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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 hours ago

US and Mexican officials assigned to cartel case killed in car accident

This tragedy is a solemn reminder of the risks faced by those Mexican and US officials who are dedicated to protecting our communities, the US ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, wrote on X.
US news
San Francisco
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 day ago

SF County fatal drug overdose ranks 2nd highest in the country, CDC data shows

San Francisco faces a severe drug overdose crisis, but recent efforts show a decline in total overdoses and a shift towards effective programs.
#drug-trafficking
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Mexico arrests suspected Hungarian drug trafficker amid crime crackdown

Janos Balla, a fugitive drug trafficker, was arrested in Mexico as part of a crackdown on cartel-related activities.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

California prison guard charged with smuggling 20 kilos of cocaine

A California prison guard is charged with smuggling cocaine from Mexico, endangering public safety.
SF parents
fromLos Angeles Times
5 days ago

Feds bust family-run drug business with links to Mexican cartel, prosecutors say

Four family members in Southern California arrested for trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine, and firearms linked to the Sinaloa cartel.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Mexico arrests suspected Hungarian drug trafficker amid crime crackdown

Janos Balla, a fugitive drug trafficker, was arrested in Mexico as part of a crackdown on cartel-related activities.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

California prison guard charged with smuggling 20 kilos of cocaine

A California prison guard is charged with smuggling cocaine from Mexico, endangering public safety.
SF parents
fromLos Angeles Times
5 days ago

Feds bust family-run drug business with links to Mexican cartel, prosecutors say

Four family members in Southern California arrested for trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine, and firearms linked to the Sinaloa cartel.
World politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 days ago

US strikes on alleged 'drug boats' spark legal controversy

The US Navy has resumed attacks on alleged drug smuggler vessels, resulting in over 50 ships sunk and significant casualties, amid international criticism.
#colombia
fromFortune
6 days ago
Agriculture

Colombia approves plan to kill cocaine hippos roaming through center of country | Fortune

World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Historic but not enough? Inside Gustavo Petro's antidrug strategy

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has intercepted record cocaine volumes, but faces pressure from the U.S. regarding drug policy effectiveness.
fromFortune
6 days ago
Agriculture

Colombia approves plan to kill cocaine hippos roaming through center of country | Fortune

World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Historic but not enough? Inside Gustavo Petro's antidrug strategy

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has intercepted record cocaine volumes, but faces pressure from the U.S. regarding drug policy effectiveness.
fromBoston.com
6 days ago

Wu administration doubles down on diversion programs for drug users ahead of summer

The warm weather initiative began on March 30, according to a memo the Wu administration's Coordinated Response Team sent to the City Council on Monday. The CRT is an interdepartmental group that works to eliminate outdoor substance use and connect people suffering from addiction with treatment and recovery options.
Boston
Public health
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 days ago

As fentanyl crisis evolves, experts say US is still behind the eight ball'

The Trump administration's policies and health program cuts jeopardize progress against fentanyl overdoses in the U.S.
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

How cocaine trafficking actually works, according to a former drug smuggler

Andrew Pritchard initially smuggled cocaine for the UK club scene using hard-sided suitcases packed with concealed drugs and decoy luggage to evade airport security.
UK news
#fentanyl
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Drug task force seizes 90 pounds of fentanyl from three separate Manhattan and Bronx narcotics mills

A major fentanyl mill bust in NYC led to the seizure of 90 pounds of fentanyl and charges against eight individuals.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Drug task force seizes 90 pounds of fentanyl from three separate Manhattan and Bronx narcotics mills

A major fentanyl mill bust in NYC led to the seizure of 90 pounds of fentanyl and charges against eight individuals.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Woman given 15 years for role supplying drugs linked to Matthew Perry death

I take full responsibility for my actions. These were horrible choices that ultimately proved tragic, the 42-year-old Sangha said, wearing beige prison clothing.
SOMA, SF
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

US launches fifth strike on alleged Pacific drug boat in a week, killing three

US military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats have resulted in at least 177 deaths, raising concerns over legality and targeting of civilians.
San Francisco
fromABC7 San Francisco
4 days ago

How people in SF's Tenderloin perceive reported progress in drug and homelessness issues

San Francisco's crime rate is declining, but residents in the Tenderloin report ongoing struggles with addiction and homelessness.
Public health
fromsfist.com
2 days ago

SF Now Second Only to Baltimore In Overdose Deaths

Baltimore and San Francisco have the highest overdose death rates among major U.S. cities, with Baltimore at 108.6 and San Francisco at 70.5 per 100,000.
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

Historic decline in U.S. overdose deaths threatened by changing street drug supply

"Every sort of physical manifestation, like the foam coming from the mouth and nose, as if they had an overdose. Their blood tested negative for any substance, which was very odd."
US news
#ice
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago
US politics

ICE confirms it deployed Paragon spyware inside the United States for drug trafficking cases - Silicon Canals

ICE is using commercial spyware domestically, raising constitutional concerns about warrantless surveillance and lack of oversight.
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago
US politics

ICE says it bought Paragon's spyware to use in drug trafficking cases | TechCrunch

ICE has utilized spyware from Paragon Solutions to combat drug trafficking and foreign terrorist organizations' use of encrypted communications.
US politics
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

ICE confirms it deployed Paragon spyware inside the United States for drug trafficking cases - Silicon Canals

ICE is using commercial spyware domestically, raising constitutional concerns about warrantless surveillance and lack of oversight.
US politics
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

ICE says it bought Paragon's spyware to use in drug trafficking cases | TechCrunch

ICE has utilized spyware from Paragon Solutions to combat drug trafficking and foreign terrorist organizations' use of encrypted communications.
World politics
fromJezebel
6 days ago

The U.S. Has Now Killed at Least 168 People in 'Narcoterrorist' Boat Strikes

The U.S. continues to conduct lethal operations against alleged narcoterrorists in the Pacific, raising concerns about legality and transparency.
Public health
fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

1,200% jump in kratom-related calls to poison control centers in last decade, analysis shows

Kratom-related poison control calls surged over 1,200% from 2015 to 2025, raising public health concerns about its synthetic forms.
#cocaine
#jalisco-new-generation-cartel
LA food
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Californians with deep ties to Jalisco rattled by cartel violence and fears of bloody power struggle

The death of cartel leader El Mencho has triggered violent retaliation and heightened fears among families in the U.S. with ties to Jalisco.
fromFortune
1 month ago
World news

Mexico's latest cartel violence prompts fears of 'narcoterrorism' in replay 1990s Colombia | Fortune

LA food
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Californians with deep ties to Jalisco rattled by cartel violence and fears of bloody power struggle

The death of cartel leader El Mencho has triggered violent retaliation and heightened fears among families in the U.S. with ties to Jalisco.
fromFortune
1 month ago
World news

Mexico's latest cartel violence prompts fears of 'narcoterrorism' in replay 1990s Colombia | Fortune

fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Tonne of cocaine shipped from Panama valued at 80m seized by UK Border Force

This was a fantastic seizure by our colleagues at Border Force, and taking this amount of cocaine out of circulation will have deprived the organised criminals involved of millions in profits.
UK news
Mission District
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Incredible Story of the Cartel Olympics

Five migrants were violently abducted by armed men in Mexico City, leading to a harrowing experience of captivity and torture for one named Mauricio Morales.
Online Community Development
fromSecuritymagazine
1 month ago

Mexico Security Crisis: Never Waste a Crisis

Security crises create opportunities for leaders to secure business support for enhanced security programs, technology investments, and team expansion by demonstrating value during heightened organizational attention.
Madrid food
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Arizona's guns are feeding the bloodshed in Mexico's cartel war

The ongoing war within the Sinaloa cartel is fueled by a surge of firearms from Arizona, leading to significant violence and casualties.
Cryptocurrency
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Colombia's new cocaine isn't white - it's gold

Soaring gold prices have made illegal gold mining Colombia's most profitable criminal enterprise, surpassing cocaine trafficking and generating billions in dirty money annually, with the US as the largest importer.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Police seize gold bars, teeth and guns in unusual' drug gang crackdown

We did have an unusual seizure, we had a gold bar seized. I think it might be just indicative of the type of criminal lifestyle some of these drug dealers want to lead, the sort of bragging rights and things.
London politics
Madrid food
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The criminal underworlds of Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador converge in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio

Mexico captured Angel Esteban Aguilar, a Los Lobos leader wanted for a 2023 presidential candidate murder, revealing criminal networks connecting Ecuador, Mexico, and Colombia in cocaine trafficking operations.
Law
fromQNS
1 month ago

Flushing man accused of running criminal enterprise that flooded Oklahoma's black market with $1.5 billion worth of medical marijuana - QNS

A Flushing man was extradited to Oklahoma to face 18 felony counts for leading a fraudulent medical marijuana licensing scheme that distributed approximately 1 million pounds of marijuana worth $1.5 billion from 2021 to 2025.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The rise of the cocaine submarine podcast

These semi-submersible boats have been used for years by drug gangs to smuggle cocaine from South and Central America. In more recent months as the price of cocaine has plummeted, gangs have changed tactics: instead of letting the boats sink on delivery, they have started to reuse the vessels, setting up a refuelling platform at sea and sending the boats back so they can make as many journeys as possible.
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Public health
fromThe Walrus
1 month ago

Cocaine Is Atlantic Canada's Silent Killer | The Walrus

Cocaine-related deaths are surging in Atlantic Canada, driven by increased drug potency and mental health complications, with poverty and housing shortages exacerbating the crisis.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Majority of Mexican cartels' guns come from US, Sheinbaum says in response to Trump claims

Mexico's president calls for US action on gun trafficking, noting 75% of cartel weapons originate from the United States, as Trump proposes military intervention against cartels.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Honduran national convicted of drug-trafficking in Bay Area

The drugs were stored inside a pair of backpacks at Palma's apartment, prosecutors said. One was hidden in a laundry hamper in Palma's bedroom closet. It contained more than 400 grams of methamphetamine, 200-plus grams of a mixture containing fentanyl, other controlled substances and digital scales. A loaded gun was found in the same pack.
SOMA, SF
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

More than a ton of methamphetamine uncovered in Northern California drug busts

More than 100 law enforcement agents conducted high-risk search warrants across three locations. The first was an active methamphetamine lab in the 8000 block of Center Drive in Valley Springs. A second site was located in the 2000 block of Golf Road in Turlock, which contained all the equipment necessary to operate as a lab but was shut down before production began. The third site, located in the 900 block of Reno Avenue in Modesto, was used by the drug trafficking organization to store and distribute illicit narcotics.
California
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Europol busts Europe-wide drug ring in largest-ever' operation

Police seized over 9.3 tonnes of narcotics, dismantled 24 labs, and arrested more than 100 suspects across the EU in the largest-known synthetic drug operation.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Dismay as Hegseth urges Latin American allies to join offense' against cartels

The Trump administration threatens unilateral military action against drug cartels in Latin America if countries don't adopt more aggressive approaches, while pursuing broader geopolitical and resource interests in the region.
Miscellaneous
fromCalifornia Post
1 month ago

Terrifying cartel banner is hung across Tijuana high school near US border - after drug kingpin killed

A cartel banner supporting El Mencho appeared at a Tijuana high school days after Mexican special forces killed the drug kingpin, prompting authorities to cancel classes.
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Cocaine in Petro's car: A new sabotage allegation reignites Colombia's shadow war

On Tuesday, during an extended Cabinet meeting, Colombian President Gustavo Petro denounced two plots that initially drew little attention but would have halted the political agenda in almost any other country. As if downplaying it, Petro claimed that earlier this week someone tried to kill him while he was traveling by helicopter. According to his account, the aircraft had to change course and fly over the ocean for four hours before it could land.
World news
Madrid food
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Is the US arming Mexican cartels?

Eighty percent of weapons seized from Mexican cartels originate from the United States, smuggled across the border to supply major drug trafficking organizations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Killing of Mexican drug cartel boss El Mencho' sparks wave of violence

Whole areas of western Mexico have been all but shut down after a surge in cartel violence sparked by a military raid that killed one of the world's most wanted drug traffickers, known as El Mencho. Schools were closed in several Mexican states, and foreign governments warned their citizens to stay inside after the drug lord, whose real name is Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, was declared dead on Sunday.
World news
Public health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

A Global Glut in Cocaine Shocks the World

Cocaine overdose deaths in the U.S. reached approximately 30,000 in 2023, representing 28% of all overdose deaths, driven by record cocaine production in Colombia that tripled since 2015.
fromHoodline
1 month ago

DEA, NYPD Seize About 10 Kilos of Cocaine in New York

Federal and local agents say they pulled about 10 kilograms of cocaine out of New York City's drug pipeline on Wednesday, arresting one person in a coordinated operation that officials are pitching as another quiet win in an ongoing effort to choke off wholesale supply.
US news
fromFortune
2 months ago

Mexico's ban on vapes could give drug cartels more revenue - 'those selling cocaine, fentanyl, marijuana are selling you vapes' | Fortune

The cartel said it was seizing the store, which would only be allowed to sell online outside the state. That was in early 2022, when vapes were still legal in Mexico, a market worth $1.5 billion. But earlier this month, the country banned the sale - although not the use - of electronic cigarettes. Experts believe organized crime will now consolidate its control over the sale of the devices.
Public health
Madrid food
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Puerto Vallarta, in the aftermath of El Mencho's death: We got the message; they're in charge here'

CJNG cartel attacks on Puerto Vallarta businesses demonstrated territorial control following El Mencho's capture, causing infrastructure destruction, tourist exodus, and widespread fear.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Will Mexico's Jalisco cartel's violent biz model survive El Mencho's death?

Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, consolidated one of Mexico's most powerful criminal organisations in part due to a unique franchise-based structure. According to the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the CJNG maintains a presence in every state of Mexico, with varying levels of influence, and operates in more than 40 countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, and throughout the US.
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US news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Recruitment through social media and $14,000 payments: How a network sends trafficked weapons from Arizona to Mexico

A U.S.-based network used phantom buyers to legally purchase and traffic high-powered .50-caliber rifles and other firearms from Arizona to Mexico for criminal groups.
fromCalifornia Post
1 month ago

Meet the rumored new Jalisco Cartel boss - a Californian from Orange County

Juan Carlos Valencia González has emerged as a key contender to take over the $20 billion criminal empire after "El Mencho" died in a Mexican special forces raid on Sunday. The 41-year-old is the slain chief's stepson. According to law enforcement, his mother Rosalinda "La Jefa" González Valencia was married to the drug kingpin and was a major player on the financial side of the cartel.
US news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Mexico sends 37 more drug cartel suspects to US amid Trump attack threats

Mexico has sent another 37 alleged members of Mexican criminal organisations to the United States, the country's security minister said, amid US President Donald Trump's threat of ground attacks against drug cartels in the region. The handover of alleged drug cartel members on Tuesday is the third major transfer to the US in the past year and brings the total number of suspects transferred to 92.
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fromWIRED
1 month ago

An FBI 'Asset' Helped Run a Dark Web Site That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Drugs for Years

An FBI-controlled informant ran a staff role on the Incognito dark web market while allegedly approving fentanyl-tainted pill sales linked to at least one death.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Iron river': Mexico's cartel violence fuelled by trafficked firearms from US

The ability of criminal groups to exercise this type of power and exercise this type of violence is closely linked to firearms trafficking, said Cecilia Farfan-Mendez, an expert on Mexican organised crime. If we want to see less violence in Mexico, this is a very important conversation.
World news
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Precious metals boom catches the attention of organized crime in Mexico

Cartel violence and rising precious-metal prices have increased extortion, kidnappings, and security costs for mining companies operating in Mexico.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Transfer of cartel members to the United States underlines lack of control in Mexican prisons

Mexican prisons have become command centers where cartel leaders operate and extort from behind bars, prompting near-100 extraditions to the United States for security reasons.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

El Mencho, the discreet drug lord who revolutionized Mexico's criminal landscape

Nemesio El Mencho led the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, expanding crimes beyond drugs into extortion, trafficking, and violence before dying in a police operation.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

White House steps up pressure on Colombia over Serbian drug lord Antun Mrdeza

A meeting between two drug traffickers in the Amazon jungle region of Putumayo has become a new lever of pressure for Donald Trump on the governments of Colombia and Venezuela. A U.S. intelligence report reveals that Giovanny Andres Rojas aka Arana, the top leader of the Border Commandos and currently imprisoned in La Picota prison in Bogota, is making illegal deals with the Serbian kingpin Antun Mrdeza, who has been held in Venezuela since 2025.
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