Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations' New Marijuana Strategies
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6 DEC 2022
In response to changes in the international marijuana trade, Mexico-based drug trafficking groups have shifted their strategies.
All About Fentanyl
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1 DEC 2022
Nuevo Laredo was set ablaze following the capture of a Northeast Cartel leader. But what does this mean for the city's criminal dynamics?…
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22 NOV 2022
Authorities in the United States have sanctioned a Mexican criminal group for trafficking illicit fentanyl into the country.
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16 NOV 2022
Mexico’s two most powerful organized crime groups are reportedly sourcing precursor chemicals from the same suppliers to produce fentanyl.
FENTANYL
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14 NOV 2022
Many American users, perhaps the majority, now realize when they’re consuming illicit fentanyl. This has changed the way they look for it.
FEATURED
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10 NOV 2022
The threat of fentanyl in Mexico is growing, yet a lack of comprehensive data collection means the problem is unseen at the national level.
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27 OCT 2022
In Sinaloa, Mexico, the uptick in forced disappearances is linked to one dynamic more than any other: synthetic drugs.
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28 SEP 2022
Migrant encounters and seizures of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl are often erroneously conflated and linked together.
ARGENTINA
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12 SEP 2022
Synthetic drugs like methamphetamine, fentanyl, and ecstasy are reshaping Latin America's drug trade.
FENTANYL
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14 JUL 2022
An announcement by the Mexican government about the largest seizure of illegal fentanyl in the country's history appeared to ignore the complex realities of how this synthetic opioid is produced.
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13 JUL 2022
Paraguayan authorities have dismantled a network of pharmacies that illegally sold morphine and fentanyl.
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6 JUL 2022
Tusi, a pink synthetic drug powder, is increasing its share of Latin America's drug markets.
ARGENTINA
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5 JUL 2022
Why did drug trafficking enjoy such a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic…
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