Ecuador: Police Seize Huge Haul of Cocaine in Guayaquil
Ecuadorian authorities have seized 1.3 tonnes of cocaine in the port city of Guayaquil after three anti-drug operations between 25th and 27th April. Guayaquil, in the Guayas province to the west of...
View ArticleNew Health Programme Targets Pregnant Women with Addictions
Fonga and Sedronar announced today an agreement to expand the inclusion of pregnant women with addiction into treatment centres.
View ArticleWho is responsible for ending the drug related violence in Rosario?
We asked a number of porteños their opinion on the rise in drug-relates crimes in Rosario.
View ArticleStudent Travel Agency Linked to Drug Gang in Police Raids
A drug gang allegedly operated by the manager of a student travel company has been disbanded by the Buenos Aires police, in cooperation with federal forces.
View ArticleTenth Santa Fe Police Chief Arrested For Ties to Los Monos
Yet another police chief has been arrested in Santa Fe province for alleged ties to Rosario drug cartel, Los Monos. The arrest of Germán Herrera brings the total number of officers linked to the drug...
View ArticleSupreme Court Orders Immediate Action Against Drug Trafficking
The Supreme Court has ordered that “urgent measures” be taken in order to stop drug trafficking in Northern Argentina.
View ArticleColombia: FARC Talk Drugs Ahead of New Round of Peace Talks
FARC leader Timoleón Jiménez known as “Timockenko" has expressed the group’s position on illicit drugs.
View ArticleGang Leader Commits Suicide in Police Drug Raid
Eight men have been detained and one has committed suicide after a series of drug raids by federal police.
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Latin America News Roundup: 23rd January 2014
The FARC peace delegation (photo courtesy of FARC-EP) Colombia: As part of the ongoing peace negotiations, the FARC have proposed the implementation of a series of policies aimed at regulating coca,...
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Argentina News Roundup: 18th February 2014
Flooding in San Juan (Photo: Rubén Paratore/Télam) Government Increases Support for Flood Victims: The head of the National Administration for Social Security (Anses), Diego Bossio, announced this...
View ArticleMexico: ‘La Bonita’ Detained
MEXICO – Anel Violeta Noriega Rios, 27, the alleged operative of a Mexican criminal cartel is now in custody in Mexico after being arrested in California last week. Known by her alias “La Bonita” or...
View ArticleTaking the First Step: Marihuana Legalisation in Uruguay
Passing a joint (Photo: Raoni Gruber) “We will not allow drug-tourism. Holland made that mistake,” said Julio Calzada, secretary general of the National Drug Board. The age limit, sales tax, and...
View ArticleBrazil: Government Sends 10,000 Soldiers to Border
The Brazilian government has sent more than 10,000 soldiers to its heavily narco-trafficked border with Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay, following the release of recent data that maintained...
View ArticleBrazil: Six Adolescents Murdered in Rio
Brazilian police are investigating the deaths of six adolescents whose bodies were found in Parque de Mesquita, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. It is believed the bodies are those of some youths...
View ArticleColombia: Top Narco Captured in Venezuela
Drug baron Daniel Barrera was captured yesterday in Venezuela in a joint operation between Colombian, Venezuelan, British and US intelligence services. Barrera, nicknamed “Crazy Barrera” was captured...
View ArticleU.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Reopens in Uruguay
After 15 years, the DEA is reopening its office in Uruguay because of the growing transit of cocaine in the region. “The DEA thinks that in Uruguay there is an increasing presence of international drug...
View ArticleBrazil: Two Helicopters Donated to Bolivia for War On Drugs
Brazilian Minister for Defence, Celso Amorim, will today deliver two helicopters to Santa Cruz in eastern Bolivia to aid with the battle against drugs and crime on the border which the two countries...
View ArticlePolice Chief Resigns in Wake of Drug Trafficking Accusations
Santa Fe Chief of Police Hugo Tognoli resigned this morning after a Rosario court ordered his arrest yesterday and called for his home and office to be searched. He is accused of providing information...
View ArticleBrazil: Drug Addicts Removed from ‘Crackland’ Slum
With the assistance of social workers, health specialists, and psychologists, 2,000 heavily armed police forcibly moved 231 drug addicts from the neighbourhoods of Manguinhos and Jacarezinho, also...
View ArticleUruguay: Mujica Defends Move to Legalise Marijuana
Uruguayan president, José Mujica, has defended his government’s move to legalise marijuana, saying that it is the best way to combat drug trafficking. He said, “in recent decades, the worst scourge for...
View ArticlePeru: Coca Producers Demand Legalisation
The producers of coca leaves from Peru met today to discuss current problems they are facing and also to express their solidarity and support for the legalisation of the ancient plant in international...
View ArticleBolivia: UN Victory for the Nation’s Coca Chewers
Bolivia won readmission to the United Nations Convention on Narcotic Drugs yesterday when the organisation voted to recognise the chewing of coca leaves as a legal, cultural practice in the Andean...
View ArticleAFIP Seizes Illegal Diet Pills Worth $3.5bn
Police dog identifying illegal drugs (Photo: AFIP) The Federal Administration of Public Income (AFIP) has stopped more than 22,000 packs of illegal slimming drugs from circulating on Argentina’s black...
View ArticleVenezuela: 21 Drug Labs Discovered near Colombian Border
A cocaine ‘factory’ on the Ciudad Perdida trek, Colombia. (Photo: Nick Leonard) Venezuelan authorities discovered and subsequently dismantled 21 drug laboratories dedicated to the production of...
View ArticleColombia: Most Wanted Drug Lord Arrested in Spain
Spanish police have arrested Colombian drug lord Hernán Alonso Villa, nicknamed ‘El Ratón’, in a joint operation between the two countries. Prior to his arrest, El Ratón was one of Colombia’s most...
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Central American Leaders meet with Obama about Migration Crisis
A section of the US-Mexico border fence (photo courtesy of Wikipedia) The presidents of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador today met with the US president Barack Obama to address the Central...
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Two Killed, Ambulance Comes Under Fire in Shantytown Shootout
Relatives of the injured wait at Hospital Piñero. (photo: Enrique Cabrera/Telam) Two people were killed and two wounded after a clash between rival gangs in Villa 1-11-14, in the Buenos Aires...
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Uruguay: Government Postpones Sale of Marijuana in Pharmacies
Marijuana (Photo courtesy of Flores y Plantas on Flickr) The new Secretary of the National Drugs Board (NDB), Milton Romani, said the government “is in no rush” to implement the sale of marijuana in...
View ArticleAfter Time Warp: Risks and Reforms of Buenos Aires Nightlife
The death of five people at last month's Time Warp festival has once again exposed institutional failings and generated an intense debate over how best to the control Buenos Aires' nightclubs.
View ArticleRosario is Bleeding: Inside A City’s Struggle Against Violence
As the people of Rosario protest against the wave of violent crime affecting Argentina's third city, we examine the roots of a social problem far more complex than most media coverage suggests.
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