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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 "Illegal drug trade in Mexico" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
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.
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.
Security experts said they believe the new strategy is partly a response to Trump's threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on products from Mexico if the country does not curb drug trafficking and ...
Illicit drug use in Mexico is low compared to the United States but is on the rise. [126] With Mexico's increased role in the trafficking and production of illegal drugs, the availability of narcotics has risen slowly locally since the 1980s.
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 ...
The Beltrán Leyva Organization (BLO), also known as the Beltrán Leyva Cartel [2] (Spanish: Cártel de los Beltrán Leyva, [3] pronounced [ˈkaɾtel ðe los βelˈtɾan ˈlejβa], CBL), [4] was a Mexican drug cartel and organized crime syndicate, formerly headed by the five Beltrán Leyva brothers: Marcos Arturo, Carlos, Alfredo, Mario Alberto, and Héctor.