AMATITLAN, Guatemala, June 4 (UPI) -- Mexican drug gangs are moving operations to Guatemala, where weak law enforcement and deep-rooted corruption provide fertile ground, officials and analysts say.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Mexico say 5,376 people have died this year in drug violence -- more than double the number for the same period last year.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. government has provided Mexico nearly half of a $400 million aid package for its southern neighbor's ongoing battle against drug traffickers.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- A popular Mexican singer of songs about the country's drug trafficking was killed by drug gang members, El Universal reported Thursday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 1 (UPI) -- Brazilian authorities arrested six major drug traffickers ahead of an alleged planned attack against a rival gang in a Rio de Janeiro slum.
MADRID, May 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. anti-drug official said in Madrid that Latin American drug traffickers are increasingly using the euro as currency.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Mexican President Vicente Fox says Mexico will send drug lords in custody who are wanted in the United States across the border for trial, El Universal said. Fox made the pledge during his visit to New York for this week's United Nations General Assembly
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency officials said they discovered a tunnel running 400 feet along the U.S.-Mexican border used by traffickers to smuggle drugs. The tunnel, about 20 feet underground, reportedly was outfitted with lights and had a concrete floor,
TEHRAN, April 22 (UPI) -- Iranian police killed 24 drug traffickers during a crackdown on gangs in the eastern part of the country, the official Iranian News Agency reported Thursday.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Saudi police foiled an attempt to smuggle illicit drugs through the southern border with Yemen.
