From Costa Rica's southern border with Panama north to Nicaragua, police discovered dozens of clandestine airstrips in a series of recent flyovers along the country's Pacific coast. In…

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Few question that the “war on drugs” has been costly and ineffective. Inappropriate policies resulting from the war have destroyed countless lives, incarcerated millions of people, fuelled…

WASHINGTON -- Hollywood actor Sean Penn has expressed regret that the article he wrote after interviewing Mexican drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán failed to spark a debate…

MADRID, Spain – In a major drugs bust, Spanish police said Tuesday they had seized three tons of Colombian cocaine and arrested 12 suspected drug smugglers from Spain,…

MEXICO CITY – Mexican forces clashed with suspected organized crime figures in the hometown of fugitive drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, killing two and netting 4.5 tons…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 95 drug offenders Friday, more than double the number of commutations he granted earlier this year in…

In April of this year, two Drug Enforcement Administration task force members stopped a man named Issa Serieh at Los Angeles International Airport, asked him some questions,…

MEXICO CITY -- A hammer-like noise reverberates in Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán's cell minutes before his jailbreak. Almost 30 minutes later, a guard finally arrives outside…

Costa Rica's elite police unit has a new weapon in the fight against drug traffickers, murderers and other criminals -- The Protector. The Tico Times had exclusive…