Thailand moves to re-criminalise cannabis in blow to $1bn industry | Business and Economy News
The order to restrict cannabis use for medical purposes only must pass another hurdle before becoming law. The Thai government
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Ecuador captures ‘Fito’, country’s most wanted fugitive gang leader | Crime News
Jose Adolfo Macias, alias ‘Fito’, is due to be extradited to the US on drug trafficking and weapons smuggling charges.
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Five Mexican musicians abducted, murdered by alleged drug cartel | Conflict News
Relatives of five members of the band Fugitivo, aged between 20 and 40, received ransom demands after their abduction. Drug
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Methamphetamine trafficking surges from ‘Golden Triangle’ region | Drugs News
UN Office on Drugs and Crime says ‘explosive growth’ in synthetic drug trade led to record seizures of methamphetamine in
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Florida court orders ex-Mexican security chief to pay millions to Mexico | Courts News
Genaro Garcia Luna, formerly a high-ranking government official, is serving a 38-year sentence for accepting bribes. A Florida court has
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Mexico City mayor’s aides shot dead in broad daylight ambush
Security camera video shows the moment two aides to Mexico City’s mayor were shot and killed in Mexico City. Source
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Sheinbaum says she rejected Trump’s offer to send US troops to Mexico | Military News
Mexican president says she told Donald Trump that Mexico ‘will never accept the presence of US army in our territory’.
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Philippines ex-president Rodrigo Duterte arrested on ICC warrant | Crime
NewsFeed Video shows former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte being arrested on a plane at Manila airport on an International Criminal
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Fact check: President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress | Donald Trump News
President Donald Trump recapped six weeks of aggressive efforts to cut the federal workforce, reorganise the economy and reorient foreign
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US declares drug cartels, criminal gangs global terrorist organisations | Donald Trump News
The United States has designated eight Latin American criminal and drug-trafficking groups as “global terrorist organisations” amid escalating rhetoric from
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