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Piracy on Falcon Lake refers to an increase in crime at the border between the United States and Mexico on Falcon Lake. The lake is a 60-mile (97 km) long reservoir of the Rio Grande that was constructed in 1954 and is a known drug smuggling route.
Pages in category "Drug cartels in Mexico" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. La Barredora; C.
The United States is a lucrative market for illegal drugs. The United Nations estimates that nearly 90% of cocaine sold in the United States originates in South America and is smuggled through Mexico. [23] Mexico is the largest foreign supplier of marijuana and the largest source of heroin for the U.S. market.
As the United States of America is the world's largest consumer of cocaine, [128] as well as of other illegal drugs, [129] their demand is what motivates the drug business, and the main goal of Mexican cartels is to introduce narcotics into the U.S.
The supply chain for drugs poisoning America has become highly concentrated and vulnerable, depending on illegal activities in Communist China and Mexico.
Illegal drug trade in Mexico (2 C, 6 P) M. Mexican drug war (4 C, 70 P) P. Pharmaceutical companies of Mexico (1 C, 1 P) S. Mexican sportspeople in doping cases (14 P) T.
Back in Mexico, of course, organized crime continues to wreak havoc. But how many people are on the payrolls of the Mexican cartels? Now researchers have come up with an estimate: 175,000.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's navy said on Friday it had arrested 23 people in its largest-ever drugs bust, seizing some 8.4 thousand kilograms of illicit cargo in an operation off the country's ...