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They laid down arms. Now ex-guerrillas in Colombia fear fate under new hardline president https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/29/former-guerrillas-colombia-fate-new-president #Colombia #Farc #Americas #WorldNews #DrugsTrade

They laid down arms. Now ex-guerrillas in Colombia fear fate under new hardline president
By Daniela Díaz in Valle del Guamuez and Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

‘Total peace’ plan of previous government led only 99 of Colombia’s 30,000 armed combatants to disarm, but new president Abelardo De la Espriella opposes peace agreements

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/29/former-guerrillas-colombia-fate-new-president

#Colombia #Farc #Americas #Worldnews #Drugstrade #TheGuardian #DanielaDazinValledelGuamuez #TiagoRogeroinRiodeJaneiro

Drugs in pastries, months on the run: the double-life of Lebanese influencer Dr Food
By William Christou in Beirut

Georges Dib, who had 8.7m TikTok followers, was arrested on Sunday after being sentenced in absentia to life in prison

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/lebanon-influencer-georges-dib-dr-food-arrested

#Lebanon #Drugs #Drugstrade #TikTok #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #Socialmedia #TheGuardian #WilliamChristouinBeirut

US military kills four in strike on alleged drug smuggling boat in Caribbean
By Associated Press

Number of people killed in boat strikes rises to 227 since Trump administration began controversial campaign

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/us-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean

#Americas #Drugstrade #DonaldTrump #Caribbean #Trumpadministration #TheGuardian #AssociatedPress

Home Office could be blocked from deporting trafficking victims to Albania
By Diane Taylor

Many males are returned even if they are trafficking victims but Home Office must now consider new legal guidance

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/21/home-office-albanian-trafficking-victims-deport

#Immigrationandasylum #HomeOffice #Politics #Albania #Drugs #Drugstrade #Humantrafficking #Europe #UKnews #Worldnews #Law #Society #TheGuardian #DianeTaylor

Home Office could be blocked from deporting trafficking victims to Albania https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/21/home-office-albanian-trafficking-victims-deport #ImmigrationAndAsylum #HomeOffice #Politics #Albania #Drugs #DrugsTrade #HumanTrafficking #Europe #UkNews #WorldNews #Law #Society

Gangs using Airbnb-type rentals as drug stash houses, top Belgian official says https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/11/airbnb-type-rentals-drugs-crime-gangs-belgium #Airbnb #Belgium #Europe #DrugsTrade #WorldNews #Drugs

Gangs using Airbnb-type rentals as drug stash houses, top Belgian official says
By Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Flexible short-term bookings used to store and pack drugs and stash weapons and cash, says Ine Van Wymersch

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/11/airbnb-type-rentals-drugs-crime-gangs-belgium

#Airbnb #Belgium #Europe #Drugstrade #Worldnews #Drugs #TheGuardian #JenniferRankininBrussels

Gangs taking villages on Brazil-Peru border ‘hostage’, say Indigenous leaders
By Jonathan Watts

Delegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazon Forest

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/24/gangs-taking-villages-on-brazil-peru-border-hostage-say-indigenous-leaders

#Amazonrainforest #Americas #Indigenouspeoples #Brazil #Peru #Drugstrade #Loggingandlandclearing #Environmentalactivism #Worldnews #Deforestation #TheGuardian #JonathanWatts

Mexican drug lord ‘El Mayo’ sentenced to life in prison in US federal court
By José Olivares in New York

Case against Ismael Zambada García, who helped co-found and lead the violent Sinaloa cartel, unfolded in New York

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/20/el-mayo-prison-sentence

#UScrime #NewYork #Mexico #Drugs #Drugstrade #Drugspolicy #Trumpadministration #USnews #LawUS #JoaqunElChapoGuzmn #TheGuardian #JosOlivaresinNewYork

Five charged in Liberia after more than 200kg of cocaine seized in drug bust
By Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan

Shipment discovered at airport in Monrovia and valued at £14.2m had been falsely declared as seasoning cubes

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/07/charged-liberia-200kg-cocaine-seized-drug-bust

#Liberia #Africa #Drugstrade #Worldnews #EromoEgbejuleinAbidjan

Five charged in Liberia after more than 200kg of cocaine seized in drug bust https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/07/charged-liberia-200kg-cocaine-seized-drug-bust #Liberia #Africa #DrugsTrade #WorldNews

Did US drug agents allow lethal fentanyl to hit New Mexico’s streets? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/30/us-drug-agents-new-mexico-fentanyl #NewMexico #UsNews #DrugsTrade #WorldNews

Italian police dismantle illicit bank used by drug traffickers as global broker https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/15/italian-police-dismantle-illicit-bank-used-by-drug-traffickers-as-global-broker #Italy #DrugsTrade #Europe #WorldNews

Clashes between armed groups in Colombia kill at least 52 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/28/clashes-between-armed-groups-in-colombia-kill-at-least-52 #Colombia #Farc #Americas #WorldNews #DrugsTrade

Two killed in US strike on another alleged drug boat in Pacific as campaign’s death toll nears 200 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/28/us-military-strike-alleged-drug-boat-pacific-death-toll-nears-200 #UsMilitary #UsForeignPolicy #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #DrugsTrade

One person killed in latest US military strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/us-military-strike-pacific-drug-boat #UsMilitary #DrugsTrade #UsNews #WorldNews #PeteHegseth

Pressure on Mexico after two ex-officials surrender to US over alleged cartel ties https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/18/mexico-officials-surrender-alleged-cartel-ties #Mexico #DrugsTrade #Americas #WorldNews #ClaudiaSheinbaum

Drug gang attacks ‘force hundreds of Indigenous families to flee’ in Mexico https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/11/drug-gang-attacks-force-hundreds-of-indigenous-families-to-flee-in-mexico #Mexico #DrugsTrade #Americas #WorldNews

Attempts to stop prison drone drug deliveries hampered by crumbling Victorian walls https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/06/prison-drone-drug-deliveries-crumbling-victorian-walls #PrisonsAndProbation #DronesNonmilitary #Crime #UkNews #UkCriminalJustice #Drugs #DrugsTrade

‘It’s like a cat and mouse game’: on the frontline of Belgium’s fight against drug smugglers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/03/belgium-drug-smugglers-antwerp-port #Belgium #DrugsTrade #Europe #WorldNews

Australia becomes second largest consumer of methamphetamine globally, wastewater monitoring reveals https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/29/methamphetamine-crystal-meth-ice-australia-second-largest-consumer #CrimeAustralia #Drugs #AustraliaNews #Health #DrugsTrade #MethamphetamineCrystalMeth #Cannabis

Mexican special forces arrest top commander of powerful cartel https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/mexican-special-forces-arrest-top-commander-audias-flores-el-jardinero-of-powerful-cartel #Mexico #WorldNews #Americas #DrugsTrade

US military kills two more people in strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/us-military-strike-boat-pacific #UsMilitary #UsNews #WorldNews #DrugsTrade #Americas

Dozens of Mexican mafia members arrested in California crackdown https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/23/mexican-mafia-arrests-california #California #WestCoast #Mexico #DrugsTrade #Americas #UsNews #WorldNews

Two US officials who died after Mexico drug raid reported to be CIA agents https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/21/mexico-drug-raid-cia-agents-embassy-investigation #Mexico #DrugsTrade #Drugs #WorldNews #UsNews #ClaudiaSheinbaum #Cia #Americas

US and Mexican officials assigned to cartel case killed in car accident https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/20/mexico-car-accident-drug-officials-killed #UsNews #Mexico #Americas #DrugsTrade

Brazil's tax revenue secretary Robinson Barreirinhas said on Friday that more than 1,100 weapons were seized over the past 12 months arriving from the United States, and that in the first quarter alone authorities have seized more than 1.5 tons of drugs.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-seizes-over-1100-weapons-15-tons-drugs-us-says-official-2026-04-10/

#FuckTrump #FuckMAGA #ArmsDealer #USimperialism #WarOnDrugs #USterror #Brasil #Brazil #USpol #DrugsTrade

Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/08/isolate-jailed-drug-dealers-charlie-taylor-inspector-prisons #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Crime #DrugsTrade #Drugs #Society #UkNews #Politics

Belgium at risk of becoming ‘narco-state’, judge warns https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/09/belgium-at-risk-of-becoming-narco-state-judge-warns #DrugsTrade #WorldNews #Belgium #Europe