Cocaine

A Sinaloa Cartel leader known as "Cadete" has been sentenced to almost 20 years in prison for his role in an "international drug trafficking conspiracy"

Pablo Escobar's former pilot says he turned down the cartel leader until being offered $20 million a month, leading to a lavish rise and eventual fall captured in a new podcast.

Six men who used a "narco sub" to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. have been hit with sanctions

A man who tried to smuggle dozens of kilos of cocaine inside the speaker boxes of his car has been sentenced to ten years in prison

A near-record number of narco subs were intercepted crossing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in 2024, according to InSight Crime.

Video from train ride sparks online speculation, but outlet says items were a handkerchief and drink stirrer — not drugs.

Federal authorities have sentenced five Mexican nationals for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking network responsible for moving over 100 kilograms of cocaine into the United States

Cocaine production in South America is surging, and much of that is being found and seized at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Less than two months after his sentence was commuted by Joe Biden, an Alabama man was arrested on new drug and firearms charges.

A British pilot who was fired after snorting cocaine off a woman's chest before attempting to fly has been rehired by another airline.

The family was headed to Orlando, Florida, where the defendant was supposed to recieve a $10,000 payment

Since the start of Fiscal Year 2025, CBP agents have already seized more than a third of the total cocaine seized during FY2024

A North Carolina man was handed a lengthy prison sentence after law enforcement determined he was part of a large drug trafficking operation in the state.

Colombia is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter, mainly to the United States and Europe, and has spent decades fighting against drug trafficking.

Gustavo Petro added that legalizing the drug would prevent criminal organizations from profiting and resources from the industry could be destined to fight consumption among young people

The man said he had been paid $1,500 to smuggle drugs into the U.S.

A Customs and Border Protection officer became suspicious when Barrio avoided eye contact and gripped the steering wheel more tightly during questioning.

The suspects were identified as Arturo Ramirez Manzano, 27, also known as Tadeo, Mario Ivan Ramirez, 21, and Corina Hernandez, 30, all from El Paso. Officers seized two rifles and nearly one kilogram of cocaine during the operation.

"Rafael," a young chemist from Mexico City, was inspired by hit TV series 'Breaking Bad' to build his own laboratory to make drugs.

New criminal networks use encrypted apps, cryptocurrencies, and diversified suppliers to outsmart law enforcement, ensuring record cocaine flows worldwide.

Braian Paiz had been on the run for nearly four days after a warrant for his arrest was issued.

U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered 78 pounds of cocaine smuggled into the country from Canada

A 1-month-old baby spent Christmas with Child Protective Services after his parents left him in his car seat on the median of a busy road because of a dispute.

Paraguayan officials said the decision to initially withdraw from the cooperation stemmed from a misunderstanding

The bricks weighed approximately one kilo, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office

Christopher Neil stands accused of overseeing a ring dedicated to trafficking the drug from South America to the United Kingdom

The decision will go into effect next year and is seen as a blow to U.S.-backed investigations into Paraguay's growing role as a cocaine transit hub

Adrián "El Gallero" Cebreros Pereyra was arrested on Thursday on a highway in his home state of Sinaloa.

Ecuador's homicide rate increased from 6.7 per 100,000 in 2019 to 45 per 100,000 in 2023; only Jamaica (49) has a higher rate in the Americas

Authorities seized 225 tons of the drug, over 8% of the estimated 2,700 tons produced annually across the globe