Federal law enforcement agencies have struggled to reduce the amount of marijuana smuggled into the country through the U.S.-Mexico border while the Rio Grande poses as its biggest challenge.
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris released a report Thursday revealing that the state has become an entry port for methamphetamine sales in the country, the LA Times reported
The illegal drug trade in Latin America is hurting precious rainforests in more ways than previously known about, according to a scientific new study released this week.
Legal and illegal drug use is all around us, from Canada, the U.S. to Latin America and beyond. We've seen Toronto's Mayor Tom Ford admit to smoking crack cocaine, Colorado and Washington states give the 'green light' to recreational marijuana use, and Uruguay become the first country in the world to legalize the trade of marijuana (in an effort to decriminalize the drug industry) -- and recently, Disney and "X Factor" fans have learned that singer/songwriter Demi Lovato was smuggling cocaine on airplanes at age 19.
The two women deny any wrongdoing, stating that they were forced to by gang members. Two British women who went missing from the Spanish island of Ibiza turned up in the most peculiar of places this week.
People in Mexico and the U.S. border states can breathe a bit easier today, as reports are coming in that Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, the leader of the fearsome Mexican drug cartel the Zetas, has been captured by authorities.
The mother of seven from Arizona has finally been reunited with her family after nine days in jail. It's been a very long nine days for Arizona housewife and drug smuggling suspect Yanira Maldonado.
