http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Drug_TraffickingFind stories, videos, and photos about Drug Trafficking from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:20:55 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Drug_Trafficking14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Drug Trafficking from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/13/forbes.mexico.guzman/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/13/forbes.mexico.guzman/index.html#cnnSTCTextA reputed Mexican drug lord with a $5 million reward on his head has been named to Forbes magazine's list of the most powerful people in the world.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/04/mexico.zetas/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/04/mexico.zetas/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe reputed leader of the Zetas drug cartel in the Mexican state of Veracruz was killed in a gunbattle with federal authorities, the Mexican attorney general's office has said.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/22/mexico.cartel.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/22/mexico.cartel.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextMexico's arrest of drug cartel suspects has become fairly commonplace. On Thursday, it was six suspected members of La Familia, based in Michoacan. A day earlier, it was a man identified as a top leader of the ruthless Zetas.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/24/mexico.cartel.plea/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/24/mexico.cartel.plea/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Mexican cartel leader, best known as the brother of the man who killed DEA Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, pleaded guilty in Denver, Colorado, to drug trafficking charges on Friday.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/22/mexico.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/22/mexico.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextMexican soldiers have captured a top leader of one of the nation's most ruthless drug cartels, the government's military announced.Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/19/medical.marijuana/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/19/medical.marijuana/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Justice Department has provided federal prosecutors "clarification and guidance" urging them to go after drug traffickers, but not patients and caregivers, in the 14 states that have medical marijuana laws.Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/11/miami.kingpin.guilty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/11/miami.kingpin.guilty/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former kingpin for a Colombian drug cartel pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to charges of drug trafficking, obstruction of justice by murder and racketeering, federal officials said.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/afghanistan.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/afghanistan.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military hopes to kill or capture some 50 Afghan drug traffickers with financial ties to the Taliban in an effort to shut down one of the insurgency's biggest sources of revenue, a U.S. Senate report says.Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/03/mexico.drug.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/03/mexico.drug.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTextMexican federal police say they arrested 34 men suspected of belonging to a ruthless drug cartel blamed for a rash of violence that left at least 18 federal agents and two soldiers dead since July 11.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/23/us.marijuana.bust/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/23/us.marijuana.bust/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities have seized $1 billion worth of marijuana plants and have arrested 82 Mexican nationals with ties to drug cartels in the first week and half of an effort to eradicate marijuana fields from California's Fresno County, the county sheriff's office said Wednesday.Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/15/mexico.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/15/mexico.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextMexican authorities were searching Wednesday for two politicians accused of belonging to the Familia Michoacana drug cartel, which is blamed for killing more than 30 federal police officers in a series of attacks since Saturday.Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/14/mexico.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/14/mexico.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn recent days, Michoacan, the home state of President Felipe Calderon, has become a flashpoint of violence in Mexico's deadly war against drug cartels. Since Calderon went after the drug cartels shortly after coming into office in 2006, more than 10,000 people have died across Mexico, about 1,000 of them police.Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/11/mexico.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/11/mexico.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextCoordinated attacks in at least eight Mexican cities killed three federal police officers and two soldiers Saturday in what officials are calling an unprecedented onslaught by drug gangs.Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/10/navarrette.mexico.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/10/navarrette.mexico.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt has nothing to do with Michael Jackson or Sarah Palin, but there's a big story brewing south of the border to which Americans should pay close attention.Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/09/vancouver.drug.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/09/vancouver.drug.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen Canadian cocaine smuggler Charles Lai was being sentenced in a Seattle federal courtroom last month, the judge sending him to prison for 13 years offered a small item of good news.Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/26/mexico.police.arrested/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/26/mexico.police.arrested/index.html#cnnSTCTextFederal agents arrested 92 municipal police officers accused of providing information and security to one of Mexico's most ruthless drug cartels, the state-run Notimex news agency reported.Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/16/mexico.clergy.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/16/mexico.clergy.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe killing last weekend of a Catholic priest and two seminary students in southwest Mexico marked the first time that drug cartel hit men have purposefully targeted a clergyman, said Manuel Corral, public relations secretary for Mexico's Council of Bishops.Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/05/20/mexico.narco.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/05/20/mexico.narco.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top Mexican drug cartel suspect has been arrested along with 12 accomplices, including five women, federal authorities said.Thu, 21 May 2009 15:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/18/mexico.us.cartels/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/18/mexico.us.cartels/index.html#cnnSTCTextJoaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, a 54-year-old drug cartel leader whose nickname means "Shorty," is the most wanted man in Mexico. He's also one of the most wanted men in the United States.Mon, 18 May 2009 15:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/21/teen.drug.smugglers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/21/teen.drug.smugglers/index.html#cnnSTCTextSitting in high school, math and history lessons never captured Danny Santos' imagination. The drug-fueled streets of the Texas-Mexico border provided his education, and he was an excellent student.Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/16/creative.drug.smugglers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/16/creative.drug.smugglers/index.html#cnnSTCTextDrug traffickers are throwing everything they've got at getting drugs into the United States any way they can.Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/15/obama.mexico/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/15/obama.mexico/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama travels to Mexico on Thursday as the United States' neighbor to the south continues to wrestle with increasingly deadly drug wars.Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/02/mexico.drug.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/02/mexico.drug.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextMexican authorities arrested Vicente Carrillo Leyva, a leader of the Carrillo Fuentes drug cartel, officials announced Thursday.Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/27/gibler.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/27/gibler.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Obama administration announced this week it is sending hundreds of federal agents and crime-fighting equipment to the Mexican border to try to make sure violence from Mexican drug cartels doesn't spill over into the U.S.Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/25/mexico.cartel.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/25/mexico.cartel.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Mexican army has arrested a top drug cartel chief and four of his bodyguards, the government announced Wednesday.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/phillips.janet.napolitano/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/phillips.janet.napolitano/index.html#cnnSTCTextHomeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano unveiled a $700 million plan on Tuesday to help Mexico fight violent drug cartels, which includes a U.S. crackdown on the flow of weapons and money into Mexico.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/obama.mexico.policy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/obama.mexico.policy/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama on Tuesday vowed to invest the resources needed to address the threat posed by drug traffickers in Mexico.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/21/mexico.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/21/mexico.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn alleged drug trafficker suspected of an attack on a U.S. consulate and killing Mexican soldiers has been arrested, Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced Friday, according to the state news agency.Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/19/atlanta.drug.cartels/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/19/atlanta.drug.cartels/index.html#cnnSTCTextOscar Reynoso owed his bosses $300,000, and he was running out of time.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/17/mexican.drug.war/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/17/mexican.drug.war/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bloody war between Mexican drug cartels is no longer solely a south-of-the-border problem, members of Congress said Tuesday at a hearing on the issue.Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/11/mexico.desertions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/11/mexico.desertions/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn the face of spiraling drug violence that has shaken the country, the Mexican army has taken a lead role in attempting to thwart the narcotraffickers. But its ability to do so has been hurt by a large number of desertions, government officials say.Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/27/juarez.mexico.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/27/juarez.mexico.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextJose Molinar knew something wasn't right. He hadn't heard from his wife for a few hours, which was not sitting well with him.Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/navarrette.mexico/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/navarrette.mexico/index.html#cnnSTCTextYou may have heard the rumor that, as a result of a bloody drug war that has claimed more than 7,000 lives since January 2007, Mexico is on the verge of being declared a "failed state."Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/25/mexico.juarez.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/25/mexico.juarez.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTextCiudad Juarez was converted into a fortress as members of President Felipe Calderon's security cabinet met Wednesday in the border town to devise a strategy to combat narcotraffickers.Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/25/holder.drug.cartel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/25/holder.drug.cartel/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. investigators have wrapped up a major 21-month drug-enforcement operation aimed at crippling a powerful and violent Mexican cartel operating in the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Wednesday.Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/19/mexico.drug.war/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/19/mexico.drug.war/index.html#cnnSTCTextNo one, especially not one of Mexico's top law enforcement officials, denies that killings by drug cartels have reached record levels.Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/18/mexico.drug.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/18/mexico.drug.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextA shootout in a border city that leaves five alleged drug traffickers sprawled dead on the street and seven police wounded. A police chief and his bodyguards gunned down outside his house in another border city. Four bridges into the United States shut down by protesters who want the military out of their towns and who officials say are backed by narcotraffickers.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/15/mexico.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/15/mexico.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Mexican navy confiscated 7 tons of cocaine being transported on a fishing vessel in international waters in the Pacific Ocean, the navy secretary said.Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/26/mexico.drug.czar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/26/mexico.drug.czar/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former anti-drug czar in Mexico has been arrested on corruption charges in his home state of Chiapas, officials said.Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/24/mexico.cartel.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/24/mexico.cartel.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suspect in police custody calls himself a "stewmaker" for a Mexican drug lord, saying he disposed of about 300 bodies by dissolving them in acid.Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/14/drug.subs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/14/drug.subs/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Navy helicopter whipped the waves as the U.S. Coast Guard closed in on the suspected drug traffickers abandoning their homemade submarine off the coast of Ecuador.Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/19/mexico.us.drug.war/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/19/mexico.us.drug.war/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States and Mexico pledged Friday to redouble efforts in the war against drugs.Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/21/mexico.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/21/mexico.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextMexican authorities have detained the country's former drug czar on suspicion that he may have accepted $450,000 a month in bribes from drug traffickers, Mexico's attorney general said Friday.Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:31:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1856623,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1856623,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWhatever the outcome of the official inquiry into the death of officials central to the government's anti-drug effort, the public will suspect the cartels were responsible Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/26/mexico.cartel.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/26/mexico.cartel.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextMexican authorities have arrested a reputed senior member of a major Tijuana-based drug cartel after a shootout, U.S. authorities confirmed Sunday.Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/14/drug.bust/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/14/drug.bust/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Coast Guard seized seven tons of cocaine with an estimated street value of $8.4 million in what one officer called "the most dangerous operation of my career."Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:54:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835134,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835134,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Dutch Navy and a squad of U.S. Coast Guard raiders seized 4.6 tons (4,200 kilograms) of cocaine from a Panamanian-flagged freighter that had set sail from VenezuelaFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1828750,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1828750,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAfghan drug lords are increasingly converting opium into heroin at home with outside technical help and chemicals smuggled from abroad, the U.N. saidFri, 01 Aug 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/26/btsc.mexico.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/26/btsc.mexico.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe boy looked to be about 12 or 13 years old. Chubby, he struggled a bit with his bicycle as he rode to where we stood. He had a slight smirk as he played a tape that blared music from speakers tied to his bike.Tue, 27 May 2008 20:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/30/colombia.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/30/colombia.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTextColombian police have killed a drug trafficker who the government says is one of the most sought-after fugitive outside the country's rebel leaders.Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/17/afghan.opium/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/17/afghan.opium/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations is calling on NATO to do more to stop the Afghan opium trade after a new survey showed how the drug dominates Afghanistan's economy.Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/afghanistan.poppies/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/afghanistan.poppies/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn a small district in southern Afghanistan, U.S.-backed Afghan drug forces opened fire on farmers who were blocking roads and throwing rocks to protest the destruction of their poppy fields earlier this year. Scores were injured in the firefight.Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/09/10/colombia.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/09/10/colombia.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn alleged drug kingpin was captured in his underwear Monday, hiding in a bush outside a house in western Colombia, government officials said in Bogota.Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/09/03/farc.rebel.death/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/09/03/farc.rebel.death/index.html#cnnSTCTextA key rebel commander and fugitive from a U.S. drug trafficking indictment was killed over the weekend in an air attack on a guerrilla encampment, the Colombian military said Monday.Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:22:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1653862,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1653862,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe momentum behind changing New York's harsh Rockefeller drug laws seems gone, as lawmakers worry about narcotics kingpins getting out of jailFri, 17 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1631416,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1631416,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs America's appetite for coke fades, Guinea Bissau has become a key transit point for Colombia's narco-traffickers with an eye on the growing European marketWed, 13 Jun 2007 07:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/16/afghanistan.opium/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/16/afghanistan.opium/index.htmlOpium cultivation in Afghanistan has hit record levels -- up by more than 40 percent from 2005 -- despite hundreds of millions in counternarcotics money, Western officials told The Associated Press.Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/16/felix.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/16/felix.arrest/index.htmlOne of the world's most wanted drug lords was captured Wednesday aboard a recreational fishing boat off Mexico's Baja peninsula, federal law enforcement officials said.Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/17/drug.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/17/drug.arrest/index.htmlA man on the United States' list of most-wanted international drug traffickers was arrested Wednesday morning in Brazil, officials said.Wed, 17 May 2006 17:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/22/justice.farc/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/22/justice.farc/index.htmlFifty leaders of the Colombian rebel group FARC, described as "narcoterrorists" by U.S. authorities, have been indicted in Washington for allegedly exporting more than $25 billion worth of cocaine to the U.S. and other countries, Justice Department officials announced Wednesday.Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:41:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/13/bali.nine.sentencing/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/13/bali.nine.sentencing/index.htmlAustralians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been found guilty of heroin trafficking by an Indonesian court Tuesday and will face death by firing squad, live television coverage from the court has shown.Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/30/heroin.ring/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/30/heroin.ring/index.htmlThe Drug Enforcement Administration announced the arrest Wednesday of 78 people as part of a probe into a suspected Colombian heroin ring accused of using artwork, furniture and clothing to smuggle drugs into the United States.Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/10/14/mexico.drugs.altanta/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/10/14/mexico.drugs.altanta/index.htmlThe Drug Enforcement Administration said Thursday it has wrapped up an operation aimed at shutting down an alleged Atlanta-based hub of a major Mexican drug cartel.Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/26/corby.guilty/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/26/corby.guilty/index.htmlAccused Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has been found guilty by an Indonesian court of importing marijuana into Bali.Fri, 27 May 2005 03:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/qantas.security/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/qantas.security/index.htmlLuggage security at Sydney airport is under scrutiny amid revelations more baggage handlers may be stood down next week.Fri, 13 May 2005 02:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/bali.drugs/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/bali.drugs/index.htmlIndonesian police will seek the death penalty for all nine Australians accused of attempting to smuggle more than eight kilograms (18 pounds) of heroin from the popular tourist island of Bali to Sydney.Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/25/heroin.terror/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/25/heroin.terror/index.htmlAn accused heroin kingpin has been indicted and arrested in a massive narcotics conspiracy involving Afghanistan's former Taliban regime, U.S. Attorney David N. Kelley has said.Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/22/colombia.bush/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/22/colombia.bush/index.htmlPresident Bush heaped praise Monday on Colombia's government for battling drug gangs and corruption and said he will ask Congress to renew a U.S. aid package next year.Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/07/10/colombia.druglord/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/07/10/colombia.druglord/index.htmlCuba's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that it was holding one of Colombia's top drug kingpins, Luis Hernando Gomez Bustamante.Sat, 10 Jul 2004 22:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/07/09/colombia.druglord/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/07/09/colombia.druglord/index.htmlA top Colombian kingpin, Luis Hernando Gomez Bustamante, has been arrested in Cuba, Colombian police said Friday.Sat, 10 Jul 2004 00:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/23/drug.bust/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/23/drug.bust/index.htmlA major drug trafficking operation that allegedly moved cocaine, marijuana, and cash between Colombia and the United States through the Caribbean has been dealt a major blow, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Wednesday.Wed, 23 Jun 2004 20:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/16/haiti.drugs/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/16/haiti.drugs/index.htmlU.S. federal agents have arrested Haiti's former national police chief in Miami, as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's ongoing investigation into drug trafficking in the Caribbean nation, according to a DEA spokesman and court documents.Sun, 16 May 2004 06:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/01/us.drug.report/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/01/us.drug.report/index.htmlThe United States is stepping up its efforts to curb poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, a nation that "has re-emerged as the world's leading supplier of illicit opium, morphine and heroin," the State Department's top counter-narcotics official said Monday.Mon, 01 Mar 2004 21:26:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/09/04/205889/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/09/04/205889/index.htmWelcome to the nightmare." That was the message Mexico's incoming president, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, received shortly before his inauguration last December. It came, via couriers, from Subco...Mon, 04 Sep 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/11/01/85438/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/11/01/85438/index.htmInnocent bystanders shot down on city streets. Overdosed teenagers dying in emergency rooms. Newborn babies writhing in pain from cocaine withdrawal. The ugliest images of our country's drug epidem...Wed, 01 Nov 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/02/13/71635/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/02/13/71635/index.htmThe shipping business is beginning to learn exactly what the U.S. Customs Service means by ''zero tolerance'' for drug smuggling. In the past two years, the agency has levied penalties that total $...Mon, 13 Feb 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/06/20/70695/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/06/20/70695/index.htmTHE ILLICIT DRUG TRADE is probably the fastest-growing industry in the world and is unquestionably the most profitable. A handful of Latin American countries grow coca leaves that yield cocaine, wh...Mon, 20 Jun 1988 04:01:00 EDT