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Substantive drug trafficking offenses tied to the Gulf Cartel’s smuggling of cocaine and marijuana into the United States.
was found guilty by a U.S. federal jury in mid‑October 1996; contemporary reports of the trial and press coverage place the guilty verdict in articles dated October 17, 1996 after a multi‑week trial ....
is the primary federal law‑enforcement lead that hunts, disrupts and prosecutes transnational trafficking networks using criminal, immigration and trade authorities and a global field presence . is ch...
Citizens who assist federal agents can, in certain circumstances, receive formal protective measures through federal witness protection programs that relocate and conceal endangered witnesses and thei...
Research shows a nuanced — and often weak — correlation between illegal immigration and drug trafficking: drugs do move across the southern border and cartels exploit migration routes, but most prosec...
UNODC’s World Drug Report and mapping products portray Venezuela as a transit and secondary processing point for cocaine — not the principal source of cocaine entering the United States — estimating o...