The Fall of “El Chapo” Sheds Light on a Dark US-Cartel Alliance
Early on the morning of February 22, the billionaire CEO of a major global firm was arrested by the Mexican Navy in a small, unremarkable apartment in Mazatlán, a city on northern Mexico’s Pacific...
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As Drug Cartels Threaten Her Life, Mexico’s Most Dangerous Journalist...
Anabel Hernández The Mexican investigative journalist Anabel Hernández is recognized worldwide as one of the most important reporters on the War on Drugs. Over two decades, she has received numerous...
View ArticleWould Prosecuting This British Baron Deter Banks From Laundering Drug Cartel...
Drug trafficking is a $400-billion-a-year business, but because every ill-gotten dollar is dirty, and many are bloody, the cartels have to launder the money—erase every trace of its source. Many of the...
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Running for Their Lives: Migrant Children Are Victims of the US-Led Drug War
Migrant children and young women apprehended at the US border Photo via “My grandmother is the one who told me to leave,” Kevin, a 17-year-old Honduran, said, explaining why he chose to flee to the US....
View ArticleWhy Dean Becker Is a Man on a Mission to End the Drug War
Among veterans of the war against the drug war, Dean Becker is a household name. “For decades, [he] has given himself over to the cause of sane and sensible drug policies,” said Norm Stamper, a former...
View ArticleMeet the CIA’s 10 Favorite Drug Traffickers
Attacking drug cartels. Dismantling organized crime. US officials argue that these are two of the core objectives driving Washington’s foreign policy. But the record of US conduct abroad since World...
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The Global Drug War: Ten Critical Developments in 2014
Protesters in Mexico City wave images of the 43 abducted Iguala students. Photo via 2014 was an eventful year for the international drug war. Given that it consists mainly of violence, corruption,...
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Hillary Clinton vs. Jeb Bush: The Presumptive 2016 Candidates on Drugs
Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush Photo via The 2016 presidential election could mark a turning point for the drug war. And not necessarily for the better: Republicans and Democrats are both out of sync...
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