Drugs

Families urge Philippines to work with ICC on ‘drug war’ probe
The court is looking at the deaths of thousands of people after former President Rodrigo Duterte began his ‘drugs war’.
Published On 17 Mar 2023
El Salvador extends emergency powers in year-long gang crackdown
Measures enjoy widespread support, but rights groups say they have led to arbitrary arrests and prison overcrowding.
Published On 16 Mar 2023
Surge in executions of drug offenders in 2022, more on death row
The surge in executions for drug-related offences came despite a global shift towards abolition.
Published On 16 Mar 2023
Former Mexican presidential candidate sentenced to US prison
Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, ex-governor of Tamaulipas, is accused of using $3.5m in bribes to buy property in the US.
Published On 16 Mar 2023

Ex-officer found guilty of murdering two teenagers aged 14 and 19, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Bogota accuses Gulf Clan of backing protests by illegal miners that cut off drinking water to communities in northwest.

Lopez Obrador denounces Republican-led push for US military intervention after fatal drug cartel abduction of Americans.

Four Americans were hauled off in a pick-up truck after allegedly being caught in the crossfire of a shootout.

Authorities say nobody was injured in the early morning attack on supermarket owned by Messi’s in-laws in Rosario.

A low-intensity but bloody battle is being fought to contain the flow of drugs from Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’.

Ovidio Guzman was arrested in January triggering a wave of violence in Sinaloa, the stronghold of their drug empire.

A report indicates members of the Mexican army opened fire on a pick-up truck in city of Nuevo Laredo, near US border.

Rights groups have criticised a crackdown on crime, accusing the government of empowering itself to act with impunity.

Former Philippines senator and outspoken critic of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte sees hope for freedom.

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