Colombia gangs lure children to join ranks via TikTok, UN warns
Armed groups post videos of weapons, cars and parties to social media to depict ‘perks’ of lifestyle, say experts Gangs in Colombia are increasingly recruiting...
Category : Drugs trade
‘I had 30 Lamborghinis’: Pablo Escobar’s top cocaine pilot gives first interview
Tirso ‘TJ’ Dominguez says Escobar paid him $20m monthly to fly planeloads of coke A man who eventually became Pablo Escobar’s go-to cocaine pilot has...
Mexico steps into unknown with world’s first popular election of all judges: ‘A blind date with democracy’
Critics warn the experiment will lead to low turnout, a political power grab and infiltration by organised crime On a heat-dazed afternoon in Culiacán, the...
Mexico: ‘Noah’s Ark’ of animals flees cartel violence for new home on coast
Officials at animal refuge near Culiacán, capital of violence-torn Sinaloa state, faced threats from powerful drug gangs Hundreds of animals including elephants, crocodiles, lions and...
El Chapo’s family enters US as part of negotiating plea deal of drug lord’s son
Mexico says 17 relatives traveled for Ovidio Guzmán, who was extradited to US in 2023 to face narcotics charges Relatives of Ovidio Guzmán, a son...
US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry
US officials claim move was to curb drug trafficking while Quebec town says it ‘weakens collaboration’ among nations The US has blocked Canadian access to...
Sierra Leone’s immigration chief fired after footage showed him with fugitive drug lord
President sacks Alusine Kanneh after video of him with Johannes Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most wanted Sierra Leone’s president has fired the head of the...
Colombia urges UN to remove coca leaf from harmful substances list
Foreign minister says legalisation of main ingredient of cocaine is only way to stop drug trafficking and violence Colombia, whose president, Gustavo Petro, is a...
Mexican president blasts US for harboring drug cartels
Claudia Sheinbaum gives riposte to Trump’s accusation of ‘intolerable alliance’ between Mexican government and gangs Mexico’s president has accused the US of harboring drug cartels...
Mexico threatens to escalate US gunmakers lawsuit with terror charges
Claudia Scheinbaum warns of reciprocal action if Washington designates country’s cartels as terrorist groups Mexico’s president has warned US gunmakers they could face fresh legal...
