Foreign Affairs Circle

Heroin production and use in Mexico 20.07.2019 5:44 ↓

Mexico has become the United States’ leading supplier of heroin, and this increase in local production may also lead to increased availability in Mexico. Currently, Mexico is the world’s third-largest producer of heroin, with more than 28 000 hectares (close to 70 000 acres) of land believed to be used for opium cultivation, potentially producing 499 tons of heroin per year

Why drugs are easily flowing thru New Mexico border 19.07.2019 3:45 ↓

Border Patrol highway checkpoints in the southern New Mexico region that normally seize seven figures worth of drugs annually have not seized a dollar in nearly four months after being shuttered in late March, allowing drugs to flood into the country. Meantime, with the added supply, prices for illicit drugs are dropping precipitous-Washington Examiner

Man hides drugs under toupee 17.07.2019 0:34 ↓

Seriously 🤦🏼‍♂️ Repost @national_security_news ・・・ A 65-yr-old man was arrested today at a Barcelona airport after $34,000 of cocaine was found underneath his toupee, according to Spain's National Police. The police posted photos of the man showing his enormous hairpiece side-by-side with a photo of the drugs #nationalsecurity #spain #drugs #lawenforcement #police #cops

Cocaine production increasing and seeing more deliveries to southern Mexico, also 21 slaves rescued in the state of chihuahua 16.07.2019 3:17 ↓

According to a report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in September, 171,000 hectares of land in Colombia were used to grow the coca plant in 2017, an increase of 25,000 hectares or 17% over the year before.

We chat with Ed Calderon of Eds Manifesto - Was part of a special unit in the Mexican Police force 10.07.2019 1:12:20 ↓

intervieFor over a decade Ed Calderon worked in the fields of counter narcotics, organized crime investigation, and public safety in the northern-border region of Mexico. During this period he also coordinated and worked executive protection details for high-level government officials and visiting dignitaries — often in some of the most dangerous parts of the country. Ed Calderon’s study in to the...

Drug cartel violence on the rise in Northern Mexico 30.06.2019 1:27 ↓

We also discuss cartels in America

Religion and Violence With Mark Juergensmeyer is professor of global studies 15.11.2016 17:14 ↓

Mark Juergensmeyer is professor of global studies,professor of sociology, Kundan Kaur Kapany Chair of Global and Sikh Studies, and affiliate professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was the founding director of the Global and International Studies Program and the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies. He is an expert on religious violenc...

a discussion on Ibn Taymiyyah 08.11.2016 23:16 ↓

A discussion about Ibn Taymiyyah and his influence on Islam with Associate Prof. Jon Hoover of the University of Nottingham

a look at welfare 01.06.2016 3:29 ↓

A look at the welfare numbers

How does Mexico deal with illegal immigrants crossing their border? 31.05.2016 7:52 ↓

A Dr. Carlos special report

A look inside the new book "Congressman X", why is the media focusing on a Trump phone call from 20years ago, & the NY Times on defense 16.05.2016 17:35 ↓

Join Dr. Carlos as he discusses the book "Congressman X" ,Why Clinton is a weak candidate , why is the media focused on Trump's call of 20 years ago , Cuban immigrants, The New York Times slammed by Trump ex-girlfriend

A discussion on Jihad: How Radical Islam Works With Tawfik Hamid is a senior fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies 14.12.2015 23:01 ↓

Tawfik Hamid is a senior fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and is considered a world authority on Islamism and counterterrorism. A former jihadist, he has been a keynote speaker at intelligence summits in Washington, DC, and elsewhere. He has discussed jihadism with senators and members of Congress and has lectured at conferences on the topic and at several universities. He has ap...