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Mexico's Alleged Drug Queen Gets Botox Treatment in Prison

Prison officials in Mexico are in hot water today as authorities investigate how an alleged drug cartel "queen" was able to receive Botox treatments from behind bars. Sandra Avila Beltran, the so-called "Queen of the Pacific," is accused of operating as a senior member of the powerful Sinaloa cartel and has been jailed...

Mexican Border City Hits 3,000 Dead in Drug War

MEXICO CITY (Dec. 14) -- This year's death toll in drug-related violence in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, the hardest hit by Mexico's drug war, rose to 3,000 Tuesday after two men were shot dead on a street, authorities said. Ciudad Juarez has seen its homicide rate rise to one of the highest in the world after...

Ecstasy Makes a Comeback, Via Canada

(Oct. 4) -- Ecstasy was so hot in the 1990s. And now the rave-favorite drug is making a major comeback, as Canadian purveyors ship loads of the euphoria-enhancing substance across the U.S. border. One a drug that circulated in baggies via small dealers, ecstasy is now being packed up by the box-load and driven into the...

Illicit Drug Use Hits Highest Levels in a Decade

(Sept. 16) -- Illicit drug use spiked to 9 percent among Americans last year, according to a new national survey that blames the increase on "eroding attitudes" about the potential hazards. The growing popularity of marijuana was chiefly responsible for the rise, along with Ecstasy and methamphetamines. Drug use is now...

As Mexico Celebrates Bicentennial, Drug War Claims the Headlines

(Sept. 13) -- Mexico's bicentennial celebrations this week will be overshadowed by the ongoing drug war and its rampant violence. In some of the most violent regions of the country, Independence Day festivities have been canceled or dramatically altered for public safety. And though there has been some recent good news in...

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Mexico: Zetas Drug Cartel Ordered Killing Of 49

The army charged Monday that the top leaders of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel ordered underlings to leave 49 mutilated bodies in a northern Mexico town square, then had banners hung around the country denying responsibility in an effort to have their enemies blamed for the massacre.

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James Corley, Notorious 1980s Drug Dealer Nicknamed 'The Ghost,' Arrested By NYPD

A notorious drug dealer who got his start during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and was so good at hiding his whereabouts that he was known as "the ghost" has been arrested along with dozens of others on new charges, police and prosecutors said Thursday.

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Two Journalists Slain In East Mexico

At least two news photographers were found slain in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz on Thursday, less than a week after the killing in the state of a reporter for an investigative newsmagazine, officials and colleagues said.

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05/26/12 Heroin stashes in Schiphol freight soaring Source: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Police at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport have so far seized this year 100 kilos of heroin stashed in air freight, twice as much as the amount impounded in all of 2011.
05/25/12 Killing of Sonora police chief stirs alarm Source: The Arizona Republic - Phoenix AZ The killing of the police chief in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, last weekend has alarmed officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border and raised fears that the vicious drug-cartel violence that has plagued other regions may be spreading to an area that, for the most part, has been spared the bloodshed.
05/24/12 Extradited drug cartel suspect pleads not guilty Source: The Union Democrat - Sonora CA A U.S.-born man accused of being a drug cartel lieutenant pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal racketeering and drug charges, one day after he was extradited from Mexico.
05/24/12 Cops raid Fall River Metals, arrest owner on heroin... Source: Wicked Local Swansea - Swansea MA Michael Reynolds, the owner of Fall River Metals and Recycling, was arrested at his business on Tuesday and charged with possession to distribute heroin.
05/23/12 Drug cartel player extradited to US from Mexico Source: ABC - KAAL 6 - Austin MN The former governor of a Mexican state bordering Texas accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug cartels and invested the money in Texas real estate, federal prosecutors alleged in two forfeiture cases filed Tuesday.

Background on Illegal drug trade

The illegal drug trade is a global black market, dedicated to cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and sale of those substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws.

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