The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has initiated a statewide prison lockdown and search of all its correctional facilities, resulting in the cancellation of visits until further notice.
The Mexican Navy has intercepted thousands of tequila bottles that contained nearly 10 tons of concentrated liquid meth at the Pacific coast seaport of Manzanillo in Mexico's state of Colima.
Mexican singer Said Pichardo, the former boyfriend of Cuban actress Livia Brito, was arrested in Mexico City after police officers who raided his home found illegal drugs, firearms, and large amounts of cash.
A joint operation between security forces of Colombia and U.S. resulted in the confiscation of more than 4,000 kilos of cocaine off the coast of El Salvador.
Officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Texas had intercepted more than $50 million worth of methamphetamine in their two last operations.
The government of Colombia shrunk the land surface under coca cultivation by seven percent in 2020, but the country remained the largest cocaine producer in the world, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) stated in their report, Wednesday.
Mexican Ex-Defense Minister Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday night for allegedly engaging in a wide-ranging opium and cocaine distribution plot.
Spanish police raided a hideout in the town of Galicia in Malaga province of Spain. It was a successful drug bust operation which yielded three tons of the highly prohibited drug substance known as cocaine.
