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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]
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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:
Drug cartels in Mexico control approximately 70% of the foreign narcotics flow into the United States. [121] Mexican cartels distribute Asian [122] methamphetamine to the United States. [38] It is believed that almost half the cartels' revenues come from cannabis. [123] Cocaine, heroin, and increasingly methamphetamine are also traded. [124]
The cartel, one of the world’s most powerful narcotics trafficking organizations, is thought to be responsible for the trafficking of vast amounts of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and ...
The largest drug seizure in Mexico's history was 23 tons of Colombian cocaine in November 2007. Mexico has for decades been the hub of drug trafficking to the United States, with a large number of ...
The CIA extended the mantle of their alliance to these drug lords and in every case the drug lords used it to expand a small local trade in opium into a major source of supply for the world markets and the United States. While they were allied with the United States these drug lords were absolutely immune to any kind of investigation.
The case, outlined in a 10-count superseding indictment, highlights the growing relationship between Mexican cartels and Chinese citizens in the U.S., and the complex system they have developed to ...