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"The members and leaders of the organization are in Mexico, not in the US," a Sinaloa cartel operative told Insider. A new DEA map shows where cartels have influence in the US. Cartel operatives ...
Map of Mexican cartels' drug traffic routes in Mexico based on a 2012 Stratfor report. The U.S. State Department estimates that 90 percent of cocaine entering the United States is produced in Colombia [119] (followed by Bolivia and Peru) [120] and that the main transit route is through Mexico. [38]
Cocaine is the second most popular illegal recreational drug in the US behind cannabis, [14] and the US is the world's largest consumer of cocaine. [15] According to the DEA, about 93% of the cocaine in the US originated in Colombia and was smuggled across the Mexico–US border. [16]
Cocaine is readily available throughout Kentucky and cartels’ presence is a “major issue,” according to Kevin McWilliams, public information officer for the Louisville Field Division of the ...
Map of violent crime per 100,000 people in the US by state in 2016. The United States of America is the world's largest consumer of cocaine [58] and other illegal drugs. [59] [60] [61] This is a list of American criminal organizations involved in illegal drug traffic, drug trade and other related crimes in the United States:
A 2020 DEA map shows where different Mexican cartels have influence on American soil. “We are literally under siege,” said Sheriff Kieran Donahue of the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office.
Haiti’s emergence as a “narco-state” began in the late 1980s, when Colombian cocaine smugglers paid local cops and politicians to help move tons of cocaine through the country.
The United States is the primary destination, but around 25 to 30% of global cocaine production travels from Latin America to Europe, typically via West Africa. [ 1 ] The major drug trafficking organizations ( drug cartels ) are Mexican and Colombian, and said to generate a total of $18 to $39bn in wholesale drug proceeds per year. [ 1 ]