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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: drug traffickers

drug traffickers stories: 25 news summaries

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 Peruvian Rebel Group 
 Finds New Life 

Shining Path kinder, gentler and more ideologically muddled, but still deadly

Nov 12, 08 2:38 PM CST
(Newser) - All but forgotten, Peru's Shining Path guerrilla group has again become a force to be reckoned with, killing more people in October than it had in any month since the 1990s, the Washington Post reports in a look at its secretive ranks. Today’s drug-financed Path leans more liberal narcoterrorist... More »

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Peru • drug trafficking • coca • Shining Path • Maoism • drug traffickers • narco-terrorism

 Drug Kingpins Corrupt 
 Elite Mexican Unit 

Top anti-drug agents accused of passing information to traffickers

Oct 28, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two senior officials from an elite Mexican anti-drug unit have been arrested and charged with spying for drug cartels, the Los Angeles Times reports, and dozens of agents have been fired following a tip-off from a captured informant. Prosecutors say the officials leaked information to the gangs they were supposed... More »

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Mexico • Felipe Calderon • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • counternarcotics • drug traffickers

 NATO Troops 
 Target  Afghan 
 Drug Lords 

Troops given green light to attack industry that funds Taliban insurgents

Oct 11, 08 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO has given its troops permission to go after Afghanistan's drugs labs and opium kingpins, Agence France Presse reports. Some members of the alliance had been wary of targeting the industry, fearful of alienating farmers. But the Afghan government has given its blessing to attacks on the trade that puts... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • heroin • opium • International Security Assistance Force • drug traffickers

Cops Shoot Mayor's Dogs in Bad Drug Bust

Cops kill Labs 'for sport,' handcuff
mayor in boxers

Aug 8, 08 5:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Maryland mayor is demanding an investigation after police burst into his home and shot his two dogs dead, reports the Baltimore Sun. Cheye Calvo, the mayor of Baltimore suburb Berwyn Heights, and his wife were apparently victims of a smuggling ring that sent packages of marijuana to unsuspecting victims,... More »

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Maryland • police • mayor • dog • police raids • drug traffickers

Drug Addiction Shoots Up
in Mexico

Traffickers thwarted
at border sell crack, heroin, meth to locals

Jul 23, 08 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Drug addiction is skyrocketing in Mexico, which used to be simply a transit point for illegal drugs rather than a major consumer market, reports USA Today. As increased border security foils smugglers along the American border, the drugs end up being sold to Mexicans. Crack cocaine use has risen sharply,... More »

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Mexico • drug addiction • heroin • cocaine • Mexican border • crack cocaine • drug traffickers

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