World news | The Guardian3d ago
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
Clashes between armed groups in Colombia kill at least 52

Rival groups are vying for territorial control of strategic cocaine production and trafficking region

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US news | The Guardian4d ago
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
Two killed in US strike on another alleged drug boat in Pacific as campaign’s death toll nears 200

Military claims boat targeted in second deadly attack this week was travelling along a known smuggling route

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World news | The Guardian5d ago
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
One person killed in latest US military strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific

Nearly 200 people killed in Trump administration’s deadly campaign as strikes draw widespread condemnation

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World news | The GuardianMay 18
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
Pressure on Mexico after two ex-officials surrender to US over alleged cartel ties

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum denies any links between her Morena party and organized crime

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World news | The GuardianMay 11
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
Drug gang attacks ‘force hundreds of Indigenous families to flee’ in Mexico

Violence in Guerrero state has driven as many as 1,000 households from their homes, rights group says

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World news | The GuardianMay 6
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
Attempts to stop prison drone drug deliveries hampered by crumbling Victorian walls

Plans to install tougher netting and window grilles set back because walls cannot take extra weight, prison governors say

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World news | The GuardianMay 3
‘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
‘It’s like a cat and mouse game’: on the frontline of Belgium’s fight against drug smugglers

Antwerp port is stepping up scanning of goods amid warnings country risks becoming a narco-state

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World news | The GuardianApr 29
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
Australia becomes second largest consumer of methamphetamine globally, wastewater monitoring reveals

Cocaine use also reaches record highs, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission figures show

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World news | The GuardianApr 28
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
Mexican special forces arrest top commander of powerful cartel

Audias Flores, known as ‘El Jardinero’, of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, captured in western state of Nayarit

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 25
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
US military kills two more people in strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific

Small boat destroyed in video posted on social media as US campaign has killed at least 178 people since September

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