cocaine traffickers /tags/cocaine-traffickers cocaine traffickers en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:06:57 GMT Dominican Republic says it seized cocaine that was on speedboat destroyed by US Navy /americas/2025-09-22/dominican-republic-says-it-seized-cocaine-that-was-on-speedboat-destroyed-by-us-navy Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they have confiscated some of the cocaine transported by a speedboat that was destroyed recently by the U.S. Navy, as the Trump administration carries out a controversial anti narcotics mission in the southern Caribbean. Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:06:57 GMT /americas/2025-09-22/dominican-republic-says-it-seized-cocaine-that-was-on-speedboat-destroyed-by-us-navy Manuel Rueda | Associated Press Ecuador's newest — and youngest elected president — faces a practically impossible task /americas/2023-10-16/ecuadors-newest-and-youngest-elected-president-faces-a-practically-impossible-task Daniel Noboa's voters were, among other things, frightened by the escalation of drug violence over the past three years. Killings, kidnappings, robberies and other criminal activities have become part of everyday life, Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:11:34 GMT /americas/2023-10-16/ecuadors-newest-and-youngest-elected-president-faces-a-practically-impossible-task Regina Garcia Cano and Gonzalo Solano | Associated Press Colombia has captured one of the world's most wanted drug lords, Dairo Antonio Úsuga /news/2021-10-25/colombia-has-captured-one-of-the-worlds-most-wanted-drug-lords-dairo-antonio-usuga Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known by his alias Otoniel, is the alleged head of the much-feared Gulf Clan. President Iván Duque likened his arrest to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar. Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:30:00 GMT /news/2021-10-25/colombia-has-captured-one-of-the-worlds-most-wanted-drug-lords-dairo-antonio-usuga The Associated Press Cocaine Comeback: New Book Warns Drug Is More Plentiful – And Destructive – Than Ever /show/latin-america-report/2020-05-26/cocaine-comeback-new-book-warns-drug-is-more-plentiful-and-destructive-than-ever This interview was originally published May 26, 2020In South Florida we tend to think of the golden age of cocaine (if it can be called that) as the 1980s… Tue, 26 May 2020 10:00:00 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2020-05-26/cocaine-comeback-new-book-warns-drug-is-more-plentiful-and-destructive-than-ever Tim Padgett