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INFOGRAPHIC: Mexican Cartels (Sinaloa vs Los Zetas)

August 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Currently, the Sinaloa and Los Zetas Cartels are in a war, forcing other cartels to take sides and new alliances are forming. Unfortunately, 60,000 people have died since President Calderón (PAN) declared war on drug traffickers in 2006. Hispanically Speaking News does a side-by-side comparison of Mexico's most ruthless cartels, Sinaloa and Los Zetas. continue reading »

Notorious “Queen of the Pacific” Is Extradited to the U.S.

August 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Mexican authorities have extradited Sandra Avila Beltran, a.k.a. the "Queen of the Pacific," to the United States, where she is wanted on drug-trafficking and criminal conspiracy charges. continue reading »

Uruguay One Step Closer To Legalizing Marijuana, Bill Sent to Congress

August 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Uruguay's government has sent Congress a bill to legalize marijuana and regulate the production, distribution and sale of the drug, touting it as a means of combating drug-trafficking and crime. continue reading »

Puerto Rican Police Seize a Ton of Cocaine

August 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

The Puerto Rico Police Department and U.S. federal authorities seized more than a ton of cocaine found on a launch 30 kilometers (18 miles) off the coast of the southern city of Guayama. continue reading »

Nicaraguan Directly Connected to Colombian Cartel Arrested

August 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

A man suspected of being the "main operator" of Colombia's Norte del Valle drug cartel in Nicaragua and who was the subject of an arrest warrant issued in June 2011 has been arrested, the National Police said. continue reading »

Pablo Escobar, El Patrón del Mal

August 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Book Reviews

Colombian Drug Operative Who Faked Own Death in 2010 Arrested During his Caribbean Wedding Party

July 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

A man wanted by Colombian authorities was arrested at a really inconvenient time – during his week-long wedding reception. Last week, Camilo “Fritanga” Torres was celebrating his wedding in the Car continue reading »

Airport Shooting in Mexico Began Over Drug Dispute

July 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

A June 25 shootout at Mexico City's capital's airport that left three police officers dead began with an argument among cops over a packet of cocaine, a leading Mexican newspaper said Friday. continue reading »

Mexico Looking into Claims of Airport Director’s Link to Drug Cartels

June 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

The Mexican government has asked the United States for information about the alleged links between the director of the Mexico City airport and drug traffickers, Attorney General Marisela Morales said. continue reading »

Mexico’s War on Drugs Looking For Greater International Cooperation

June 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Mexico wants to expand international cooperation in the war on drugs to create "new strategies and lines of action," Mexican Deputy Attorney General for Judicial and International Affairs Alejandro Ramos told Efe. continue reading »

Man Arrested This Week Not Son of Mexico’s Most Wanted “El Chapo”

June 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Mexican authorities confirmed that a man arrested earlier this week and initially reported to be the son of fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman is in fact another individual. continue reading »

Drug Traffickers Escape Mexican Prison with Help from Gunmen

June 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

A police officer was killed Thursday when gunmen attacked a lockup in the western Mexican state of Michoacan and freed two suspected drug traffickers, officials said. continue reading »

Corruption, Drug and Gun Crime, Tax Evasion Caused Mexico to Lose $872 Billion in 4 Decades

June 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Between 1970 and 2010, Mexico reportedly lost $872 billion, according to a report from the Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington, DC-based research and advocacy organization. continue reading »

U.S. Customs Seizes $7.3 Million Worth of Cocaine

June 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

On May 29, Customs and Border Protection officers at the Miami Seaport discovered approximately 459 pounds of cocaine hidden in a container at the Port of Miami. While inspecting containers at the Miami seaport CBP officers identified suspect suspicious boxes in a container which a CBP canine subsequently alerted to for the presence of narcotics. continue reading »

Over 50 Suspected Zetas Arrested in Mexico

June 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Police arrested 52 suspected employees of the notoriously violent Los Zetas drug cartel in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, officials said Wednesday. continue reading »

Sinaloa Cartel Member Facing Possible U.S. Extradition

June 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

A Guatemalan court has given the United States 40 working days to present evidence against Walter Alirio Montejo, a Guatemalan suspected of belonging to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel and the subject of a U.S. extradition request, judicial officials said. continue reading »

LATINO BLOTTER: Officer Pulls Over Tour Bus en Route to Chicago, Finds $1 M Worth of Heroin, Cocaine

June 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Sheriff’s deputies in Texas pulled over a commercial bus upon noticing a defective tail light over the weekend, but what started as a traffic stop wound up becoming million-dollar drug bust. continue reading »

Mexican Court Overturns Ruling, “Queen of the Pacific” Will be Extradited to the U.S.

June 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

A Mexican federal court ruled that a reputed drug trafficker known as the "Queen of the Pacific" can be extradited to the United States. The judges overturned a January ruling blocking the handover of Sandra Avila Beltran on grounds that U.S. authorities were seeking to try her on the same charges as those she had already been acquitted of in Mexico. continue reading »

Crossing into the U.S. from Mexico? You Could be Smuggling in Drugs Underneath Your Car

May 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Authorities say Mexican drug smugglers are using unsuspecting drivers to move the drugs for them. Using strong magnets taped to the drugs to be transported, drug smugglers attach the drugs to the unde continue reading »

UN Urges Central America to Fight Organized Crime in the Region

May 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Senior United Nations officials drew the world’s attention to threats posed by transnational organized crime and drug trafficking in Central America and called for concerted global efforts to combat the scourge, which they said is spreading to other continents. continue reading »