano, has been killed in a military raid, President Juan Manuel Santos has confirmed.

6 Colombian nationals to be extradited to US, Peru
The Colombian government has authorized the extradition of six Colombian nationals to foreign countries, where they are wanted for various crimes.

Gulf Cartel commander held without bond
BROWNSVILLE � Chains rattled as a man known for his ruthless approach to business shuffled into the courtroom. As he approached the microphone, the man known by many as �Comandante Wicho� glanced toward the entrance and gave a nodding smile to…

VIDEO: Hackers take on Mexico drug cartel
A video posted on Youtube, reportedly from the hacking group Anonymous has threatened to expose the identities of some of the drug cartel los Zetas’ allies.

Arizona smashes Mexican drug ring
US authorities smash a huge drugs-smuggling network in Arizona linked to one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels.

Congressman: Obama admin may be accessory to murder with ‘Fast and Furious’
the government should be held to the same standard as everyone else…

Mexican military discovers more than 3 tons of marijuana in bunker near Camargo
CAMARGO, Tamps. � Mexico�s Attorney General�s Office (PGR) announced the seizure of more than 6,500 pounds of marijuana hidden in an underground bunker near this city across the border from�Rio Grande�City. The seizure came after a Mexican…

Smugglers hand off drugs through new border fence
A new type of border fence is apparently forcing drug smugglers to change the way they move their cargo from Mexico to the U.S.

US targets money laundering activity for cartels
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has hit two men with sanctions for allegedly laundering money on behalf of…

Tweeting the word ‘drill’ could mean your Twitter account is read by government spies
The Department of Homeland Security could be watching Facebook and Twitter accounts for ‘danger’ words including ‘virus’, ‘illegal immigrant’ and ‘drill’ - and then seeking out the ‘real’ identity of posters

Argentina hunts snake smugglers
Argentina investigates a suspected animal trafficking ring after a man tries to carry nearly 250 snakes and other animals onto a plane bound for Spain.

Radio Zeta: How Mexico’s Drug Cartels Stay Networked
Forget about making drug deals on your cellphone. When you’re part of the Zetas, one of Mexico’s violent drug cartels, you have your own encrypted radio network to move your deadly product. And Mexican soldiers and cops aren’t able to get Radio Zeta off the airwaves.

Mexico troops discover 13 bodies
Mexican troops discover 13 bodies of suspected victims of violence between rival drug cartels in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas.

Gangster in Italy Arrested After 16-Year Manhunt
The capture of Michele Zagaria, a powerful leader in the Camorra crime organization, was regarded as major victory for the police.

Police: 14 killed in Juarez attacks
Authorities in this violence-plagued border city Thursday were investigating a series of attacks the day before that left 14 people dead, including four people who were slain aboard an ambulance.

Police find FARC manual
Colombia police authorities say they have found FARC manuals on how to handle hostages and carry out attacks on infrastructure.

Colombian drug lord ‘RQ’ extradited to US
Former leader of the Norte Valle Cartel (NVC), Ramon Quintero Sanclemente, alias “RQ,” is extradited to the United States to answer for drug trafficking crimes.

Gangsters with AK-47 blast cash display case at casinoFour gunmen robbed Barona Casino early Wednesday…

Police seize 1.5 tons cocaine in central Colombia drug lab
Colombian police confiscate 1.5 tons of cocaine from a cocaine laboratory suspected to belong to left wing guerrilla group FARC and a paramilitary criminal gang.

VIDEO: Footage of ‘bombed Farc leader camp’
Colombian authorities released surveillance video footage of the fallen commander of the Farc rebel group camp.

Mexico finds 2 tons of marijuana in the ocean
The Mexican navy has recovered two metric tons of marijuana floating in the Pacific Ocean near the resort town of Cabo San Lucas.

Colombian ‘narco-model’ faces 5 years in prison
The Argentine Prosecutor General’s Office asks a court for Angie Sanclemente, a Colombian model who allegedly turned drug lord, to be sentenced to five and a half years in prison.

Coast Guard: drugs seized, turn over Tuesday in Key West
More than 800 pounds of cocaine and 2,300 pounds of marijuana were unloaded Tuesday in Key West after they were seized last month by members of the U.S. Coast Guard.

Top Gulf Cartel boss detained by U.S. authorities

Fast and Furious weapons were found in Mexico cartel enforcer’s homeGuns illegally purchased under the ATF operation were found in April hidden in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, court records show.

White House New Fast and Furious docs Late Friday, the White House turned over new documents in the Congressional investigation into the ATF “Fast and Furious” gunwalking scandal.

New Juárez Cartel shown questioning guard in video
The New Ju�rez Cartel has emerged in a video showing paramilitary gunmen interrogating a Ju�rez prison guard claiming he and other guards worked for the rival Sinaloa drug cartel.

Mexico cartels seek to silence social networks
A butchered corpse found in a local park shows the country’s gangsters are going online after terrorising other media

Head of ‘Blondies’ cartel arrested in Mexico City
Federal police say one of the United States’ most-wanted drug traffickers has been arrested at Mexico City’s airport.

Dough! smuggler at JFK
The money was funny, but the criminal charges are no laughing matter. A Colombian woman was busted at JFK with nearly $300,000 of counterfeit US currency in her luggage, federal officials said yesterday. Karol Andrea Chilito Solarte, 29, who flew here from Medellin, was arrested on Dec. 15 after…

Mexican hit man a hit
After 20 years in which he killed, tortured and kidnapped for a Mexican drug cartel, a sicario hit man tells all in the documentary El Sicario, Room 164. The unnamed mans gruesome confession pours forth in a nondescript motel room No. 164, to be exact along the US-Mexican border…

Aide to top drug lord arrested in Mexico
A security chief for Mexico’s most wanted drug lord is arrested in Sinaloa. CNN’s Rafael Romo reports.

Colombia seizes 300 kilos of cocaine off Caribbean coast
Colombia’s Navy says it has seized more than 300 kilos of cocaine on a peninsula close to the Caribbean coastal city of Cartagena.

Man had 2kg of coke in stomach
BRITISH man caught in Brazil trying to smuggle two-kilo coke haul worth �300k in belly

VIDEO: Who is winning Mexico’s drugs war?
Where do Mexican cartels get their guns and their money from?

Mexico drug gangs up ante with high-tech tunnels
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) - When architect Felipe de Jesus Corona built Mexico’s most powerful drug lord a 200-foot-long tunnel under the U.S.-Mexican border with a hydraulic lift entrance opened by a fake water tap, the kingpin was impressed.

Happy 10th Bday, TSA! Thanks For, Uhh, Nothing?
Have you been celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Transportation Security Administration? We sure have!

Bolivia rules out US DEA return
Bolivian President Evo Morales insists US anti-drug agents will not be allowed back, despite an agreement to restore diplomatic ties with Washington.

Smugglers try to hide cocaine in artichokes, fail
Drug smugglers failed to ship 470 pounds of Colombian cocaine hidden in a load of artichokes into Spain.

Gang sets fire to newspaper office in Mexico
VERACRUZ, Mexico - More than a dozen people barged into the offices of a newspaper in central Mexico on Sunday,…

‘Fast and Furious’ flap likely to linger
A botched gun probe that allowed hundreds of weapons to reach Mexico’s drug cartels is likely to be a lingering but not fatal controversy for the Obama administration, observers said Wednesday.

Narcos, meet hackers: 2 ‘anonymous’ groups spar
MEXICO CITY (AP) - One of the world’s most secretive movements is taking aim at a just as clandestine mafia, right out in the open.

Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists (Carl Franzen/Talking Points Memo)

Homeland Security reviews social media guidelines
The wave of uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East and that have overturned three governments in in the past year have prompted the U.S. government to begin developing guidelines for culling intelligence from social media networks, a top Homeland Security official said Monday.

Police: 975 pounds of cocaine seized at Pharr home
PHARR � Police seized roughly 975 pounds of cocaine Friday afternoon from a home in the 100 block of W. Jones Ave., according to a news release from the Pharr Police Department. Officers searched the house at 2:51 p.m. Friday and discovered 383…

Coast Guard unloads two-ton cocaine seizure in Key West
A Coast Guard cutter with 4,355 pounds of cocaine the crew seized off a go-fast boat while on patrol in the Caribbean.

School threats spread to northern Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico - Banners similar to those left by Mexican drug cartels appeared Thursday threatening to attack…

Transfer of aircraft to Mexico criticized
BROWNSVILLE � The transfer this month of three Black Hawk helicopters from the United States to Mexico to assist in the fight against drug trafficking came amid both criticism and defense of the M�rida Initiative.The M�rida Initiative is a…