LIMA – Peru’s National Police have seized a total of 902 kilos of cocaine in three drug busts, according to the country’s interior minister. “This year, the anti-drug work is very strong, and that is […]
BUENOS AIRES – Police in Argentina have seized nearly 400 kg of cocaine from the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires, the South American country’s security minister announced Thursday. Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said Thursday that […]
VITOR QUARANTA SANTIAGO – This week, Chile’s National Customs Services, the Investigative Police (PDI) and the Valparaiso’s Regional Prosecutor Office confiscated 148 kilograms of cocaine paste in a joint operation at the ports of Valparaiso […]
LA PAZ – Authorities from Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina have dealt harsh blow to drug trafficking by seizing 2.2 tons of drugs in simultaneous operations carried out in border areas, from November 6th to 19th. […]
BOGOTÁ – Colombian authorities have seized 12 tons of cocaine worth an estimated $360 million in the South American country’s largest-ever drug bust. The record find has been linked to Colombia’s Gulf Clan, currently the […]
LIMA – Peru’s congress late Thursday overwhelmingly approved a measure supported by President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski that legalizes marijuana for medicinal use. The vote won in a landslide with a 68-5 vote in favor of […]
ISTANBUL – Police in Turkey seized more than a kilogram (pound) of cocaine from the baggage of a Chilean national at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul late last month, according to police. 3 Chileans charged with […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times SANTIAGO – About 28 percent of young people have been driven in a car by someone they know to be drunk, according to figures released on Friday by the National Institute […]
BRASILIA – Police in Brazil have arrested a notorious drugs lord from Sorriso, in the western state of Mato Grosso. Luiz Carlos da Rocha – nicknamed “White Head” – is believed to be the leader […]
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