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Mexico
US sends warship to Gulf of Mexico
A U.S. Navy warship was deployed to the Mexico-United States border to counter illegal immigration, drug and weapons trafficking, as…
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Mexico
Guatemala’s most wanted fugitive captured in Chiapas
Guatemala’s most wanted fugitive, Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, aka “La Chicharra,” was captured in the southern state of Chiapas on…
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United States
Ex-Olympian added to FBI’s most wanted list over deadly drug ring
US authorities have issued a $10 million (€9.2m) reward for information leading to the arrest of Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder Ryan…
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Sport
Cannabis legalisation in Germany: a European dilemma?
Last spring, hundreds of people gathered under the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to celebrate the legalisation of recreational cannabis use…
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Mexico
Musical crime comedy ‘Emilia Pérez’ nominated for Golden Globes
The Netflix film “Emilia Pérez” — a musical crime comedy about a Mexican drug trafficker who transitions to womanhood and…
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Asia
Filipina death-row prisoner in Indonesia arrives home in Philippines
MANILA: Mary Jane Veloso, who received a last-minute reprieve from execution by firing squad for drug trafficking in Indonesia in…
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Mexico
‘El Mini Lic’ re-arrested in U.S. on fentanyl trafficking charges
President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed Saturday that convicted drug trafficker Dámaso ‘El Mini Lic’ López Serrano was arrested in the United…
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Mexico
Mexican Navy makes record maritime drug bust
The Mexican Navy seized more than 8.3 tonnes of unspecified drugs, its largest-ever maritime drug bust, it announced Friday. During…
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Sport
“Everywhere, every day”: how the EU’s drugs agency is tackling a new surge
The European Union Drugs Agency is dealing with new challenges to the rule of law as the illegal drugs trade…
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Mexico
Army commander says ending Sinaloa violence ‘doesn’t depend on us’
A Sinaloa-based army commander appears to have admitted that the military is incapable of controlling violence in the northern state,…
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