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| Fri. |
 Toronto |
Toronto Mayor faces drug video claim A Canadian paper says it has seen video footage that appears to show Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine, but cannot verify its authenticity
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| Apr.5 |
 Mexico |
Mexico memorial for drug war victims 
A controversial memorial has been unveiled in Mexico to commemorate the tens of thousands of people killed during the brutal drug war
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| Mar.1 |
 Southern China |
China to execute drug gang over massacre Four men convicted of murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai in 2011 were executed in ...
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| Feb.27 |
 Sydney |
Australia finds largest meth haul Australian police say they have made their largest-ever seizure of the drug methamphetamine hidden in a shipment from southern China
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| Jan.22 |
Bali |
Death penalty for Bali drugs granny
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| Oct.9 |
Mexico |
Mexican drug lord's death hailed
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| Oct.8 |
North Mexico |
Los Zetas drug lord 'may be dead' Map of Coahuila Mexico| Top Los Zetas drug cartel leader Heriberto Lazcano has apparently been killed in a shootout in northern Mexico, the country's navy says | |
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| Sep.27 |
North Mexico |
Mexican navy: Zetas leader captured
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| Sep.18 |
 Venezuela |
Top Colombian drug baron captured Map of San Cristobal Venezuela Daniel Barrera, known as 'Crazy Barrera', was captured across the border from Colombia with the help of Venezuelan, British and US agencies
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| Sep.12 |
North Mexico |
Mexico Gulf cartel 'leader' held Jorge Eduardo Costilla, a suspected senior leader of Mexico's Gulf drug cartel in the northern state of Tamaulipas, has been arrested
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| Jul.30 |
Sydney |
Australia in record drugs seizure
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| Jul.12 |
North Mexico |
US-Mexico 'drugs tunnels' found
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| Jun.12 |
Washington |
US jails Afghan drug lord for life
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| Jun.6 |
Puerto Rico |
Raid targets drug trafficking at airport
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| Apr.25 |
Los Angeles |
US air screeners 'ran drug ring' |
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| Apr.15 |
Colombia |
Drug war hot topic at Summit of the Americas |
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| Jan.11 |
Mexico |
2011 drug violence kills nearly 13,000 |
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| Jan.7 |
Venezuela |
Incoming defense chief a drug 'kingpin' |
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| Dec.26 |
North Mexico |
Mexico captures drug-lord security chief |
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| Nov.25 |
Indonesia |
Australian teen gets 2 months in prison |
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| Oct.31 |
Arizona |
Arizona smashes Mexican drug ring |
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| Oct.18 |
Argentina |
Beauty queen denies drug charges |
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| Oct.7 |
Netherlands |
Dutch reclassify strong cannabis |
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| Oct.1 |
New Hampshire |
Perry: Send US troops to Mexico |
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| Aug.31 |
New York |
Drug kingpin Coke pleads guilty |
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| Jul.21 |
Southern Afghanistan |
Huge poppy seed cache confiscated |
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| Jul.4 |
North Mexico |
Drug lord tied to death of ICE agent |
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| Jun.23 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Eight shot dead in Rio drug raid |
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| Jun.21 |
Mexico |
Top cartel leader captured Map of Aguascalientes Mexico Federal police captured Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, a.k.a. 'The Monkey,' in an operation in the state of Aguascalientes
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| Jun.20 |
West Africa |
W Africa drug trafficking warning |
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| Jun.1 |
Global |
Global war on drugs has 'failed'
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| May.15 |
 Guatemala |
27 headless bodies found in drug region Map of Peten Guatemala| The decapitated bodies of 25 men and two women have been found at a ranch near Guatemala's border with Mexico | |
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| Mar.31 |
Southern China |
China executes three Filipinos |
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| Mar.1 |
Colombia |
Colombia drug war efforts praised |
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| Dec.11 |
Mexico |
'Spiritual leader' of cartel slained
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| Nov.19 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria seizes heroin from Iran
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| Nov.5 |
North Mexico |
Senior drug lord Cardenas shot dead Ezequiel Cardenas, a leader of Mexico's powerful Gulf drug cartel, has been shot dead by security forces in a town near the US border
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| Oct.28 |
 Afghanistan |
DEA: $56 million worth of heroin seized Map of Nangarhar Afghanistan| The operation was conducted by the DEA, the Department of Defense, NATO, the Afghanistan Ministry of Interior, Russia. Raids disrupted four clandestine laboratories associated with a significant... | |
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| Sep.12 |
North Mexico |
Drug kingpin 'El Grande' captures Mexican marines have captured Sergio Villarreal, an alleged top leader of the Beltran Leyva cartel, who is known to Mexican officials as 'El...
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| Sep.8 |
Washington |
Clinton: Mexico drug crime like insurgency
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| Sep.2 |
North Mexico |
Clash 'leaves 27 drug cartel gunmen dead' 
The Mexican army says it has killed 27 suspected drug cartel gunmen in a clash near the US border
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| Aug.30 |
Mexico |
Mexico arrests trafficker Valdez Mexican police have arrested top drug trafficker Edgar Valdez, a US citizen also known as Barbie, linked to the Beltran Leyva drug cartel
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| Aug.3 |
Mexico |
Drug war toll since 2006 exceeds 28,000 More than 28,000 people have died in drug violence in Mexico since President Calderon took office and stepped up the fight against organized crime
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| Jul.29 |
Mexico |
Military 'kills' drug lord Ignacio Coronel Map of Guadalajara Mexico The government says security forces have killed Ignacio 'Nacho' Coronel, a top member of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel
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| Jul.16 |
North Mexico |
Drug gang 'use car bomb'
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| Jun.24 |
 Upstate New York |
Jamaican drug lord arrives in U. S. Christopher 'Dudus' Coke was extradited from Jamaica to the United States, where he is to face drug and weapons charges
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| Jun.22 |
Jamaica |
Alleged drug kingpin arrested Map of Kingston Jamaica Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, 41, was arrested outside Kingston
| He was detained at a roadblock accompanied by a Christian pastor, who said Mr Coke was going to the US embassy to hand himself in
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| May.26 |
 Argentina |
Ex-model arrested on drug charges Angela Sanclemente, 30, a former Colombian model wanted on drug trafficking charges, was captured in Argentina
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| May.24 |
Jamaica |
Police storm stronghold of drugs lord Map of Kingston Jamaica| Jamaican security forces hunting for alleged drugs lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke have stormed his Kingston stronghold | |
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| Mar.16 |
North Mexico |
Calderon seeks US help on drugs war
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| Dec.16 |
Mexico |
Top drug cartel leader killed
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| Nov.12 |
North Mexico |
U.N. troops sought in drug cartel fight
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| Oct.28 |
USA |
Agassi admits use of crystal meth |
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| Oct.22 |
Guatemala |
Officials seize cocaine submarine Guatemalan and US authorities have seized a makeshift submarine loaded with 10 tonnes of cocaine with a street value of $200m
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USA |
US raids hit Mexican drug cartel More than 300 people have been arrested in a series of drug raids targeting La Familia cartel operating in the US
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| Oct.21 |
UN |
World failing to dent heroin trade
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| Sep.1 |
Afghanistan |
'Sharp drop' in Afghan opium crop
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| Aug.25 |
Argentina |
Court ruling allows personal use of pot
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| Jul.21 |
Helmand |
U.S. bombs poppy crop to cut Taliban ties
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| Jul.17 |
Mexico |
Mexico boosts security in Michoacan state
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| Jun.7 |
Mexico |
Deadly gun battle rocks Acapulco
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| May.26 |
Mexico |
Secret raids ensnare 10 mayors
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| Apr.16 |
Mexico |
Obama backs Mexico's war on drugs
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| Mar.25 |
Mexico |
Clinton admits US blame on drugs |
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| Mar.24 |
Washington |
Obama to beef up Mexico border policy
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| Mar.17 |
U.S. Senate |
Bloody war crossing U.S. border |
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| Mar.6 |
North Mexico |
Troops into city stricken by drug war |
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| Feb.5 |
South Carolina |
Phelps suspended over 'pot pipe' |
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| Feb.4 |
Yucatan |
New antidrug chief survives one day |
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| Jan.24 |
Mexico |
Cartel 'stewmaker': 'dissolved 300 bodies' |
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| Oct.10 |
NATO |
NATO agrees Afghan drug role |
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| Jun.11 |
Southern Afghanistan |
Afghans seize 'largest drug haul'
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| Mar.11 |
Colombia |
Bush thanks Colombia for drug aid |
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| Dec.14 |
Mexico |
Soldiers kill drug traffickers |
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| Dec.1 |
 Singapore |
Young Australian hanged Singapore hanged young drug smuggler Tuong Van Nguyen, despite widespread condemnation in Australia
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| Nov.19 |
Peru |
Ex-airline owner arrested on drug charges |
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| May.21 |
Kabul |
Afghan president pressed on opium |
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| Apr.16 |
Colombia |
Cocaine found on U.S.-bound Navy ship |
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| Feb.12 |
Washington |
4 charged over designer steroid |
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| Dec.20 |
Gulf |
US stops 'al-Qaeda drugs boats'
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| Jun.26 |
China |
China kills 57 on anti-drug day
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| Apr.10 |
Colombia |
FARC commander sought |
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