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Prosecutors Drop Death Penalty for "El Chapo's" Son
Federal prosecutors in Chicago will not seek the death penalty against Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of "El Chapo," who is charged with drug trafficking, money laundering, and conspiracy; his brother, Ovidio, also faces similar charges and may accept a plea deal.
Prosecutors Drop Death Penalty for "El Chapo's" Son
Federal prosecutors in Chicago will not seek the death penalty against Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of "El Chapo," who is charged with drug trafficking, money laundering, and conspiracy; his brother, Ovidio, also faces similar charges and may accept a plea deal.
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44% Bias Score
Colombia's Peace Talks: Dissident FARC Group Commits to Disarmament and Coca Crop Substitution
In Colombia's Nariño department, the government reached an agreement with the CNEB, a dissident FARC group, for disarmament, demining, and coca crop substitution across 30,000 hectares, aiming to curb drug trafficking and foster peace in a coca-growing region.
Colombia's Peace Talks: Dissident FARC Group Commits to Disarmament and Coca Crop Substitution
In Colombia's Nariño department, the government reached an agreement with the CNEB, a dissident FARC group, for disarmament, demining, and coca crop substitution across 30,000 hectares, aiming to curb drug trafficking and foster peace in a coca-growing region.
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28% Bias Score
Noboa Begins Presidency Amidst Rising Violence in Ecuador
Ecuador's newly inaugurated President Daniel Noboa, 37, pledged on Saturday to intensify the fight against drug cartels and revive the economy, despite a reported 58 percent rise in killings during the first four months of 2025; his security strategy, drawing comparisons to El Salvador's, has raised...
Noboa Begins Presidency Amidst Rising Violence in Ecuador
Ecuador's newly inaugurated President Daniel Noboa, 37, pledged on Saturday to intensify the fight against drug cartels and revive the economy, despite a reported 58 percent rise in killings during the first four months of 2025; his security strategy, drawing comparisons to El Salvador's, has raised...
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40% Bias Score
San Bernardo Residents Resist Bogotá's Urban Renewal Plan
In Bogotá, Colombia, residents of the San Bernardo neighborhood are fighting against the city's plan to demolish their historic Art Deco homes to combat drug trafficking and homelessness, fearing displacement and the loss of their community's heritage; their resistance is fueled by the city's histor...
San Bernardo Residents Resist Bogotá's Urban Renewal Plan
In Bogotá, Colombia, residents of the San Bernardo neighborhood are fighting against the city's plan to demolish their historic Art Deco homes to combat drug trafficking and homelessness, fearing displacement and the loss of their community's heritage; their resistance is fueled by the city's histor...
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60% Bias Score
Key Los Chapitos Cartel Member Killed in Mexico
A key member of the Los Chapitos cartel, Jorge Humberto Figueroa Benítez, alias "El Perris", was killed during a capture operation in Navolato, Sinaloa, Mexico, on Saturday. The US DEA offered a $1 million reward for his arrest for drug trafficking and other crimes. The operation resulted in armed c...
Key Los Chapitos Cartel Member Killed in Mexico
A key member of the Los Chapitos cartel, Jorge Humberto Figueroa Benítez, alias "El Perris", was killed during a capture operation in Navolato, Sinaloa, Mexico, on Saturday. The US DEA offered a $1 million reward for his arrest for drug trafficking and other crimes. The operation resulted in armed c...
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44% Bias Score
Vancouver Man Arrested in Joint Canada-U.S. Investigation into Illegal Firearms and Fentanyl Trafficking
A joint investigation by Canadian and U.S. border agencies and the RCMP led to the arrest of Jordan Tanner Dakota Treleaven, 32, in Edmonton on Thursday for allegedly importing illegal firearms from the U.S. and exporting fentanyl to New York; the investigation involved the interception of four fent...
Vancouver Man Arrested in Joint Canada-U.S. Investigation into Illegal Firearms and Fentanyl Trafficking
A joint investigation by Canadian and U.S. border agencies and the RCMP led to the arrest of Jordan Tanner Dakota Treleaven, 32, in Edmonton on Thursday for allegedly importing illegal firearms from the U.S. and exporting fentanyl to New York; the investigation involved the interception of four fent...
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36% Bias Score
Cartels Exploit Legal US Cannabis Market
Chinese and Mexican cartels are exploiting America's legal cannabis market, generating a multibillion-dollar black market, with 66% of 2024 seizures occurring in Oklahoma, according to the DEA's 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment.
Cartels Exploit Legal US Cannabis Market
Chinese and Mexican cartels are exploiting America's legal cannabis market, generating a multibillion-dollar black market, with 66% of 2024 seizures occurring in Oklahoma, according to the DEA's 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment.
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36% Bias Score
Dutch Towns Show High Rates of Businesses Run by Convicted Drug Criminals
In 2022, over 12,000 Dutch businesses (0.7%) had owners or directors with prior drug convictions; Heerlen (2.3%), Kerkrade (2.1%), and Brunssum (2.0%) in South Limburg had far higher percentages, highlighting the issue of undermining crime where legal businesses are used to mask illegal activities.
Dutch Towns Show High Rates of Businesses Run by Convicted Drug Criminals
In 2022, over 12,000 Dutch businesses (0.7%) had owners or directors with prior drug convictions; Heerlen (2.3%), Kerkrade (2.1%), and Brunssum (2.0%) in South Limburg had far higher percentages, highlighting the issue of undermining crime where legal businesses are used to mask illegal activities.
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36% Bias Score
Albanian Gangs' 'Sell the Work' Tactic Hinders UK Cocaine Trade Crackdown
Albanian drug gangs dominate the UK cocaine trade, using a 'sell cheap and sell more' strategy and a practice called 'selling the work' to replace arrested members, resulting in hundreds of millions of pounds being laundered back to Albania each year.
Albanian Gangs' 'Sell the Work' Tactic Hinders UK Cocaine Trade Crackdown
Albanian drug gangs dominate the UK cocaine trade, using a 'sell cheap and sell more' strategy and a practice called 'selling the work' to replace arrested members, resulting in hundreds of millions of pounds being laundered back to Albania each year.
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48% Bias Score
Suriname's Oil Bonanza and Uncertain Election
Suriname's upcoming elections will determine the next government's management of newly discovered offshore oil reserves, projected to yield 220,000 barrels per day starting in 2028, significantly impacting the nation's economy and development trajectory.
Suriname's Oil Bonanza and Uncertain Election
Suriname's upcoming elections will determine the next government's management of newly discovered offshore oil reserves, projected to yield 220,000 barrels per day starting in 2028, significantly impacting the nation's economy and development trajectory.
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44% Bias Score
Four Drug Overdoses in Paris Within 24 Hours
Four individuals suffered drug overdoses in Paris within 24 hours: one on Friday morning in the Marais district (4th arrondissement), and three on Saturday morning near a bar in the 11th arrondissement; substances included suspected GHB and 3-MMC; a Paris prosecutor's office investigation is underwa...
Four Drug Overdoses in Paris Within 24 Hours
Four individuals suffered drug overdoses in Paris within 24 hours: one on Friday morning in the Marais district (4th arrondissement), and three on Saturday morning near a bar in the 11th arrondissement; substances included suspected GHB and 3-MMC; a Paris prosecutor's office investigation is underwa...
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52% Bias Score
France to Build High-Security Prison in Amazon to Combat Drug Cartels and Terrorism
France is building a £337 million, 40,700 square meter high-security prison in French Guiana to house 500 drug lords and Islamist terrorists by 2028, responding to recent attacks on French prisons and a surge in drug-related violence.
France to Build High-Security Prison in Amazon to Combat Drug Cartels and Terrorism
France is building a £337 million, 40,700 square meter high-security prison in French Guiana to house 500 drug lords and Islamist terrorists by 2028, responding to recent attacks on French prisons and a surge in drug-related violence.
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60% Bias Score
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