LIMÓN – The name “Macho Coca” is well-known in Costa Rica’s Caribbean port city of Limón. His real surname is Bell, and for many years locals quietly…
“Amigo, I’m safe in my hideout where I can answer your questions calmly,” said John Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, alias “Popeye,” who used to work as a hit…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's official: the U.S. government's top drug cop has acknowledged that marijuana is less dangerous than heroin. At a meeting with reporters this week…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Drug traffickers who cooperate with U.S. federal investigators are poorly vetted, and the Drug Enforcement Administration did not properly monitor at least 240 informants…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The head of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration is stepping down in mid-May, following revelations about "sex parties" involving prostitutes overseas and other…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two undercover federal agents in the investigation of Bitcoin market Silk Road extorted and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of the virtual…
WASHINGTON D.C. — Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents allegedly had "sex parties" with prostitutes hired by local drug cartels overseas over a period of several years, according…
[caption id="attachment_56826" align="alignright" width="168"] The Tico Times[/caption] Suspected Colombian drug cartel leader Joel Jermain Branford was quietly extradited to the United States from Costa Rica last week, where…
[caption id="attachment_51256" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Screengrab from interview by School of Authentic Journalism in Merida, Mexico, 2002.[/caption] See also: Reviving the messenger: Gary Webb’s tale on film I haven’t…
After a month of delays, four suspects arrested in June as part of the largest cocaine seizure in Costa Rican history arrived at Juan Santamaría International Airport…
