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Mexico arrests son of notorious drug kingpin 'El Chapo'
AFP, Published on 06/01/2023
» CULIACáN (MEXICO) - Mexican security forces on Thursday captured a son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, scoring a high-profile win in the fight against powerful cartels days before US President Joe Biden visits.
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Colombia's most-wanted drug lord 'Otoniel' captured
AFP, Published on 24/10/2021
» BOGOTA - Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker "Otoniel" has been captured, officials said Saturday, a major victory for the government of the world's top cocaine exporter.
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UN tells Singapore to halt imminent drug executions
AFP, Published on 15/02/2022
» The United Nations on Tuesday urged Singapore to halt the imminent executions of two men held for drug offences -- and furthermore end its use of the death penalty altogether.
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US, Mexico seek to revamp fight against drug cartels
AFP, Published on 08/10/2021
» MEXICO CITY - The United States and Mexico began talks Friday on overhauling their joint fight against drug cartels, during a visit by a high-level delegation including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Singapore hangings spur fresh calls to scrap death penalty
Reuters, Published on 26/10/2018
» SINGAPORE: Singapore on Friday hanged a Malaysian convicted of drug trafficking, the latest in what rights groups said was a series of executions prompting them to renew calls for the wealthy city-state to abolish the death penalty.
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Suspect British drug kingpin says confession 'just a script'
AFP, Published on 19/12/2018
» PARIS - A British man suspected of orchestrating one of the most brazen cocaine trafficking shipments to Europe in recent years told a French court Tuesday that his bragging about it was "just a script."
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Bolivia says huge manhunt closing in on accused drug lord
AFP, Published on 31/07/2023
» LA PAZ - Bolivia has mobilized more than 2,250 security agents in a massive operation closing in on an alleged cocaine trafficker who has ricocheted around the world to elude capture, a senior official said on Sunday.
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Wife of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' arrested at US airport
AFP, Published on 23/02/2021
» WASHINGTON - US authorities arrested the wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on Monday at an airport outside of Washington on narcotics smuggling charges, the Justice Department said.
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America's endless battle against lethal drug fentanyl
AFP, Published on 18/10/2019
» NEW YORK - In a windowless hangar at New York's John F. Kennedy airport, dozens of law enforcement officers sift through packages, looking for fentanyl -- a drug that is killing Americans every day.
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Drug kingpin Guzman's trial puts spotlight on Mexican corruption
AFP, Published on 23/11/2018
» MEXICO CITY - Tales of millions of dollars of bribe money stuffed in suitcases -- told during the trial of notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman -- have shone the spotlight on corruption in the country, which experts say is endemic.
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