/tags/illegal-drug-trafficking illegal drug trafficking en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:11:34 GMT /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 /news/2023-04-18/florida-keys-drug-overdose-murder-fentanyl-prosecutors In Monroe County, the growing number of drug overdose deaths — driven in part by the rise of fentanyl — are leading law enforcement to prosecute alleged drug dealers for murder to stem a deadly crisis. Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:00:00 GMT /news/2023-04-18/florida-keys-drug-overdose-murder-fentanyl-prosecutors Gwen Filosa /news/2022-02-03/senator-menendez-urges-biden-administration-to-designate-ex-honduran-president-a-drug-kingpin The Senate Foreign Relations chairman says evidence implicating Juan Orlando Hernández in narco-trafficking means he "endangered U.S. security." Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:00:00 GMT /news/2022-02-03/senator-menendez-urges-biden-administration-to-designate-ex-honduran-president-a-drug-kingpin Tim Padgett /news/2017-11-29/police-nab-16-in-boynton-beach-drug-sweep-part-of-operation-cherry-pill Sixteen men are facing charges in an investigation targeting drug dealers in Boynton Beach. The busts are focused on curbing the opioid overdoses… Thu, 30 Nov 2017 02:34:12 GMT /news/2017-11-29/police-nab-16-in-boynton-beach-drug-sweep-part-of-operation-cherry-pill /2017-07-02/elusive-drug-baron-of-brazil-nabbed Luiz Carlos da Rocha earned the nickname White Head because he lived like a "ghost," say police, evading capture for close to three decades, thanks in part to facial plastic surgeries. Sun, 02 Jul 2017 15:00:00 GMT /2017-07-02/elusive-drug-baron-of-brazil-nabbed Amy Held /news/2017-02-06/trumps-likeness-found-on-seized-heroin-envelopes Mon, 06 Feb 2017 13:21:59 GMT /news/2017-02-06/trumps-likeness-found-on-seized-heroin-envelopes The Associated Press /news/2017-02-02/chinese-fentanyl-fueling-u-s-florida-overdose-crisis China is the source of deadly fentanyl that’s fueling an opioid overdose epidemic in South Florida and elsewhere in the United States.That’s the finding… Fri, 03 Feb 2017 03:14:57 GMT /news/2017-02-02/chinese-fentanyl-fueling-u-s-florida-overdose-crisis /2016-11-18/new-york-jury-convicts-nephews-of-venezuelas-first-lady-on-drug-trafficking-charges Prosecutors argued that the defendants thought their ties to Venezuela's first family would facilitate their scheme to smuggle a large shipment of cocaine to the U.S. Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:58:00 GMT /2016-11-18/new-york-jury-convicts-nephews-of-venezuelas-first-lady-on-drug-trafficking-charges Richard Gonzales /2016-08-01/locked-up-in-the-lap-of-luxury-one-drug-lords-decked-out-cell Brazilian drug trafficker Jarvis Chimenes Pavao is serving an eight-year sentence in Paraguay. AFP reports that police, investigating an alleged escape plan, found a stylish three-room suite of cells. Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:35:00 GMT /2016-08-01/locked-up-in-the-lap-of-luxury-one-drug-lords-decked-out-cell Camila Domonoske /show/topical-currents/2013-06-26/a-challenge-to-what-we-know-about-drugs-society 06/26/13 - Wednesday's Topical Currents is with Columbia University neuroscientist Dr. Carl Hart. A native Miamian, Hart has written HIGH PRICE: A… Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:00:00 GMT /show/topical-currents/2013-06-26/a-challenge-to-what-we-know-about-drugs-society Joseph Cooper