Sinaloa Cartel

Investigations Synthetic Drugs

Brokers, More Than Mexico’s ‘Cartels,’ Key to Precursor Flow

by Victoria Dittmar 9 May 202313 Oct 2023

Investigations Fentanyl

How Fentanyl Is Synthesized in Mexico

by Steven Dudley 9 May 202313 Oct 2023

Investigations Fentanyl

Precursors and Mexico’s Synthetic Drug Trade: Summary and Major Findings

by Steven Dudley 8 May 202313 Oct 2023

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram speaks after the US Justice Department indicts Mexico's Chapitos.

5 Takeaways From US Indictments of Chapitos, Associates

by Steven Dudley 17 Apr 202313 Oct 2023

Senator Lindsey Graham and Senator Mike Lee propose their anti-cartel bill.

News Security Policy

Will Designating Mexican Crime Groups as Terrorists Help Fight Them?

by Christopher Newton 5 Apr 202313 Oct 2023

Australian police unload cocaine suspected of having been trafficked by Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel.

Cocaine Prices in Australia, New Zealand Worth the Trek for Traffickers

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 15 Mar 202313 Oct 2023

Genaro García Luna, Mexico's former public security secretary

News Elites and Crime

García Luna Convicted, But Corruption Concerns Endure in US-Mexico Partnership

by Gavin Voss 22 Feb 202313 Oct 2023

After US Hearing on Fentanyl, Is It Time to Retire the Word ‘Cartel’?

by Steven Dudley 22 Feb 202313 Oct 2023

Wilder Emilio Sánchez Farfán, alias “Gato Farfán” poses with Colombian authorities who captured him in Pasto, Narino

Ecuador’s ‘Most Wanted’ Criminal Captured in Colombia

by Henry Shuldiner 17 Feb 202313 Oct 2023

Customers wait outside a pharmacy in Mexico.

Prescription Pills Laced With Meth, Fentanyl Sold in Northern Mexico Pharmacies: Report

by Isaac Norris 15 Feb 202313 Oct 2023

News

Trial of Mexico’s Former Top Cop May Shine Light on Weaknesses of US Drug War

by Parker Asmann 17 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

The Netherlands' Schiphol Airport.

News Cocaine Europe

Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Becoming Arrival Point for Mexican Drugs

by Alessandro Ford 13 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

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