Tag: drug

• Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Brazilian prosecution begins accusation against gang that shipped cocaine to Europe in fruit containers

  

  Brazil's Federal Prosecution Service formally accused eighteen of belonging to criminal gangs involved in sending cocaine in fruit containers to Europe through the port of Salvador, north of the country. With Operation Decontamination, twelve search and seizure warrants were ordered plus eight preventive arrests last April in several cities of the states of Bahia and São Paulo.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:03 UTC

  US requests extradition of former Honduran President Hernández

  

  A large-scale police raid was underway Monday evening in Tegucigalpa's San Ignacio neighborhood while the Supreme Court is still to grant or reject the request from the United States to extradite former President Juan Orlando Hernández to stand trial for alleged drug trafficking.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 03:22 UTC

  Late Haitian President had list of corruption ring

  

  Slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse planned to give authorities in the United States a list of politicians and businessmen linked to drug trafficking, it was reported Monday.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 10:26 UTC

  Mexican drug cartel leader threatens president Lopez Obrador, for arresting his mother

  

  One of the most wanted Mexican cartel leaders threatened the government and his arch-foes in highly unusual video messages, including one where he can be seen fighting back tears after his mother was detained over the weekend.

• Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Uruguayan navy seizes record haul of 4.4 tons of cocaine in the port of Montevideo

  

  Uruguayan authorities seized a record haul of 4.4 tons of cocaine at the port of Montevideo in what the navy described on Friday as “the biggest blow to drug trafficking in the country's history.”

• Saturday, October 19th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Honduras president brother convicted in New York for drug trafficking

  

  A New York court convicted the Honduran president's brother of drug trafficking Friday, a verdict immediately rejected by the Central American leader as opponents called for his resignation.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 19:21 UTC

  US$ 1.3 million found in a Venezuelan airplane in the Dominican Republic

  

  Dominican authorities found 1,378,178 million dollars inside a private plane with Venezuelan registration. It is being investigated if the confiscated money was the product of an international drug trafficking transaction.