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  2. Latin American drug legalization - Wikipedia

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    However, the 2006 law does not provide objective means to distinguish between users or traffickers. A disparity exists between the decriminalization of drug use and the increased penalization of selling drugs, punishable with a maximum prison sentence of 5 years for the sale of very minor quantities of drugs.

  3. Mexican drug war - Wikipedia

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    The Mexican drug war (also known as the Mexican war on drugs; Spanish: Guerra contra el narcotráfico en México, shortened to and commonly known inside Mexico as the war against the narco; Spanish: Guerra contra el narco) [30] is an ongoing asymmetric [31] [32] armed conflict between the Mexican government and various drug trafficking syndicates.

  4. Illegal drug trade in Latin America - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] These drugs are supplied by Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs). The U.S. government estimates that Mexican DTOs gain tens of billions of dollars each year from drug sales in the U.S. alone. [11] DTOs are continually battling for control of territory in Mexico used for the cultivation, importation and transportation of illicit drugs ...

  5. Mexico nabs over a ton of fentanyl in largest ever seizure - AOL

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    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican security forces said on Wednesday they had made the largest fentanyl seizure in the country's history, impounding 1,100 kilograms of the synthetic opioid in the ...

  6. Video shows 7.2 tons of cocaine seized in high-speed ... - AOL

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    Mexican authorities seized more than seven tons of suspected cocaine in two separate raids in the Pacific Ocean, the country's navy said, and dramatic video captured the high-speed chases on the ...

  7. U.S. asked to extradite accused mastermind of ... - AOL

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    Mexico has asked the United States to extradite the suspected mastermind behind the murder of journalist Javier Valdez after he was arrested on drug charges, the attorney general said.. Damaso ...

  8. Crime in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    These drug cartels often use Mexican-American and other Latino gangs to distribute their narcotics in United States. [25] Mexican drug cartels also have ties to Colombian drug traffickers, and other international organized crime. A sharp spike in drug-related violence has some analysts worrying about the 'Colombianization' of Mexico.

  9. Drug cartel - Wikipedia

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    A drug cartel is a criminal organization composed of independent drug lords who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the illegal drug trade. Drug cartels form with the purpose of controlling the supply of the illegal drug trade and maintaining prices at a high level.