The on-going drug war in Mexico is leading more and more children to be traumatized by the acts of violence. From the IHT: The little boy, his school uniform neatly pressed and his friends gathered around, held up 10 fingers, each one representing a dead body he said he had seen outside his school one morning. He [...]

As the United States and Colombia continue to make progress against traffickers in Colombia, Venezuela is picking up the demand by transporting cocaine from its territory. From the Boston Globe: The number of flights transporting tons of Colombian cocaine from Venezuela, destined for the United States, has risen sharply, according to US and foreign intelligence reports, presenting [...]

John Walters, US Drug Czar, stated that Mexican Drug Cartels are kidnapping and killing victims on US territory. From Bloomberg News: Mexican drug cartels, which have caused a surge in violence south of the border, are kidnapping and killing people inside U.S. territory, said John Walters, director of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy. “Some of [...]

The Bush Administration is proposing cuts in trade benefits for Bolivia due to the rampant drug trafficking in the country. From Bloomberg News: President George W. Bush called for a suspension of trade preferences that benefit Bolivia, saying the Andean country hasn’t done enough to fight drug trafficking. “Bolivia has failed to cooperate with the United States on [...]

The on-going drug war in Mexico has led to the US State Department to issue a travel advisory for visitors to Mexico.  From the AFP (via Yahoo News): Eleven died in various attacks in Mexico’s northern state of Chihuahua, an official said Tuesday, as the United States warned its citizens to increase vigilance when travelling south of [...]

Argentina is now supplying a large portion of ephedrine, the main ingredient in methamphetamine, to drug traffickers in Mexico. From the Los Angeles Times: Mexican traffickers have become the main suppliers of methamphetamine to the United States. But a crackdown in Mexico has squeezed supplies of ephedrine from Asia, leading the gangs to seek their raw material [...]

Mexico drug cartels growing marijuana on US National Parks and Forests are severely polluting the area due to the highly toxic chemicals used in cultivation. From the AP (via Yahoo News): National forests and parks — long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels — have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America [...]

The killing of a Mexico mayor has created a uproar after he was gunned down this past weekend. From the LA Times: Until he was gunned down over the weekend, Salvador Vergara Cruz was a man of some influence with a promising future in his political party. Mayor of an important resort town outside Mexico City, and [...]

An Afghan governor is attempting to persuade farmers not to plant opium instead of eradicating the crop after it has been planted. From the IHT: As the new planting season for opium poppy draws near, the governor of Helmand, Afghanistan’s largest poppy-producing province, says that this year he is determined to beat the illicit crop, which is [...]

The brother of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is being linked to the drug trade in the country, according to a report. From the New York Times: When Afghan security forces found an enormous cache of heroin hidden beneath concrete blocks in a tractor-trailer outside Kandahar in 2004, the local Afghan commander quickly impounded the truck and notified [...]