Drugs
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Mexico And Michoacán Reckoning Test Sheinbaum As Cartels Tax Avocados
In Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum inherits Michoacán’s orchard wars, where cartels treat avocados and lemons like cash registers. After killings in…
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AMERICAS
Trump’s War Talk Pulls Mexico and Colombia into Crosshairs Again
As Donald Trump weighs extending U.S. military power over Mexico and Colombia, Latin America confronts an old fear in new…
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ANALYSIS
Honduras Pardon Exposes Northern Hypocrisy In Endless Failed Drug Wars
When Donald Trump pardons Juan Orlando Hernández, a convicted narco ex-president of Honduras, he sends a signal to a region…
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AMERICAS
Latin America Divided Over U.S. Maritime Drug Strikes
As U.S. warships patrol near Venezuela and alleged drug boats erupt in violence at sea, Latin America and the Caribbean…
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ANALYSIS
Honduras Pardon Gamble Exposes Trump’s Drug War Double Standard Abroad
Donald Trump's promise to pardon ex-Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, a convicted narco ally, collides head-on with his Caribbean military…
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SPORTS
From Olympic Snowboard Dreams To Cartel Kingpin Between Mexico and Colombia
Investigators compare Ryan Wedding to notorious figures like Pablo Escobar and El Chapo, highlighting the scale and brutality of his…
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AMERICAS
Jalisco Cartel’s European Franchise Falls In Peaky Blinders Bust Operation
Spanish police, backed by the DEA and Dutch authorities, quietly dismantled a Jalisco New Generation Cartel "office" in Europe, seizing…
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LIFE
Colombian Fishermen Caught Between Cartel Wars and Washington’s Distant Guns
On Colombia's Caribbean shore, families who once feared storms and pirates now talk about something stranger and more terrifying: unseen…
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ANALYSIS
Mexico’s Pacification Myth: Falling Homicides Hide Rising Disappearances and Shifting Violence
Mexico's government celebrates a 37% drop in homicides, 37,000 arrests, and record drug seizures as proof that the country is…
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AMERICAS
Venezuela, Drug Boats, and the Politics of Ambiguity: Trump’s 60 Minutes Gamble
He smiled when he said it—the kind of smile meant to reassure one audience and unsettle another. “I doubt it.…
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