Federal prosecutors in Texas claim that a Chinese national helped provide Mexican cartels with multi-ton quantities of fentanyl precursors. The man allegedly would have the chemicals shipped from China to the U.S. and then have the chemicals smuggled into Mexico, where drug cartels would manufacture fentanyl.
Police in western Colorado came away from a high-speed chase on Friday with 48 pounds — about 220,000 pills — of fentanyl, officials said.
The drug policy changes that Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro enacted have led to a dramatic surge in cocaine production.
A recently unsealed indictment from a U.S. federal court claims that Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro is involved in the drug trade.
Pope Francis pulled no punches in his condemnation of drug dealers, calling them “murderers” and drug liberalization laws a “fantasy.”
The Supreme Court ruled against a drug mule fighting her conviction by claiming expert testimony violated federal evidentiary rules.
The House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a hearing on President Joe Biden’s border crisis and efforts to combat criminal cartels and drug trafficking on Tuesday, June 4.
A home day care owner in Boston, Massachusetts, was reportedly allowed to retain her license after being indicted in a federal drug case.
The First Capital Command (PCC), Brazil’s largest transnational organized crime syndicate and Latin America’s largest drug trafficking gang, has managed to establish a foothold in Sydney, Australia, according to a report published by the Argentine news outlet Infobae on Thursday.
Gunmen from the Sinaloa Cartel dumped bodies, torched vehicles, and fought with authorities, spreading terror through the state of Zacatecas during the last four days. Government officials claim that the fierce violence is tied to the killing of a local cartel leader.
Mexican authorities report a shift in the production and distribution of fentanyl as the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel is moving its operations closer to Texas.
An Alabama man was arrested on April Fools’ Day for allegedly hiding fentanyl pills inside plastic Easter eggs, according to law enforcement.
A Tennessee family is warning the public against taking drugs after losing Tracy Marlar, 35, to a fentanyl overdose after she took laced oxycodone.
The Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force seized nearly 5,000 fentanyl pills after an investigation into multiple fatal overdoses.
Montana has experienced an over 20,000 percent increase in fentanyl seizures by anti-drug forces since 2019, the attorney general said.
New Hampshire Democrats tried to stop Republicans from cracking down on fentanyl dealers, saying the “tough on crime” way doesn’t work.
A routine traffic stop by Louisiana police went south when officers discovered more than 100 grams of fentanyl next to a baby.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping has for decades looked the other way – or worse – as fentanyl-pushing organized crime syndicates thrive in China, Breitbart News senior contributor Peter Schweizer reveals in his new book, “Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans.”
Police in Tacoma, Washington, seized approximately 87,000 fentanyl pills from an alleged drug trafficker connected to a Mexican cartel, city officials said in a written statement. The officers also found 83 pounds of methamphetamine and heroin allegedly being brought from the Mexican border to Washington.
Michael Lopez Ferrel of California, who journeyed frequently to Washington State carrying illegal drugs from Mexico, has been sentenced.
Two Spanish police officers have been killed when a speedboat suspected of belonging to drug smugglers smashed into their patrol craft, Spain’s Civil Guard said Saturday.
Idaho lawmakers are cracking down on the fentanyl crisis with a new bill slapping anyone who brings a certain amount of the deadly drug into the state with mandatory prison sentences.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) on Sunday said that a good summary of the establishment immigration bill is the “border never closes.”
President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador on Tuesday laughed off Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s offer of security assistance against gang members, ignoring Maduro’s warning to steer clear of entanglements with the United States.
Angel Mom Josephine Dunn ripped into Alejandro Mayorkas, saying he is “partially responsible” for her daughter being poisoned by fentanyl.
President Joe Biden greenlit the release of Colombian businessman Alex Saab, accused of acting as Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro’s top money launderer, on Wednesday.
A commercial truck driver was caught transporting over $10 million worth of narcotics into the U.S., border patrol officials said Thursday.
A Florida man traveling in Chicago was arrested after Amtrak authorities found $1.2 million worth of methamphetamine in his luggage, police said.
The Cartel of the Suns, an intercontinental cocaine trafficking organization run by the Venezuelan military and high-ranking members of the socialist regime, is able to move upwards of 350 metric tons of cocaine per year valued at $6.2-$8.7 billion, according to a report published by The Miami Herald on Monday.
The United Nations revealed in a study published on Sunday that, under Taliban rule, Afghanistan’s opium supply dropped by 95 percent in one year and the nation’s opiate economy has experienced “near-total contraction.”
President Joe Biden’s administration is now advising schools across the United States to keep the overdose reversal drug naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, in stock amid a surging number of fentanyl deaths among American children.
A city councilwoman from a border city in Mexico pleaded guilty to smuggling close to 100 pounds of cocaine in a U.S. federal court. The politician, still listed on her city’s website, is currently facing a possible sentence of up to life in prison.
The Hamas terrorists who perpetrated the October 7 atrocities against Israeli civilians were allegedly pumped up with a drug called Captagon.
A series of cartel banners signed by the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel point to an apparent order by the criminal organization to stop all production, trade, and shipments of fentanyl on their turf. The banner comes as international tensions rise as fentanyl deaths set records in the U.S.
BORDER TOWN, USA — Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBN) officials announced the arrest of 16 people for their alleged roles in a Mexican cartel-connected drug trafficking organization. Investigators said the local residents purchased fentanyl directly from “cartels out of Mexico.” The state did not specify which cartel was involved.
A former officer with U.S. Customs and Border Protection will spend more than 13 years in prison for his role in a cocaine smuggling conspiracy.
A retired doctor was arrested after authorities allegedly discovered cocaine, ketamine and firearms aboard his yacht in Nantucket Harbor.
Fernando Villavicencio, the presidential candidate in Ecuador assassinated on Wednesday, had denounced death threats for months.
An illegal alien, whom police in Callaway County, Missouri found with fentanyl pills, is accused of murder in Portland, Oregon.
A 49-year-old convicted felon in Putnam County, Florida, has now been arrested 25 times, the latest coming after authorities tracked him down on Friday.
