Foreign Policy and National Security
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In a year that saw a dramatic reset to the fight against the drug trade and organized crime in the Americas by the administration of US President Donald Trump, the following Latin American criminal groups were rarely out of the headlines… This piece was co-authored with Deborah Bonello. Read it in its entirety at InSight
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US President Donald Trump has designated the synthetic drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, putting the drug on par with nuclear bombs and weaponized biological agents, and further propelling the war on drugs to the forefront of his national security agenda… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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The world has been watching for weeks to see if the United States will escalate its militarized anti-drug mission in the Caribbean into a direct intervention aimed at toppling the regime of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, prompting intense debate about the wisdom and potential impacts of such an action… Read this piece in its entirety
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I talked with my colleague Beatriz Vicent about the Pulpos gang at the center of Peru’s extortion crisis — who they are and how they operate. Watch the full conversation here:
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I talked with my colleague Sam Woolston about the life and legacy of legendary Honduran drug trafficker Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros, who died in US federal prison after serving several decades behind bars. Watch the full conversation here:
Mike LaSusa 