Drug Trafficking / Narcotics

By Aaron Ross and Alberto Dabo BISSAU (Reuters) -Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Thursday that three people previously...

By Sarah Kinosian (Reuters) - A federal judge in New York on Tuesday sentenced a Honduran man who prosecutors linked...

By Luis Jaime Acosta CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombia has launched a new strategy to fight drug trafficking, aiming to...

BISSAU (Reuters) -West Africa's regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Thursday it will deploy...

By Eliana Raszewski and Miguel Lo Bianco TRES DE FEBRERO, Argentina (Reuters) -At least 22 people have died in Argentina...

By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican federal agents arrested on Wednesday the security chief of the central state...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -At least 17 people have died in Argentina after consuming cocaine suspected of containing a poisonous substance,...

By Panu Wongcha-um and Tom Allard (Reuters) -Increased instability in Myanmar since a military coup a year ago has seen...

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's Congress on Tuesday toughened prison sentences for human traffickers to up to 30 years as...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's armed forces killed at least 15 members of the Clan del Golfo, a criminal organization connected...

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - The Manila mayor vying for the Philippines presidency on Monday promised zero tolerance of...

By Deisy Buitrago and Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities have detained a mayor belonging to the ruling Socialist...

By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Outgoing Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who has been accused in U.S. court hearings...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) -Jordanian soldiers killed at least 27 armed smugglers on Thursday and wounded others as they...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The killing last week at a hotel near Cancun of two Canadians with criminal records was likely...

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Mexican drug kingpin known as "El Chapo" will stay in prison after a...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's narcotics board on Tuesday said it would remove cannabis from its drugs list, paving the way...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso said on Sunday he will send an additional 1,100 police officers to coastal...

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Four of the Philippines' presidential candidates on Saturday laid down plans to tackle...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Murders in Mexico slightly dropped in 2021, falling 3.6% from the previous year, though femicides rose,...