US targets El Chapo sons, Chinese workers in sweeping drug action | Drugs News
United States authorities have targeted four sons of the notorious Mexican drug lord El Chapo – known as the “Chapitos”
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Four dead in drug-related shooting on Mexico beach in Cancun | Drugs News
Mexico is plagued by cartel-related bloodshed that has seen more than 300,000 people killed since 2006. A shooting involving suspected
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Plunging coca prices create ‘humanitarian emergency’ in Colombia | Drugs News
Bogotá, Colombia – Farmers in parts of Colombia say sales of coca, the raw ingredient used to make cocaine, have collapsed
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US approves sale of overdose reversal drug without prescription | Drugs News
The decision comes as a bid to widen access to the life-saving drug as the US struggles with a wave
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US announces sanctions against Assad cousins over drug trade | Bashar al-Assad News
US Treasury officials say that the Assad government has used drug trafficking as a source of illicit revenue. The United
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Lopez Obrador denies US claim cartels control parts of Mexico | Drugs News
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pushed back against a claim by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that
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Red Cross finds deteriorating conditions for Colombia’s civilians | Conflict News
As armed groups continue to jostle for power, the Red Cross reports a six-year high in civilians injured by explosives.
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Families urge Philippines to work with ICC on ‘drug war’ probe | ICC News
Manila, Philippines – Families of the victims of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal “drug war” are urging the new
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El Salvador extends emergency powers in year-long gang crackdown | Prison News
Measures enjoy widespread support, but rights groups say they have led to arbitrary arrests and prison overcrowding. Lawmakers in El
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Surge in executions of drug offenders in 2022, more on death row | Death Penalty News
The surge in executions for drug-related offences came despite a global shift towards abolition. Executions for drug-related offences surged in
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