Foreign Affairs Circle

Asian migrants pay smugglers up to US $40,000 to reach United States 27.07.2019 7:36 ↓

Asian migrants are paying up to US $40,000 to reach the United States via Mexico, according to the newspaper El Universal, while Central Americans pay between $10,000 and $12,000.

The relationship between Gangs and drug cartels in Texas 26.07.2019 6:39 ↓

Texas gang threat assessment report

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...