| 单词 | drug war |
| 例句 | Even putting aside such concerns, though, recent research indicates that the basic assumptions upon which drug war defenses typically rest are simply wrong. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Far from resisting the emergence of the new caste system, Clinton escalated the drug war beyond what conservatives had imagined possible a decade earlier. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Most high school and college students today have no recollection of the political and media frenzy surrounding the drug war in the early years. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Because most Americans, including those within law enforcement, want to believe they are nonracist, the suffering in the drug war crosses the color line. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was the conflation of blackness and crime in the media and political discourse that made the drug war and the sudden, massive expansion of our prison system possible. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z With such an extraordinarily large population to choose from, decisions must be made regarding who should be targeted and where the drug war should be waged. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z None of this is to suggest that the financial rewards offered for police participation in the drug war are the only reason that law enforcement decided to embrace the war with zeal. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Face-to-face with those whose lives hang in the balance, they are far closer to the human tragedy occasioned by the drug war than the legislators who write the laws from afar. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Prior drug wars were ancillary to the prevailing caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Yet as we have seen in chapter 2, the drug war has not been aimed at rooting out the most violent drug traffickers, or so-called kingpins. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Law enforcement officials, no less than the rest of us, have been exposed to the racially charged political rhetoric and media imagery associated with the drug war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In the drug war, the enemy is racially defined. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A few years after the drug war was declared, crack began to spread rapidly in the poor black neighborhoods of Los Angeles and later emerged in cities across the country. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Within a few years after the drug war was declared, however, many legal scholars noted a sharp turn in the Supreme Court’s Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The harm white people suffer in the drug war is much like the harm Iraqi civilians suffer in U.S. military actions targeting presumed terrorists or insurgents. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This fact was no deterrent to Reagan, for the drug war from the outset had little to do with public concern about drugs and much to do with public concern about race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Studies of racial profiling have shown that police do, in fact, exercise their discretion regarding whom to stop and search in the drug war in a highly discriminatory manner. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The legal rules adopted by the Supreme Court guarantee that those who find themselves locked up and permanently locked out due to the drug war are overwhelmingly black and brown. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Ending the drug war is no simple task, however. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z From the outset, the drug war could have been waged primarily in overwhelmingly white suburbs or on college campuses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The resistance within law enforcement to the drug war created something of a dilemma for the Reagan administration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan officially announced the current drug war in 1982, before crack became an issue in the media or a crisis in poor black neighborhoods. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The impact of the drug war has been astounding. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Relatively little organized opposition to the drug war currently exists, and any dramatic effort to scale back the war may be publicly condemned as “soft” on crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And because the drug war has been raging for decades now, the parents of children coming of age today were targets of the drug war as well. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The racial bias inherent in the drug war is a major reason that 1 in every 14 black men was behind bars in 2006, compared with 1 in 106 white men. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Few legal rules meaningfully constrain the police in the drug war, and enormous financial incentives have been granted to law enforcement to engage in mass drug arrests through military-style tactics. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Indeed, not long after the drug war was ramped up in the media and political discourse, almost no one imagined that “drug criminals” could be anything other than black. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Yet by 1987, when the drug war hit high gear, the industrial employment of black men had plummeted to 28 percent. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Although many collateral sanctions were repealed by the late 1970s, arguably the drug war simply revived and expanded a tradition that has ancient roots, a tradition independent of the legacy of American slavery. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Staggering racial disparities in the drug war continue but rarely make the news. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Of course, the fact that white people are harmed by the drug war does not mean they are the real targets, the designated enemy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In fact, if you are white and middle class, you might not even realize the drug war is still going on. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the United States now boasts an incarceration rate that is six to ten times greater than that of other industrialized nations—a development directly traceable to the drug war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This time the drug war is the system of control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Thus, for countless poor people, particularly racial minorities targeted by the drug war, public housing was no longer available, leaving many of them homeless—locked out not only of mainstream society, but their own homes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As we shall see, the legal rules governing prosecutions, like those that govern sentencing decisions, maximize rather than minimize racial bias in the drug war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z At the time the drug war was declared, illegal drug use and abuse was not a pressing concern in most communities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The absence of significant constraints on the exercise of police discretion is a key feature of the drug war’s design. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Once in the Oval Office, Bush stayed on message, opposing affirmative action and aggressive civil rights enforcement, and embracing the drug war with great enthusiasm. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Clearly, the rules of the drug war game are designed to allow for the roundup of an unprecedented number of Americans. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z These realities suggest—if the past two decades of endless war somehow did not—that the drug war is doomed to fail. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Before we begin our tour of the drug war, it is worthwhile to get a couple of myths out of the way. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z With only a few exceptions, the Supreme Court has seized every opportunity to facilitate the drug war, primarily by eviscerating Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures by the police. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But as an African American, he was not only targeted by the drug war but then denied access to housing because of his conviction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And every drug war that has ever been waged in the United States—including alcohol prohibition—has been tainted or driven by racial bias. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z These facts, drug war defenders claim, make the decision to wage the drug war almost exclusively in poor communities of color an easy and logical choice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z How fascinating, they will likely say, that a drug war was waged almost exclusively against poor people of color—people already trapped in ghettos that lacked jobs and decent schools. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The critical point is that thousands of people are swept into the criminal justice system every year pursuant to the drug war without much regard for their guilt or innocence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Thus it is here, in the poverty-stricken, racially segregated ghettos, where the War on Poverty has been abandoned and factories have disappeared, that the drug war has been waged with the greatest ferocity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Why would these young men, who are targets of a brutal drug war declared against them, put on a show—a spectacle—that romanticizes and glorifies their criminalization? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It may be surprising to some that drug crime was declining, not rising, when a drug war was declared. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The drug war helped to birth this system of mass incarceration and create a vast, new undercaste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Some might argue that as disturbing as this system appears to be, there is nothing particularly new about mass incarceration; it is merely a continuation of past drug wars and biased law enforcement practices. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Whites should demonstrate that their silence in the drug war cannot be bought by tacit assurances that their sons and daughters will not be rounded up en masse and locked away. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The same is true in the drug war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The second myth is that the drug war is principally concerned with dangerous drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Many state and local law enforcement officials were less than pleased with the attempt by the federal government to assert itself in local crime fighting, viewing the new drug war as an unwelcome distraction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But it is doubtful that the drug war would have been launched with such intensity on the ground but for the bribes offered for law enforcement’s cooperation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In the early 1980s, just as the drug war was kicking off, inner-city communities were suffering from economic collapse. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Undoubtedly, the political and cultural context of the drug war—particularly in the early years—encouraged the roundup. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Now that police departments were suddenly flush with cash and military equipment earmarked for the drug war, they needed to make use of their new resources. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Their point is particularly relevant to the predicament of minority police officers charged with waging the drug war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Virtually all constitutionally protected civil liberties have been undermined by the drug war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z So the idea that he's going to expend real political capital to reform the drug war is absurd. David Simon on America's war on drugs and The House I Live In 2013-03-30T23:00:00Z Sicilia said of the drug war death toll after being mobbed by supporters on arriving in Ciudad Juarez, the conflict's worst flashpoint, during his peace march. Crusading poet embodies Mexico's drug war pain 2011-06-16T15:48:27Z But he added that these directors were translating the fear and paranoia that the drug war was generating into other genres, like horror movies and science fiction, using them as metaphors for the current situation. Gerardo Naranjo?s ?Miss Bala? Reflects Mexican Drug War 2012-01-15T04:27:18Z He described himself as “a coward” who “would rather write about a bird or a tree,” but he knew that the victims of the drug wars had no other voice. Charles Bowden, author of probing, lyrical accounts of the Southwest, dies at 69 "I'm not sure if it should be legalized, if it would really affect, with the drug war," she said. 21-year-old Californian wins Miss USA crown 2011-06-20T14:16:44Z Viewers are confused and uneasy because they see and hear only the fragments that Laura does — the same disjointed way they receive their news of the drug war. Gerardo Naranjo?s ?Miss Bala? Reflects Mexican Drug War 2012-01-15T04:27:18Z He spent a week in jail contemplating the effects of the drug war on the mental healthcare system. Welcome to the trip of your life: the rise of underground LSD guides 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Some still believe that, given enough resources, they can win the drug war. Cannabis petition forces MPs to consider debating legalisation 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z “People don’t realize that there are many regions and areas in the country that are not affected by the violence and drug wars,” he said. Practical Traveler: The Mexico Quandary: Safety or Savings? 2010-12-22T01:00:00Z This book, part memoir and part scientific report, chronicles his three decades on the front line in the gang and drug war. 'Don't Shoot': Saving young lives in a long gang war 2011-09-28T23:47:03Z In South Central Los Angeles, the Crenshaw Six have joined the city’s drug wars, with one of its members’ girlfriends running the operation. Paperback Row 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z With Mexico, immigration and the drug wars a daily front page story in the U.S., Venice festival gambles on youth and movie mavericks 2010-08-29T10:50:00Z It has long been clear that the drug war approach of criminalising possession rather than treating problem drug-users has been futile. Why the war on drugs has been made redundant 2013-06-15T23:05:01Z Visiting a man whose son was killed in a regional drug war, Pope Francis on Saturday declared that members of the mafia “are excommunicated” from the Catholic Church. Pope Francis: Mobsters are excommunicated from Catholic Church 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Her film begins with the savage mass executions perpetrated by Duterte’s officers under the guise of a drug war, and only grows more chilling as he mounts an offensive to justify them. A Thousand Cuts: inside a chilling documentary on Maria Ressa 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Some in the audience said the shows, despite their violent themes, were an escape from the drug wars engulfing parts of Mexico. Opera broadcasts build Latin American audiences 2011-05-26T18:04:09Z Mr. Bowden’s most notable work cut through debates about drug wars and immigration, peering instead into basic human needs and motives, letting individual lives reveal broader concerns. Charles Bowden, Lyrical Writer, Dies at 69 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z But Stella also talks to us about the horrors her family endured during the drug wars. We took a family trip to the capital of a notorious former drug cartel 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Something to do with a drug war down in Mexico, she thought, or maybe bad weather—or both. End of the lime: Why the fruit shortage is so unsettling 2014-05-02T12:30:00Z But maybe one way to crack how the series might conclude is to follow news about the all-too-real drug wars. Real-life meth trade is cracked by 'Breaking Bad' 2012-10-11T17:03:08Z It's a hypnotic, starkly beautiful, often disturbing drama that puts a working-class Mexican family in the cross hairs of its country's drug war. Stunning, disturbing 'Heli' challenges comfort zones 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z She was scoffing, more than slightly, at the fact that I'd quit this caper after four months in the Mexican drug war. On the Front Line: The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin 1986-2012 ? review 2012-05-19T23:08:01Z Topics: fetal harm laws, Tennessee, , , healthy pregnancies, , , , drug war, , , , Medical experts urge Tennessee governor to veto bill that would jail women for their pregnancy outcomes 2014-04-15T13:47:00Z Since then, other representations of the drug war in popular culture have risen from the headlines. The Missing Story of the Drug War 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z For him, and for the film's fans, Heli is a quiet, clear-eyed examination of the effect of Mexico's drug wars on impoverished youngsters, and how such conflict turns victims into perpetrators. The Heli director on why his film was too brutal – and honest – for Cannes 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z “I think Nancy Reagan was well-intentioned but ultimately became an unknowing pitchwoman for a vicious, draconian drug war,” says Hill, 37, a professor of African American studies at Morehouse College. On drugs, Nancy Reagan just said no. On AIDS, she said nothing. 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z What do you think Americans need to understand about the drug war from a Mexican perspective that they may not understand now? Why Diego Luna Took Convincing to Play a Kingpin in ‘Narcos: Mexico’ 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Hopheads, drug wars, bent doctors, the rarefied chemical underground of Beverly Hills, and so much more – one route into understanding the city would certainly be via its synapses. Leonardo DiCaprio and Prince Harry: alpha males with animal troubles 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Today, Rachael Leigh Cook, her frying pan and eggs are back but this time in a new ad that slams the drug war and its racist enforcement. Remake of Classic ‘Your Brain on Drugs’ Ad Slams Disastrous Drug War 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Even with the brief distance of a few months since the end of prohibition, the sheer stupidity of the drug war appears absolute. Canada Has Made Pot Super Boring 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z If “The Wire” had one political message — I don’t mean theme; if it just had a blunt political argument about policy — it was, “End the drug war.” ‘The Wire’ at 20: ‘This Show Will Live Forever’ 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Conflating the events is an utterly reasonable use of dramatic license, particularly in the context of this extraordinarily violent time, when the Colombian drug war was reaching its apex. 'Narcos' Episode 6 Recap: Fathers and Sons 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z One of Klay’s points is that it’s hard to tell good guys from bad in the drug wars. Phil Klay’s New Novel Is a Sobering Look at America’s Wars 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z That is why the drug war began in Nuevo Laredo, and that is why the Gulf cartel and Zetas made sure to win it. Amexica: on the frontline of the Mexican drugs trade 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z “One of things that was so shocking, looking at the early history of the drug war, was to realize, oh, this was massively contested,” says Hari. This 1938 book on addiction could have stopped the war on drugs 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z I’m not sure either prospect is as useful as making it so that the police have much less reason to enter black neighborhoods, which is what ending the drug war would accomplish. Patience Is a (Sexual) Virtue 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Kelly’s first statement was made during an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd as he evaluated the stakes in the ongoing drug war, which causes tens of thousands of deaths each year in the United States. War on weed: Homeland Security secretary calls marijuana “a potentially dangerous gateway drug” 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z I wanted to make a film on the drug war and Duterte. Journalist Maria Ressa, convicted of libel in the Philippines, takes on Duterte in new documentary 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z “I had never before connected the dots between the drug war, unequal enforcement, and how that reinforces poverty,” Representative Olson said. Michelle Alexander?s ?New Jim Crow? Raises Drug Law Debates 2012-03-06T23:26:55Z There were 49 people killed in the drug war last year. December deaths in our eternal crusade: America’s drug war claims about one life per week 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z He projects a mixture of menace as he was the head of the National Police when the drug war began, but he's an entertainment jester who jokes with the crowd. Journalist Maria Ressa, convicted of libel in the Philippines, takes on Duterte in new documentary 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z “Cartel Land,” a Sundance Film Festival prizewinner that opened in Los Angeles last weekend, is one of several new movies or TV shows about drug wars both current and not so long ago. For a wave of filmmakers, 'El Chapo' and cartels as cinematic figures 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z “In 1986 when I am 3 years old, Ronald Reagan re-energizes the drug war that was started in 1971 by Richard Nixon by further militarizing the police in our communities,” she writes. Arrested at 12, She’s Now an Activist Fighting for Social Justice 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z “So Go the Ghosts of Mexico, Part Two,” by Matthew Paul Olmos, with music by Marios Aristopoulos, is the second of three plays about the United States and Mexican drug wars. ArtsBeat: Nine Playwrights to Attend Sundance Theater Lab 2014-04-24T15:06:03Z Well, one of that show’s basic critiques is that the drug war is amoral. David Simon, Blogger 2012-04-25T16:08:37Z Maria was really the loudest voice speaking out against impunity and connecting misinformation and the drug war. Journalist Maria Ressa, convicted of libel in the Philippines, takes on Duterte in new documentary 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Are you ready for plenty of slo-mo shootouts with blood squibs spattering the landscape with red stuff as a full-bore drug war erupts? 'Casa de mi Padre': a Will Ferrell spoof, with accent on 'bad' 2012-03-13T23:43:04Z In general, I tried to find out as much as possible about the drug war and the reasons behind my incarceration. Convicted drug dealers are political prisoners: I should know — I was one 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z The whole thing is just a wonderful tangle of lost morality and lost purpose, which is pretty much the drug war defined. "Democracy is never perfected": David Simon on his new HBO series and the 2020 "s**tshow" election 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Given the massive social disorder and death caused by the Mexican government's embrace of the drug war, a good case can be made for boycotting the country. In Ensenada, Cheap Mexican Charms Await 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Given the subject matter of Winslow's latest, the Mexican-American drug war, neutral ground seems a better bet — in this case downtown's Los Angeles Athletic Club. Such a nice guy, such savage books: Don Winslow and 'The Cartel' 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z I hope we embrace a turn toward a new New Deal for those who have borne the brunt of the drug war’s selective and often discriminatory enforcement. Lisa McGirr Discusses ‘The War on Alcohol’ and the Legacy of Prohibition 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z “The incarceration of people in the drug war in this country is a tragedy,” he said. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Snowfall’ and ‘Straight Outta Compton’ 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In his films, Mr. Del Toro has often played violent characters who shoot to kill, many of them on one side of the drug war or the other. Benicio Del Toro, Hollywood’s Instant Antihero, Goes the Distance 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z His driving premise: The drug war destroys everything it touches in Mexico and the United States. When American Filmmakers Try to Cross the Border 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z I joined the drug war as a dealer. "Democracy is never perfected": David Simon on his new HBO series and the 2020 "s**tshow" election 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z She was soon released and, while she lost her pageant crown, unlike some casualties of the drug war she did keep her head. | 'Miss Bala': Gerardo Naranjo?s ?Miss Bala? Depicts Drug War - Review 2012-01-19T23:29:20Z In both cases, Naranjo emphasizes the cruel reality of ordinary citizens squeezed by the drug war. ‘Narcos’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Legend vs. the Monster 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z He also found himself increasingly infuriated by the continued homegrown ignorance and political schizophrenia concerning the drug wars. Such a nice guy, such savage books: Don Winslow and 'The Cartel' 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the same thing has to happen with the drug war. David Simon on America's war on drugs and The House I Live In 2013-03-30T23:00:00Z It was a study of the havoc wrought by the drug war on trust between black communities and police. ‘Progress is painfully uneven’: Baltimore, 15 years after The Wire 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z I'd done interviews before about the drug war and they had not come out with any complexity in thought. David Simon: 'I don't want anybody in jail for using drugs' 2013-05-11T17:00:10Z In the inner city you have an incredibly disenfranchised American population that understands the burden of the drug war. David Simon: 'I don't want anybody in jail for using drugs' 2013-05-11T17:00:10Z Bill Piper, director of national affairs for the US-based Drug Policy Alliance, said in such cases the suspect should not expect much help from the US Embassy because of the politics of the drug war. “House Hunter,” locked up in Nicaragua 2012-08-30T19:57:00Z The problem is that the drug war created an environment in which none of that was rewarded. David Simon on America's war on drugs and The House I Live In 2013-03-30T23:00:00Z The album celebrates Tijuana, Mexico, where Bostich + Fussible are part of a Tijuana reawakening after enduring years as the center of the border drug war. Coachella 2015: Saturday opens with Bostich + Fussible on main stage 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Whether the movies succeed in casting the drug wars in a different light remains to be seen. For a wave of filmmakers, 'El Chapo' and cartels as cinematic figures 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Ball said the show doesn't glorify the drug war but rather educates the public on its dangers. `Breaking Bad' brings tourists to Albuquerque 2013-03-15T10:31:06Z I saw these horrifying photos from the drug wars and could not turn away. Journalist Maria Ressa, convicted of libel in the Philippines, takes on Duterte in new documentary 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Zeman, hip to the many ways in which Simon articulated the problems with the drug war over his career, reached out to him, to write a letter on Macci behalf. "The Wire" co-creator David Simon continues to fight the war on drugs, wanting to see real change 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Why do we talk about the drug war as if it's a success? Brad Pitt: America's war on drugs is a charade, and a failure 2013-03-30T23:00:00Z BAR-HOPPING Since Mexico’s drug war pushed night life over the border from Juárez to El Paso, new bars are packed with thirsty customers. 36 Hours in El Paso, Tex. 2012-12-27T21:59:48Z The fallout from the incident fueled international outrage, and ultimately unraveled the Guadalajara cartel, giving rise to the regional drug wars in Mexico today. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Seeing America With Megan Rapinoe’ and ‘The Last Narc’ 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z He wrote a book about the drug war and offered legislation calling for an “honest, open national debate on ending the prohibition on narcotics.” Beto O’Rourke is a Mexico-loving liberal in Texas. Can he really beat Ted Cruz? 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z The book delves into the devastation wrought by drugs and by Ronald Reagan’s drug war. A Decade After Prison, a Poet Studies for the Bar Exam 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The commission is extremely happy with the film and we’re hoping it will do to the drug war what Inconvenient Truth did with global warming—raising awareness. Richard Branson Joins the War Against the War on Drugs 2012-12-07T16:40:21Z The industry’s moral challenge is to ensure the groups who have suffered the most under the drug war can participate in the green rush and enjoy the spoils of legalization. Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z In my trilogy about America's drug wars I intentionally abandoned the three-act structure in exchange for a five-act structure, which is the classic structure of tragedy. Author Don Winslow: Trump's administration feels like it's "manifested itself" as the coronavirus 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z But so far most Mexican filmmakers seem reluctant to deal directly with the drug war. Gerardo Naranjo?s ?Miss Bala? Reflects Mexican Drug War 2012-01-15T04:27:18Z In real life contemporary Tampico, some 300 miles south of the Texas border, is a stronghold of the notoriously violent Gulf Cartel and a battleground in Mexico’s drug war. Books Of The Times: Noir in Sunny Mexico, Mart?n Solares?s ?Black Minutes? 2010-05-31T23:37:00Z He has seen the highways change, he says, especially of late, since the drug war began. Amexica: on the frontline of the Mexican drugs trade 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z The drug war destroys black neighborhoods and is central in driving the poisonous relationship between the police and black people. Patience Is a (Sexual) Virtue 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Plagued with drug wars, Medellín was one of the most violent places on earth until a team of politicians, urban planners and architects began to erect brilliantly conceived public buildings in poor, war-zone neighborhoods. Art Review: Thinking Green ? Design Triennial at Cooper-Hewitt 2010-05-13T21:45:00Z In the first six years of the drug war 31 Mexican mayors were killed, 13 of them in 2010 alone. On the cocaine trail 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z An ethnographic thriller of overwhelming cultural richness, this film is based on the true story of a drug war that engulfed the indigenous Wayuu people of northern Colombia, in the nineteen-sixties and seventies. 2019 Has Already Been an Exceptional Year in Movies 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z In my Season 3 premiere recap, I questioned whether “Narcos” was a show about Escobar or a show about the drug war more generally. ‘Narcos’ Season 3: Watched It All? Let’s Talk 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z In the case of The Wire, it’s the drug wars and all that came with them. David Simon, Blogger 2012-04-25T16:08:37Z It's police officers joining the drug war as people who are supposed to fight against guys like me. "Democracy is never perfected": David Simon on his new HBO series and the 2020 "s**tshow" election 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Duterte's response to pandemic is a police/military response — if you are outside, we will kill you — which is like his drug war position. Journalist Maria Ressa, convicted of libel in the Philippines, takes on Duterte in new documentary 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z For once, the context and setting of a violent drama — Ciudad Juarez and its drug wars, murder rate and disappearances — more closely matches some actual statistics. In Season 2, FX’s ‘The Bridge’ reaches a little too far A new 814-room hotel in Acapulco, a historic coastal resort beset by bad publicity stemming from Mexico’s drug wars, is the latest sign of a comeback for the city. Acapulco Tries a Rewind to Its Jet Set Days 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z “Victims of the drug war” will also be present to speak about how the criminalization of drugs has harmed “mothers, children, entire communities”, said Carruthers. Faith leaders to tackle drug war's racial divide in Harlem as UN meets nearby 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z I don't mean to sound like a complete cynic but I am when it comes to the drug war. David Simon: 'I don't want anybody in jail for using drugs' 2013-05-11T17:00:10Z Their TV version will be up against a film also focusing on the Miami drug wars, being produced by Mark Wahlberg, who is also set to star. Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer's Cocaine Cowboys coming to US TV 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z They are casualties of an apocalyptic drug war, a thriving human smuggling trade and, more broadly, a deeply dysfunctional relationship between the U.S. and Mexico. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z The watchman who patrols the area listens stoically to the news about the drug war on his tiny black-and-white television set. 'El Velador': Beauty, despair captured in expanding graveyard 2012-07-05T20:51:04Z The other half hesitated, citing concern about Mexico’s continuing drug war. Practical Traveler: The Mexico Quandary: Safety or Savings? 2010-12-22T01:00:00Z In the black community, it is a form of slavery, this drug war, because it imprisons a huge portion of people, destroys their lives, coarsens our culture. 'Savages' boss Oliver Stone knows good weed 2012-07-05T18:14:09Z “It’s part of how we undo the harm of the drug war.” The activists helping illegal pot dealers turn into legit marijuana businessmen 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z This second half of this novelist’s magnum opus completes a drug war version of “The Godfather,” with all the sweep, intimacy and searing power that implies. The Top Books of 2015 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z When I wrote a book about the drug war in Mexico in 2010, it was one among few. Narcos season three and the lies we tell about the drugs war 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z That book is a portrait of serenity, however, in comparison with “The Cartel,” a magnum opus coming in June from Don Winslow, who is to the Mexican drug wars what James Ellroy is to L.A. Cool Beach Books for Hot Summer Days 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Of all of his drug war films, Sicario might be the best. 'People talk about Sicario as if it's a documentary:' Benicio Del Toro on his new thriller 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Many of the dads from my neighborhood were on the wrong side of the drug war: using them, selling them, sitting in a box because of them, or dead because of them. How do I know if I'm a great father or a terrible father? How will I know? 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z “He represents the rage against the violence of the drug war — the evil of it,” Mr. Del Toro said of the character, an inexhaustibly vengeful soldier of fortune known in the films as Alejandro. Benicio Del Toro, Hollywood’s Instant Antihero, Goes the Distance 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z She still lost sleep after the election of Donald Trump, whose Attorney General pick, Senator Jeff Sessions, is what she calls “an aggressive pursuer of the most outmoded version of the drug war.” How Ayelet Waldman Found a Calmer Life on Tiny Doses of LSD 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Her arrest, as Time put it, provided “some variety in the news for a nation weary of piles of corpses and vicious firefights in its relentless drug war.” | 'Miss Bala': Gerardo Naranjo?s ?Miss Bala? Depicts Drug War - Review 2012-01-19T23:29:20Z The drug war is typically depicted as a problem of hypocrisy and delusion in the United States, and of tumult in Mexico. The Missing Story of the Drug War 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z And the tactic appears to have proved successful, daring drug war era legislation to keep up. Spice: Americans turn to dangerous 'synthetic marijuana' to evade drug tests 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Oliver hits the drug war from all angles. 4 ways John Oliver nails America’s disastrous War on Drugs 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The novel’s tension derives not from whether Vo Danh will survive the drug war or his past offenses, but whether this spectral man will, in the fullest meaning of the word, live. His Debut Novel Won the Pulitzer. Now It Has an Action-Packed Sequel. 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Escobar’s temper is mirrored this episode by Murphy’s, who’s letting his own long-term engagement in the drug war cloud his judgment. 'Narcos' Episode 9 Recap: The Two Faces of Pablo Escobar 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z It is a coda for the drug war that we were trying to critique in “The Wire.” ‘The Wire’ at 20: ‘This Show Will Live Forever’ 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z The gang battles of the drug wars are ongoing. The Missing Story of the Drug War 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z That's like one of the beautiful things about this next project is the whole idea of the drug war and how it works. "Democracy is never perfected": David Simon on his new HBO series and the 2020 "s**tshow" election 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z He just called and asked if I'd talk about the drug war. David Simon: 'I don't want anybody in jail for using drugs' 2013-05-11T17:00:10Z Assuming that the police’s theory was correct, he was one of thousands of innocents killed in the Mexican drug wars of the last generation. Why I never tried to find out who murdered my father 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The drug war is something that connects both countries, and it’s a war we fund with our consumption of drugs in the US.” Director Matthew Heineman: ‘Suddenly I was alone with my camera in the middle of this shootout’ 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z I’m an archetype of a drug war prisoner. MC5’s Wayne Kramer on why Trump is “very much so like Richard Nixon” 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Growing up in Medellín, Colombia, in the 1980s, artist Camilo Restrepo is all too familiar with the ravages of the drug war. Art born of the drug wars: Camilo Restrepo on 'narco bananas' and pen-on-paper violence 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Cooke’s justifiably outraged shots at corrupt policing and racial inequities turn into a sustained barrage against the drug war, from its Nixon-era inception as a national policy to its costly maintenance, casualties and hypocrisies. Movie Review: ‘How to Make Money Selling Drugs’ Takes the Law to Task 2013-06-25T22:24:49Z As we start Season 3 of “Narcos,” a question hangs in the air: Is this a show about the drug war in Colombia? ‘Narcos’ Season 3 Premiere: Life Without Pablo 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z In my city, Baltimore, we had a mayor, Martin O'Malley, who decided he was going to escalate the drug war. David Simon on America's war on drugs and The House I Live In 2013-03-30T23:00:00Z That was the journalism that convinced me the drug war was untenable. David Simon: 'I don't want anybody in jail for using drugs' 2013-05-11T17:00:10Z Reagan took office and ushered in an era that included the rise of the drug war and a demonization of the nation’s poor, with black Americans becoming the symbols for those of those ills. History repeating: PBS’s “Black America Since MLK” shows progress made and lost 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Di Stefano, too, said that the forces in the drug war have often been misunderstood north of the border, and he hopes his movie helps clarify them. For a wave of filmmakers, 'El Chapo' and cartels as cinematic figures 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z “A lot of that is because of the drug war that’s been going on for decades, a war ‘Snowfall’ is telling people about.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Snowfall’ and ‘Straight Outta Compton’ 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z But many filmmakers were shooting this drug war story. Journalist Maria Ressa, convicted of libel in the Philippines, takes on Duterte in new documentary 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z The organic chemistry is bona fide scientific research, but even so, many of the current drug wars are information wars. Drugs 2.0: The Web Revolution That's Changing How the World Gets High by Mike Power – review 2013-05-02T07:00:02Z The drug war continues because it is a system that perpetuates itself. Brad Pitt: America's war on drugs is a charade, and a failure 2013-03-30T23:00:00Z “But that was my work, and it was also my lived experience of the border. I lived through a very violent drug war. You’re suffering through nights where you’re worried about your family.” At a Queer Theater Festival, the Plays Are Brazenly Personal 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Speaking from Mexico City, Luna discussed his final season on the series, the rise and fall of Félix Gallardo and what he thinks Americans need to understand about the drug war. Why Diego Luna Took Convincing to Play a Kingpin in ‘Narcos: Mexico’ 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z He loathes symbolic politics, liberal and bohemian pieties, the drug war and, most of all, the cult of children. Critic’s Notebook: Doug Stanhope’s ‘Beer Hall Putsch,’ a Stand-Up Album 2013-09-06T22:34:31Z Bernardo Ruiz’s documentary — which focuses on a nun, a Texas rancher and a Homeland Security officer — explores the root causes of the drug war behind this loss. Holiday Releases: Dinosaurs, Divas, Archers and Tie Fighters 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Because that was when the then-president of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, launched Mexico’s “drug war,” unleashing the Mexican military against the cartels. 'Narcas' author Deborah Bonello on the dangerous fascination of Latin American drug cartels 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z And what could possibly go wrong considering how much success the US has endured trying to kill its way to victory in the decades-long failure known as the drug war. Taking a second look at Vivek Ramaswamy's supposedly anti-war record 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z The kingdom has also requested more aid to tackle drones used in a raging multibillion dollar drug war along the border with Syria, which Amman blames on pro-Iranian militias who hold sway in southern Syria. Jordan asked US to deploy Patriot air defence missiles, army says 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z The drug war is just as inept as many global conflicts in history. The drug war is over. Its hawks just don’t realize they lost 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The situation threatens the supply of fresh limes, a mainstay of Mexican cuisine, and recalls the darkest days of Mexico’s 2006-2012 drug war. Mexico sends 1,200 more troops to Michoacan state after weekend of cartel violence 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z But the drug war in Latin America remains the same, basically, no matter who is in the White House. 'Narcas' author Deborah Bonello on the dangerous fascination of Latin American drug cartels 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Public health groups say these funds should instead be prioritized for harm reduction, housing and local community organizations that address the "collateral consequences of drug war policies." "Problematic" use of opioid settlement money opposed by coalition of public health organizations 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Yet again this overlooks the fact that five decades into the "drug war," the United States simultaneously incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation and loses more of them to drug overdose. Don’t blame drug decriminalization for what the housing crisis has caused 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z When it comes down to it, the reason why peace won't easily be declared is because the drug war allocates way too much power enjoyed by the political establishment. The drug war is over. Its hawks just don’t realize they lost 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The Drug Policy Alliance, which spent millions to help pass the measure, called it “the biggest blow to the drug war to date” and celebrated its supposed success in a slick video. The hard-drug decriminalization disaster | Bret Stephens 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z He noted the actor’s opposition to mass incarceration and the drug war and the fact that Williams had engaged with ex-felons and restorative justice groups. Michael K. Williams’ nephew urges compassion for defendant at sentencing related to actor’s death 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, ICC appeal judges rejected the Philippines' attempt to block a probe into the thousands of drug war killings in the country, saying it was unconvinced Manila was conducting relevant investigations. Philippines' investigation into drugs war will be "fair" - Dept of Justice 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The decision left some of the families of drug war victims in tears after they watched the court proceeding online. ICC ruling opens way to investigation on killings in Philippines 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The death illustrates a concerning uptick in the muders of reporters in Mexico and the toll the country’s intensifying drug war has taken on local newsrooms, which often report more microscopically on the violence. Another journalist killed in Mexico amid rising cartel violence 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z In light of the stark failures of the drug war, it's clearly time to abolish the DEA and invest in public health strategies that are actually effective. Thanks for nothing, DEA. 50 years later, drugs are deadlier and more abundant than ever 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z But Simon, who covered the drug war as a police reporter at The Baltimore Sun from 1983 to 1995, said Williams confided that an impulse toward addiction would be a constant in his life. Michael K. Williams’ nephew urges compassion for defendant at sentencing related to actor’s death 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z "It is this attitude - coupled with Michael's publicly stated opposition to mass incarceration and the drug war... that convinces me that he would want me to write this letter," he said. The Wire creator seeks leniency for drug dealer in Michael K Williams' death 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The debate comes at a pivotal moment in the drug war and in an overdose crisis driven in large part by opioids like fentanyl. Drug experts are normalizing the idea that you can be "pre-addicted." But is it really a thing? 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Not only does President Nixon declare a war on drugs, but it's a different kind of drug war. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Despite similar drug policy reforms, especially the legalization of cannabis and psychedelics in some states, echoes of Nixon-era drug war strategies are creeping back up across the country, even in states controlled by Democrats. Thanks for nothing, DEA. 50 years later, drugs are deadlier and more abundant than ever 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z No serious investigation has been taking place in the Philippines, according to Human Rights Watch, which has so far documented two court convictions out of thousands of drug war killings. Explainer: Can ICC's Philippines drugs war probe make progress if Manila cuts contact? 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Palmeri arrived to Mexico in the wake of one of the biggest setbacks in recent years in the U.S.-led drug war: the botched arrest of former Mexican Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos. DEA review gives short shrift to foreign corruption scandals 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Tens of thousands of people have disappeared in Mexico as a result of the ongoing drug war. Review: The mother of a missing girl can't stop, won't stop in harrowing thriller 'La Civil' 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Disappearances of people of all nationalities have surged in Mexico as a phenomenon once associated with the drug war has expanded. Matamoros victims found, but 550 Americans are still missing in Mexico 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z In other words, the drug war amplifies the hazards of drugs. Thanks for nothing, DEA. 50 years later, drugs are deadlier and more abundant than ever 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z It taught me something critical about the drug war in Mexico which has stayed with me to this day. Mexico kidnapping: A twisted moral code explains cartel's apology 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The trip marked the first time a U.S. leader has visited the country in almost a decade, amid tensions driven in part by disagreements over how to handle the drug war. Mexico, U.S. officials call for action after investigation into counterfeit medicine 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z If the United States reallocated some of its drug war funding from militarized aid and law enforcement to water collection and distribution projects, this could reduce water’s role as a driver of violence and displacement. Water Shortages Threaten to Increase Violence and Disappearances in Mexico 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z This trend is partly due to the fact that many in El Paso have grown weary of the imagery of a drug war that has claimed thousands of lives just across the border, he said. Narcocorridos: Mexico's bloody drug ballads have American ears tingling 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z What Stutman didn't mention is that it would, in fact, be antithetical to the DEA's own interests of self-preservation to win the drug war — if victory were even a possibility. Thanks for nothing, DEA. 50 years later, drugs are deadlier and more abundant than ever 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z García Luna frequently met with top U.S. security officials while in office and was often portrayed as the public face of Mexico’s drug war. Mexico's former top cop on trial in New York, accused of working for Sinaloa cartel 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Ending it for good means putting the drug war playbook back on the shelf. How fentanyl fear-mongering mirrors sensationalist coverage of the crack epidemic 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z All this despite the fact that by 2016, the United States had given more than $1.5 billion in militarized aid for Mexico’s drug war. Water Shortages Threaten to Increase Violence and Disappearances in Mexico 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z On Monday evening, the city better known for painter Peter-Paul Rubens and a famed fashion school saw the fatal shooting of a child, likely an unwitting victim of the drug war. Despite record cocaine seizures, drug cartels roil Europe 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z "The drug war is a game. It was a very fun game that we were playing." Thanks for nothing, DEA. 50 years later, drugs are deadlier and more abundant than ever 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z With a career spanning three decades, García Luna has intimate knowledge of the drug war in Mexico and ties to the country’s administrations going back to the early 2000s. Mexico's former top cop on trial in New York, accused of working for Sinaloa cartel 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Despite the tactical wins, lasting victory in the drug war was elusive. They call him the Eagle: How the U.S. lost a key ally in Mexico as fentanyl took off As a young DEA agent, Wilson had studied the architecture of America’s drug war. A DEA agent tracked the source of fentanyl in Mormon country — a Mexican cartel The surge of fentanyl into the United States has been exacerbated by a breakdown in the U.S.-Mexico drug war partnership. Overview: From Mexican labs to U.S. streets, a lethal pipeline As a strategy to stanch the flow of illicit narcotics into the United States, the drug war in Mexico has always been a lost cause. The Cienfuegos Affair: Inside the Case that Upended the Drug War in Mexico 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z As I learned more about the drug war, and what an abject failure it has been, I wanted to fight against that, fight for humane, sane, science-based policies that will save lives. Their children struggled with addiction. Now, they're fighting against the war on drugs 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z All this revelry was rooted, Irizarry said, in a crushing realization among DEA agents around the world that there’s nothing they can do to make a dent in the drug war anyway. DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid ‘unwinnable war’ 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z “Restarting the drug war, restarting the prosecution of children, prosecuting low-level drug users instead of offering them treatment, I think all of those things are objectively regressive.” Dist. Atty. Brooke Jenkins gets a crash course in San Francisco politics 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z While his earlier work sometimes veered toward social consciousness — with lyrics critical of racial profiling by law enforcement and the drug war — he was never aligned with a political party. Kanye West may have finally reached the point of no return 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Despite his denunciations of the drug wars and capitalist greed, Petro appears to recognize the value of cordial relations with Washington. Colombia, the world’s largest cocaine producer, faces a change in drug policy 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z “So much of the history of the drug war in the U.S. is pushing people into the shadows, criminalizing their drug use,” he added. As Overdoses Soar, Rhode Island Embraces a Daring Addiction Strategy 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z “The drug war is a game. … It was a very fun game that we were playing.” DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid ‘unwinnable war’ 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z “What Biden is initiating is a process of righting the wrongs” of the drug war, he said. Racial equity in marijuana pardons requires states’ action 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Look at the way some of us would support the separating of parents and children at the end of life-saving journeys away from drug wars and poverty in their home countries. Choosing life in a pro-violence society: Why Dobbs is a recipe for disaster in the military 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z A separate internal investigation into 52 drug war deaths showed that police officers did not follow protocol, and often used excessive, deadly force. Philippines Rebuffs International Court Over Duterte’s War on Drugs 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta, a pharmaceutical scientist at the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill, characterized this new panic about fentanyl being marketed towards kids as "typical drug war bulls**t." DEA says "rainbow" fentanyl pills are being marketed to children. Experts say that's nonsense 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Mexico’s president vowed to end the drug war. The Times podcast: An unprecedented use of Mexico's military 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Nixon’s Democratic and Republican presidential successors would go on to leverage drug war policies, responding to an alarming national surge in violent crime linked to the illegal drug trade, cementing the drug war’s legacy. Student loan relief limited for many by US drug war’s legacy 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z California, meet the new drug war, same as the old drug war in too many troubling ways. Column: With Newsom's veto of safe consumption sites, our ugly war on drugs deepens 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The families of many drug war victims are still seeking justice in long, drawn-out cases. Body of Philippine teen exhumed in fresh push for drug war justice 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Mexico’s army has been deeply involved in policing since the start of the 2006 drug war. Mexico president to bypass congress to keep army in streets 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Mexico sent in the army to fight the drug war. The Times podcast: An unprecedented use of Mexico's military 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The killing of Camarena is in some ways the DEA’s origin story in Mexico, a foundation upon which the drug war was built. Inside the long, fraught quest to recapture Mexican drug lord Caro Quintero 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z “Our father was an American citizen with no involvement in the Mexico-United States drug war, he was an innocent bystander that unwittingly became caught in the crosshairs of a dangerous drug cartel,” said Lannie Walker. ‘Forgotten’ US victims of Mexican drug lord want justice 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Human rights advocates note that the president has pledged to carry on his predecessor’s drug war, though he has said he would do so legally. Marcos Jr. sworn in as Philippine leader in resurgence of ex-dictator’s family 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z He also inherited from Mr. Duterte a legacy of a drug war that has killed tens of thousands of people and prompted an investigation by the International Criminal Court. ‘We Can Trust No One’: Marcos Becomes President in the Philippines 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Shortly after I arrived in Manila in 2017, 32 alleged drug dealers were killed in a single evening in a police operation labelled "drug war, double barrel reloaded". The bloody legacy of Rodrigo Duterte 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z On Monday, Mr. Duterte said he had used his presidential powers in 2020 to shut down ABS-CBN, a major broadcast network that has reported on the president’s drug war and his track record. Philippines Orders Rappler to Shut Down 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z By now, it is widely accepted that the American drug war has been a colossal failure. The War on Abortion will be the new War on Drugs 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The killing of priests has been a persistent tragedy in Mexico, at least since the start of the drug war in 2006. Jesuit priests killed by gunmen in church in northern Mexico 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z In a 40-minute victory speech, he didn’t mention the drug war once and his only reference to the U.S. was a call for dialogue to jointly address climate change — a priority for the Biden administration. Leftist’s election to test Colombia’s alliance with US 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Now the family is divided over his support for Marcos Jr., who has embraced not only the Dutertes, but also the drug war. As a dictator’s son rises to power, disinformation fractures Filipino families 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Rappler, which has won multiple awards, is well known for its work on countering disinformation and its investigation into Mr. Duterte’s drug war. Philippines Orders Rappler to Shut Down 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z The Colombian military has fought guerrilla movements for decades and has a longstanding role in the U.S. drug war. Petro's call for change in Colombia rattles armed forces 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The assault weapons ban was supported by not just gun control advocates, but also by hunters and sportsmen, as well as police officers who were increasingly concerned about being outgunned in the drug wars. Biden’s long quest on the assault weapons ban 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z Dr. Fortun’s discovery also suggests that the true extent of the drug war could be far bigger than what the government has disclosed. From the Bones of Victims, a Doctor Unearths a Drug War’s True Toll 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Winslow’s “Cartel Trilogy” is a go-to place for a look inside the Mexican drug wars; now he’s doing a similar job on one of the more depraved aspects of Rhode Island, where he grew up. Review | Don Winslow is giving up novels for politics. His latest book is a gem. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z “We talk to customers about the drug war, and how it has affected us,” Ms. Angeles said. A Cafe Devoted to Remembering Duterte’s Drug War Victims 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Petro has called the drug war a "complete failure," saying drug trafficking is the result of limited socioeconomic opportunities and that the government should instead support small farmers with substitute crops and increase their incomes. Petro's call for change in Colombia rattles armed forces 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The candidate has called for a reset of the bilateral relationship, including changes to the approach to the drug war and a re-examination of a trade agreement. In Colombia, a Leftist and a Right-Wing Populist Head for June Runoff 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Before Dr. Fortun, there had been no independent inquiry into the drug war, including its many casualties. From the Bones of Victims, a Doctor Unearths a Drug War’s True Toll 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z He also is expected to continue the drug war and shield the outgoing Duterte from possible prosecution at the International Criminal Court. Marcos family once ousted by uprising wins Philippines vote in landslide 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Duterte remains overwhelmingly popular in the Philippines and has denied any wrongdoing in the drug war. A Cafe Devoted to Remembering Duterte’s Drug War Victims 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Marcos is also expected to shield Duterte from possible prosecution at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity committed during his drug war, which resulted in the extrajudicial killings of thousands. Dictator’s son Marcos takes overwhelming lead in Philippines election 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Sanchez said the violence and abuses that marked the martial-law era under Marcos and Duterte’s drug war more than three decades later victimized loved ones from two generations of her family. Dictator’s son a front-runner as Filipinos elect next leader 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Since the drug war began, only three police officers have been imprisoned — for the murder of a 17-year-old boy. From the Bones of Victims, a Doctor Unearths a Drug War’s True Toll 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z In long days on the internet, she would also learn about the drug war, mandatory minimums, three strikes laws and many other parts of the giant machinery of criminal justice in the United States. With Legalized Pot in the Air, a Federal Trial Riles Advocates 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z "The president knows what my position is on the drug war. If he thinks that in my accepting this offer I will become silent, he is mistaken," she said. Leni Robredo: The woman leading the Philippines' 'pink revolution' 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z She has vowed to stop the extrajudicial killings in the drug war. ‘We Want Change’: In the Philippines, Young People Aim to Upend an Election 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Analysts say the move is aimed at cementing his political legacy and protecting himself from future prosecution — not least for his bloody drug war, marked by thousands of extrajudicial killings. Is the Philippines ready for another Duterte? 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z She is skeptical of the police narrative that many suspects in the drug war were killed because they tried to fight back. From the Bones of Victims, a Doctor Unearths a Drug War’s True Toll 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z I have no way to explain the courage of Mexican journalists either, 200 of whom were killed in covering the cartels and the drug war. Crime novelist Don Winslow imagines Trump behind bars — but will it happen? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Harris’ organization, known as LEAP, said the push toward menthol bans is “the latest iteration of the drug war except that it — more than most laws you see these days — is overtly racist.” How Big Tobacco used George Floyd and Eric Garner to stoke fear among Black smokers 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z She started researching the vice president’s stance on the drug war. ‘We Want Change’: In the Philippines, Young People Aim to Upend an Election 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z For Simon, the solution — or at least the first step toward one — is clear: “The drug war has to end.” HBO’s ‘We Own This City’ is not Season 6 of ‘The Wire’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Forensic expert Raquel Fortun, who has been examining exhumed remains of drug war victims since last July, presented her findings after investigating 46 individuals who were killed in the first year of Duterte's crackdown. Philippine expert says some drug war death certificates falsified 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The location and the prominent target of the ambush were notable anomalies in Mexico's bloody drug war. Mexico's fight to sue US gun manufacturers for $10bn 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z We know that drug use is widespread in America, but the drug war is something that is only played out in poor communities. WTF happened to "Defund the police"? Author Alex Vitale on Ted Cruz and his "McCarthy moment" 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z “It’s the new drug war at the request of the industry.” D.C. Council to consider bill that targets marijuana ‘gifting’ stores 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z To ensure that people in pain stop becoming collateral damage in the drug war, the C.D.C. and other policymakers must change course. Opinion | What the Opioid Crisis Took From People in Pain 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Asked if she saw her findings as indicating an attempt to cover up drug war deaths using false death certificates, Fortun replied: "I would not say no." Philippine expert says some drug war death certificates falsified 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z For those on the frontlines of Mexico's drug war, the ubiquity of American-made weapons flowing across the border has long been a problem. Mexico's fight to sue US gun manufacturers for $10bn 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Continuing to rationalize this approach with familiar narratives won't help — nor will ignoring the flawed thinking that underlies our misguided drug war. We’re waging the wrong battle against opioids 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z “Those really impacted by the drug war are going to be the last folks that are now able to access the market,” Higgs Wise said. Marijuana sales in Virginia could start this year, but small farmers and social equity advocates worry they’ll be shut out 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Money now spent on the drug war and penitentiaries could be put to better use by allocating it to the expansion of drug treatment programs. Opinion | Decriminalizing drugs, especially cannabis, throughout the U.S. 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Despite bipartisan agreement that the so-called drug war is a failure, we continue its barbaric practice of caging people for their drug use and target those most marginalized. Opinion | Facing a surge in overdose deaths, D.C. must decriminalize drugs 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z While cartel gunmen across Mexico have used hand grenades and rocket-propelled grenades against police and soldiers before, IEDs have been practically unknown in the country’s drug wars. Mexican cartels now use IEDs as well as bomb-dropping drones 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z National protests have followed previous slayings of journalists in Mexico, notably the 2017 killing in Sinaloa state of Javier Valdez, well known in Mexico and abroad for his bold chronicling of the country’s drug wars. Journalists throughout Mexico say enough to killings and crimes against press 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The majority have disappeared amid the drug war violence of the past decade and a half, with most being killed by drug cartels and dumped in unmarked graves. 'If I find a body, I recover a piece of my son' 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z He was a hit man for the Los Monos gang and his body is a testament to Rosario’s drug war. Evangelicals a rising force inside Argentine prisons 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z The concept of a safe supply seems “radical” only because of decades of drug war propaganda that has demonized certain classes of drugs while obfuscating the potential harms of alcohol. Opinion | Facing a surge in overdose deaths, D.C. must decriminalize drugs 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z A report from that court has said there was sufficient evidence to show that crimes against humanity had been committed in Mr. Duterte’s bloody drug war, which has left thousands dead. Duterte Says He Won’t Run for Philippines Senate After All 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z The negative impacts of the drug war have, for years, drawn calls for reform and abolition from mostly left-leaning elected officials and social justice advocates. Rastafari want more legal marijuana for freedom of worship 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Although officials in Europe struggle to identify smugglers, Jordan, one of the United States’ closest partners in the Middle East, sits on the front lines of a regional drug war. On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z It wasn’t just that the mass graves were the biggest discovered up to that point in the drug war. A lawyer fought for justice after a Mexican massacre. Then the government made her a suspect. 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z There is no innovative program, no brilliant new treatment modality that can stem the gaping wound caused by the bullet hole of these drug war policies of criminalization, surveillance and punishment. Opinion | Facing a surge in overdose deaths, D.C. must decriminalize drugs 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The release of details of the 50 drug war deaths marked a rare admission by the state that abuses may have taken place. Anger among Philippine victims' families as ICC suspends war on drugs probe 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The two fought over many issues, from the drug war and the pandemic to where to bury Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Race to replace Duterte as president of Philippines shapes into wild contest of personalities 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z There’s no silver bullet when you’re dealing with complex human behavior like addiction and ending the drug war. How a Drug Policy Activist Spends Her Sundays 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z The action was widely seen by rights activists and other journalists as retaliation for Rappler’s coverage of Mr. Duterte’s brutal drug war. Philippines’ Nobel Prize Newsroom Is Overjoyed but Under Siege 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z President Rodrigo Duterte, who unleashed the drug war after winning election in 2016, once promised to defend the policemen in the case, saying he was he was ready to go to jail here for them. Philippines court acquits 19 policemen in killing of mayor detained over drugs 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Go offered no apologies for the drug war, in which thousands of Filipinos have been gunned down by police officers and vigilantes, allegedly because they were involved with narcotics. Duterte Says He Will Retire Rather Than Seek the Vice Presidency 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Duterte, a tough-talking populist who is most known for a drug war that has left thousands dead, has previously claimed he would retire from politics. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announces retirement from politics 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z It is the highest estimated total since the early 1990s, when homicides stayed above 23,000 a year as drug wars played out in many places in the U.S. FBI: 2020 homicides up nearly 30%, largest 1-year jump ever 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Rights groups say Duterte personally incited deadly violence in the drug war and accuse police of murdering unarmed suspects on a massive scale. Philippines' Duterte vows accountability for anyone who went 'beyond bounds' in drug war 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Duterte, a populist who rose to power in 2016, is perhaps best known internationally as the architect of a drug war that has killed thousands. International Criminal Court authorizes investigation into bloody Philippine drug war led by Duterte 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The International Criminal Court said last month that the drug war appeared to have been “a widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population.” Duterte Says He Will Retire Rather Than Seek the Vice Presidency 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z In June, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court applied to open a full investigation into drug war killings in the Philippines, saying crimes against humanity could have been committed. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to stand as vice-president 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Throughout, she also details the racial inequities and social justice tensions that have defined the drug war. The rise of harm reduction in the war on drugs 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z López Obrador has called the “drug war” model a flop and created new social programs in an effort to prevent young people from joining crime gangs. Mexico declares $3 billion U.S. security deal ‘dead,’ seeks revamp 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z But in America, harm reduction ran smack into the drug war. Opinion | How Drug Users Developed a Key Approach to Fighting Covid 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z When Pollan bridles that drug laws limit his freedom, and when he ridicules the foolishness of lumping him and his cozy garden with fearsome “addicts” and criminals, he unintentionally reinforces this pernicious drug war logic. Review | A homegrown garden of mind-altering substances 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Doesn’t it seem a bit nonsensical to characterize the drug war as a failure when sending people to prison for drug-related crimes was the intent? The ‘war on drugs’ was always about race 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z It has also acknowledged, Szalavitz notes, that the drug war is historically documented to be deeply rooted in racism, not science, and has been disproportionately waged against people of color. The rise of harm reduction in the war on drugs 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z For example, at least six of the ex-Colombian soldiers involved in this month’s assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise reportedly received U.S. military training as part of Washington’s support for Latin America’s drug war. Afghan losses, Haiti killing spark new questions about U.S. foreign military training 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z For decades, because of harm reduction’s clash with the policies of the drug war, the government tried to suppress it. Opinion | How Drug Users Developed a Key Approach to Fighting Covid 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Bush and Bill Clinton, leveraged drug war policies in the following decades to their own political advantage, cementing the drug war’s legacy. 50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z We know the FBI’s illegal Counterintelligence Program used policies from the drug war to try to discredit the civil rights movement and attack Black leaders like members of the Black Panther Party. The ‘war on drugs’ was always about race 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The drug war’s blunt, black-and-white approach at least had the virtue of simplicity. Opinion | How Should We Do Drugs Now? 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z The United States has used this playbook repeatedly, such as with the 19th century’s “Manifest Destiny,” the early 20th century’s “dollar diplomacy” and the recent drug wars. The root cause of Central American migration? The United States 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “Drug testing is yet another tool of the drug war, and it’s a failure,” Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director Kassandra Frederique said in a statement. The doping rules that cost Sha’Carri Richardson have a debated, political history 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z The deleterious impacts of the drug war have, for years, drawn calls for reform and abolition from mostly left-leaning elected officials and social justice advocates. 50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z And we know in 1971, the same year Nixon launched his drug war, he was recorded sharing laughs with California Gov. Ronald Reagan as they call Africans “monkeys” and “cannibals.” The ‘war on drugs’ was always about race 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z With all illicit drugs lumped together in the drug war, there was no need to take account of their different properties and powers, what they are good for and what they are bad for. Opinion | How Should We Do Drugs Now? 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z The killings were the latest in a series of massacres and drug cartel battles this month that resembled scenes from the darkest days of Mexico's 2006-2012 drug war. World Digest: June 30, 2021 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z A half-century after Nixon declared a drug war, the effort has drawn criticism from the political right. Dems’ bill would end ‘war on drugs,’ legalize possession of everything from weed to heroin 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The explosion of the U.S. incarceration rate, the expansion of public and private prison systems and the militarization of local police forces are all outgrowths of the drug war. 50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Later, as president, Reagan put Nixon’s drug war and mass incarceration on steroids. The ‘war on drugs’ was always about race 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The end of the drug war will confront us with cases more challenging than the psychedelics, several of which have been investigated by scientists as effective treatments for various forms of mental illness. Opinion | How Should We Do Drugs Now? 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “We will be building support for all drug decriminalization, which will end the more far-reaching harms of the drug war,” he said. Democrats in Congress introduce decriminalization bill for all drugs, not just weed 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The Philippines formally left the ICC in 2019, in what critics viewed as an attempt to evade a probe of Duterte’s drug war. World Digest: June 14, 2021 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z The film is a clear indictment of the U.S.-backed drug war in Mexico, which did not reduce drug trafficking and sparked years of record levels of homicides. His first movie was shortlisted for an Oscar. What's next for Mexico's overnight star? 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z So, no, I won’t tolerate attempts to frame the drug war as failed. The ‘war on drugs’ was always about race 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The 2020 elections brought plenty of proof that voters have leapt ahead of politicians in recognizing both the failures of the drug war and the potential of certain illicit drugs as powerful tools for healing. Opinion | How Should We Do Drugs Now? 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “I didn’t declare wars that brought people back with PTSD; I haven’t been putting people into prisons for years; I didn’t declare the drug war; I haven’t been in charge of the foster care system.” Judge's order drags Garcetti into center of legal battle over skid row 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z The drug war leaves children without access to their parents and formerly incarcerated people unable to get jobs or find housing. Recent bombshell Washington state Supreme Court decision an opportunity to address failed war on drugs 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z The measure does not grudgingly accept psilocybin as the lesser evil compared with, say, the drug war or PTSD. Opinion | Can Magic Mushrooms Heal Us? 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Peace, said Andarabi, would free the police to fight the drug war that is also fueling Afghanistan’s soaring crime rate. AP Interview: Afghan minister warns US against hasty retreat 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z But while we can now begin to glimpse an end to the drug war, it is much harder to envision what the drug peace will look like. Opinion | How Should We Do Drugs Now? 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z "There is a serious drug war going on just south of us, with two different factors fighting for control of this area ...," Del Cueto explained. Sara Carter reports on 'Hannity': Border Patrol overrun by Sinaloa Cartel in 'Smuggler's Gulch' 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z The false veneer of a free press is something that Ressa and others reporting on Duterte’s violent drug war encounter daily. No one in the Philippines would air a documentary about press freedom. So Frontline is doing it itself. 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z As with most drug war fatalities, authorities claimed the woman’s father had resisted arrest. The indignity of Philippines' 'homeless' dead: leased graves that expire 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Ioan Grillo’s “Blood Gun Money” traces the escalating drug wars in Latin America to the “iron river” of automatic weapons from the tragically lax U.S. Review: He ditched his privilege to labor in a Dakota oil field. All he got was a powerful memoir 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z His horizons expanded just as the Mexican drug war exploded. How American guns turned Mexico into a war zone 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Many of the unmarked sites were filled with the remains of people who had disappeared during the drug war. It was a milestone for Mexico’s democracy. Now López Obrador wants to get rid of the country’s freedom of information institute. 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Mass incarceration, the drug war and police violence are also major factors in the lagging life expectancy of people of color. Trump's COVID response was deadly — but pro-corporate, racist policies kill even more people: study 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Some in Mexico have applauded López Obrador for standing up for Mexican sovereignty after a more than decadelong drug war fueled by firearms smuggled illegally from the U.S. and Americans’ seemingly limitless appetites for drugs. Mexican president accuses U.S. of fabricating drug case against ex-defense chief 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z His real goal, analysts say, may be to stoke the resentment of the Mexican public toward American intervention in the drug war. Once a Trump-Basher, Mexico’s Leader Misses Him Already 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z “I’ve done a trilogy of drug war books now,” he says. How American guns turned Mexico into a war zone 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z He covered the drug wars in Mexico, including more than 100 assassinations. Inside the Capitol: ‘It was the ugliest moment I have ever seen in America’ 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Under his bloody drug war, official figures report almost 6,000 killed in police operations as of the end of September. Philippine cop shoots dead mother and son on camera, reigniting nation’s debate over police impunity 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z Mexicans see a deeper disconnect between the U.S. focus on the drug war and a lack of action to help stem the flow of powerful weapons. The sniper rifles flowing to Mexican cartels show a decade of U.S. failure 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Now Mexico’s drug war strategy is on trial. Mexico's president gives the military sweeping new powers — and protections 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z “The American public seems very open to a total rethink on the drug war and economic justice.” How will drug legalization affect America's communities of color? 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The Drug Policy Alliance, which authored Measure 110 in Oregon and spent $4 million in support of its passage, said the election results are "like taking a sledgehammer to the cornerstone of the drug war." In a blow to US drug war, Oregon votes to decriminalize narcotics as five states legalize marijuana 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Human Rights Watch said drug war deaths spiked by more than 50 percent from April to July during the pandemic lockdown. Philippine cop shoots dead mother and son on camera, reigniting nation’s debate over police impunity 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z “This is like taking a sledgehammer to the cornerstone of the drug war.” Oregon Decriminalizes Small Amounts of Heroin and Cocaine; Four States Legalize Marijuana 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Now Mexico’s drug war strategy is on trial. Mexico's president gives the military sweeping new powers — and protections 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z The two cases call into question the American role in the drug war as well. Who Was ‘El Padrino,’ Godfather to Drug Cartel? Mexico’s Defense Chief, U.S. Says 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z His fall will have far reaching implications for Mexico’s drug war, which has been led by the armed forces for more than a decade. 'The Godfather': Mexico's ex-defense chief helped ship tons of cocaine and heroin, charges say 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Despite the flood of killings, however, both Duterte and his drug war remain overwhelmingly popular in the country. Philippine cop shoots dead mother and son on camera, reigniting nation’s debate over police impunity 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z One of the most bloodthirsty factions in the drug war, the Zetas cartel, was formed by former special forces members. Former Mexico defence minister arrested on drug charges in Los Angeles 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z There’s a Zeta assassin right behind her, corrupt CIA agents closing in around her and the existential ramifications of an unwinnable drug war looming everywhere. How two Texas drinking buddies wound up with one crackling cartel thriller 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z In December 2017, Mexico passed a security law cementing the military’s role in fighting the drug war, outraging the United Nations and human rights groups. Who Was ‘El Padrino,’ Godfather to Drug Cartel? Mexico’s Defense Chief, U.S. Says 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z In many aspects, Mexico has seen a rebound of bloody events like those that marked the country’s 2006-2012 drug war, including the dumping of bodies on highways, arson attacks, mass killings at parties and beheadings. 10 years after migrant massacre, Mexico pledges justice 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z But he was now focused mainly on the drug war in Latin America, particularly Plan Colombia, aimed at combating cartels and insurgent groups in that country. The Phantom-Limb Democratic Convention 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z And yet until last month, many here saw the rise of the cartel as an internal matter for the parties in an interminable drug war. Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel blazes a bloody trail in rise to power 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z In the past, the police and soldiers carried out various massacres here in the name of the drug war. Opinion | How Mexico’s Drug Cartels Are Profiting From the Pandemic 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z In the national conversation about mass incarceration, there has long been a happy fiction that prisons are full of nonviolent drug offenders, and that simply stopping the drug war will solve the prison problem. State violence, a crisis of legitimacy, and the path to true public safety 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z “You shouldn’t bear the repercussions of the drug war while you are healing yourself.” Activists seek to decriminalize ‘magic’ mushrooms in DC 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Widely considered some of the worst years of the country's drug war, it was a time of ferocious internecine violence between powerful cartels. Could this become Mexico's bloodiest year on record? 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z At the time, the neighborhood was in the midst of a violent crime wave fueled by gang and drug wars. Black cops say systemic racism exists in policing: ‘We don’t speak up because it’s career suicide’ 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Slavery, black codes, lynching, Jim Crow, school segregation, redlining, drug wars, mass incarceration and gentrification. Opinion | I’m a Black American. I Had to Get Out. 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z California, like the rest of the U.S., spent years fighting a racist drug war driven by years of over-policing black neighborhoods, leaving us with an even more inequitable criminal justice system. Column: Defund the police? California is trying to hire more cannabis cops 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z The Philippine National Police placed the death toll of what officials call the “drug war” at more than 5,600. UN office denounces human rights violations in Philippines 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Rodrigo Duterte, the brash, illiberal president of the Philippines, has waged a brutal drug war propelled by perhaps tens of thousands of extrajudicial killings. Perspective | Dictators are using the coronavirus to strengthen their grip on power 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z It’s a novel about two resourceful and sensitive young brothers in Queensland in the 1980s, trying to survive drug wars, damaged parents, neglect, violence, supernatural encounters and love. Elizabeth Gilbert: ‘Don’t we all wish we’d written Wolf Hall?’ 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Arpaio claimed that lawlessness from Mexico’s escalating drug war was seeping across the border. When Arizona Elected a Mexican Immigrant Governor 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z But now, a couple of non-American journalists working independently have produced a pair of volumes that focus on the global drug war like a U.S. As the global war on drugs fades away, the only people who benefited were drug traffickers 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Critics say that problems with the drug war run deeper, pointing to a failure to target high-level drug traffickers, cut the supply of drugs and invest in rehabilitation. Exclusive: 'Shock and awe' has failed in Philippines drug war, enforcement chief says 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z A version of that drug war is now ravaging Mexico, something that serves as inspiration to Ortiz Torres, a Los Angeles artist who hails from Mexico City. Datebook: Shizu Saldamando's portraits reveal the faces of L.A. 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The results, based on 2018 data, show mixed results in the nation’s drug war. Drug overdoses decline, but fentanyl-related deaths on the rise 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Of course, they should not resume the drug war or jail everyone with a drug problem. A costly wake-up call for Seattle leaders 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z While the Honduran military fights the drug war with U.S. dollars, Loewenstein shows it and other organs of the Honduran government are also deeply implicated in managing the drug traffic. As the global war on drugs fades away, the only people who benefited were drug traffickers 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Government figures show that 500 people were killed in the drug war last year, which compares with 3,000 killed in the first year of the campaign. Exclusive: 'Shock and awe' has failed in Philippines drug war, enforcement chief says 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Victims of the drug wars are often seen as complicit in their own deaths, and their families left to suffer in silence. The Mormons standing up to Mexico’s drug cartels: 'We have to overcome our fears’ 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z A third of black men had felony records — due in large part to a racially biased, brutal drug war — and were relegated to a permanent second-class status. Opinion | The Injustice of This Moment Is Not an ‘Aberration’ 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z So the drug war was in part a politically motivated strategy, a backlash to the civil-rights movement, but it was also a reflection of conscious and unconscious biases fuelled by media portrayals of drug users. Ten Years After “The New Jim Crow” 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Vorobyov openly says the unsayable when it comes to writing about the drug war and drug prohibition: Drugs can be fun! As the global war on drugs fades away, the only people who benefited were drug traffickers 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Caramat said the volume of crime had decreased as a result of the drug war, but users could still buy illegal drugs “any time, anywhere” in the Philippines. Exclusive: 'Shock and awe' has failed in Philippines drug war, enforcement chief says 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Although the drug war is overwhelmingly backed by Filipinos, critics say it targets the poor and leaves the rich and powerful untouched while reinforcing a culture of impunity. Former Philippines police chief and drug war enforcer to be charged with corruption 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z President Bill Clinton, who publicly aligned himself with the black community and black leaders, escalated a racially discriminatory drug war in part to avoid being cast by conservatives as “soft on crime.” Opinion | The Injustice of This Moment Is Not an ‘Aberration’ 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Clinton escalated the drug war beyond what many of his Republican predecessors ever dreamed. Ten Years After “The New Jim Crow” 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Many saw the effort as a kind of reparations for the drug war. She embodied the hopes for L.A.’s cannabis program. Can she overcome its stumbles? 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Mexico's brutal drug war claims tens of thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle for territory and influence. Trump halts plan to treat cartels as terrorists 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Everyone should agree by this point that the “lock ’em up” approach to the drug war hasn’t worked well. Mississippi editorial roundup 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Mexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle for territory and influence. Mexico rejects US intervention against drug gangs 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z President Bill Clinton escalated the drug war that had been originally declared by President Richard Nixon and then escalated by Ronald Reagan. Ten Years After “The New Jim Crow” 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Angered by the vice president's comments, Mr Duterte handed over control of the drug war to Ms Robredo and challenged her to do a better job. Duterte’s 'work from home' raises health questions 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z But another family member, Alex LeBarón, pointed out that many of the weapons used in Mexico’s raging drug wars come from north of the border. How an isolated group of Mormons got caught up in Mexico's cartel wars 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z So too was another drug war maxim: that women and children were not to be touched. Mormon families prepare memorial services for loved ones killed in Mexico 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The slaughter of three U.S. women and six of their children wasn’t the first or only time Mexico’s drug war claimed foreigners, women or children. 10 Things to Know for Today 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z They were organizing to protest racial profiling, the drug war, the three-strikes laws, mandatory minimum sentences, and police brutality. Ten Years After “The New Jim Crow” 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Children are being killed with chilling frequency as the unwritten rules of Mexico’s drug war appear to fade. Massacre of Americans shows drug war worse this time around 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The 14 October massacre was just one of the most extreme episodes of violence in the recent litany of horrors from Mexico’s drug wars. Cowed and outgunned: why Mexico’s police 'don't stand a chance' against cartels 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Even by the standards of Mexico's brutal drug war this was a particularly horrific attack. US Mormon children killed in grisly Mexico attack 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z On Thursday, López Obrador said his government will not be forced into a drug war, adding that his strategy is something else. Failed mission raises doubts about Mexican security strategy 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z This was just as the drug war was raging and the race to incarcerate was going full bore. Ten Years After “The New Jim Crow” 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Stigma is also at the heart of the failed drug war policies that created school-to-prison pipelines and set the stage for the overdose epidemic. Goodbye DARE — more schools are embracing realistic drug education 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z But not all Filipinos support the way Duterte has prosecuted the drug war. Thousands dead. Police accused of criminal acts. Yet Duterte’s drug war is wildly popular. 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Here are some of the most significant moments in more than a decade of Mexico’s drug wars: Factbox: Major incidents in Mexico's drug wars 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z They are now among the more than 40,000 other people in Mexico who are registered as disappeared, many in the country’s drug war. Five Years Ago, 43 Students Vanished. The Mystery, and the Pain, Remain 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z They weave together a history of the flower's medicinal uses, the origins of the opium trade and drug wars, and the modern opioid crisis. The History of Opium, Facing Up to Quantum Mechanics and Other New Science Books 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z This progress is also undermined by the government’s fixation on arresting people who sell drugs, which ensures the drug war will continue. Goodbye DARE — more schools are embracing realistic drug education 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z But in the absence of more-forceful external intervention, experts say, the drug war’s toll shows no sign of easing. Thousands dead. Police accused of criminal acts. Yet Duterte’s drug war is wildly popular. 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z But Honduras remains a critical, if inconsistent, ally in the drug war. Hondurans feel fate of their unpopular president lies in US 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z But Honduras remains a critical, if inconsistent, ally in the drug war. Hondurans feel fate of their unpopular president lies in US 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Just by humanizing the victims of the drug war, López seems to be making a pointed statement. Tigers Are Not Afraid puts a dark fantasy spin on the Mexican drug war 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Events this year bear a disturbing similarity to crimes committed at what was the bloodiest period of the drug war. Mexico violence: Alarming parallels to previous brutalities 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Iceland criticized Duterte’s drug war, so he accused its people of ‘eating ice’ Thousands dead. Police accused of criminal acts. Yet Duterte’s drug war is wildly popular. 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z If, as she informs us at the start, a hundred and sixty thousand people have been killed during Mexico’s drug wars, and fifty-three thousand have disappeared, is a movie like hers not an irresponsible distraction? The Haunted Street Children of “Tigers Are Not Afraid” 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z “I wanted to make a movie about the children that are left forgotten on the side of the drug war,” she says. How Mexican filmmaker Issa López defied expectations with 'Tigers Are Not Afraid' 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Tigers Are Not Afraid Dark fantasy fable about children orphaned by Mexico’s drug wars. 'Brittany Runs a Marathon,' 'Angel Has Fallen' and more new movies in L.A. this week 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Here’s a look at moments from the drug war that shocked the country: Mexico violence: Alarming parallels to previous brutalities 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The controversy is a blow to the credibility of the police, inviting renewed scrutiny of the drug war. Thousands dead. Police accused of criminal acts. Yet Duterte’s drug war is wildly popular. 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Soon after, an economic advisory council to the French prime minister released a report criticizing France’s drug war as a costly “French failure” and calling for cannabis legalization on financial grounds. French cannabis legalization debate ignores race, religion and the mass incarceration of Muslims 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The act is a sobering reminder of the height of Mexico's drug war, in 2011 and 2012, when dozens of bodies would be dumped in piles along highways, including many decapitated bodies. 19 bodies found hung, butchered in suspected Mexico gang turf war 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Last year, Mr Duterte unilaterally withdrew the Philippines from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court after it had announced a preliminary examination of allegations of "crimes against humanity" during the drug war. Lives lived and lost along Manila's Pasig river 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z An ex-convict arrives in Miami, sees an old buddy slain and becomes part of a coastal drug war. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Aug. 4-10, 2019 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z For Maria, who lost a brother and father to the drug war in 2016, the shake-up among senior police is “just right.” Thousands dead. Police accused of criminal acts. Yet Duterte’s drug war is wildly popular. 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z These line-drawing challenges argue for moving away from the drug war's simplistic, punitive approach in favor of more sophisticated strategies for minimizing the risks of psychotropic drugs. Psychedelic Medicine Is Coming. The Law Isn't Ready 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z That is the most since comparable records began being kept in 1997, including the peak year of Mexico’s drug war in 2011. Mexico sets 1st half murder record, up 5.3% 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Jun and a small crop of the church opposition have reoriented their lives around a mission to document the drug war while helping to seek accountability for those carrying it out. The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Duterte, best known for a drug war that has left thousands dead, commonly reasons when answering criticism of his policy toward Beijing that the Philippines cannot afford war with China. The Philippines sided with China after a boat was rammed. Critics say it’s all about money. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Among the recent victims of the drug war was a 3-year-old girl who was fatally shot by police officers during a drug raid. As drug-war deaths soar, Duterte vows to stop any U.N. probe of killings 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Now, crime is climbing back towards levels last seen in the darkest days of the drug war, with homicides growing fivefold in the last three years to 107 per 100,000. Mexico's new National Guard was created to fight crime, but now... 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z But prosecutors say they are not seeking to prosecute every overdose, regardless of any political clamor for victories in the “drug war.” Maryland’s high court approves manslaughter conviction for drug dealer 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z The logic of the drug war is cold and transparent. The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z “I didn’t fight the drug war for as long as I did to be excluded out of the adult-use market later on,” he said. West Hollywood’s original marijuana dispensaries fear city will leave them behind 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z The drug war has been the signature policy of Duterte, who won office in 2016 vowing to eliminate the narcotics scourge and exterminate drug dealers. As drug-war deaths soar, Duterte vows to stop any U.N. probe of killings 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The most notorious recent killing was that of Javier Valdez, a crusading editor famed for documenting the human cost of Mexico’s drug war. Mexico: seventh journalist murdered in just six months 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The show blasts erring cops and, on one occasion, referenced 17-year-old Kian delos Santos, a student killed by police as part of the drug war who became a symbol for innocent victims. A popular Philippine cop show is real political theater as its actors run for office 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z Such theatrical touches are common in the drug war’s crime scenes, which often show signs of staging. The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Then, with the start of Mexico’s drug war in 2006, that arrangement started to fall apart. ‘El Chapo’: the last of the cartel kingpins? 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z O’Rourke has areas of depth that he doesn’t often show—the drug war, rural broadband, the border. Can Beto Bounce Back? 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Despite criticism from rights groups over his brutal drug war, the president remains hugely popular across the Philippines. Duterte tightens control over Philippines 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z “Exclusive access to delivery licenses is a great start, along with loans and technical assistance, but we should continually be implementing more ways to provide support and repair the past harms of the drug war.” Editorials from around New England 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z In June, the drug war claimed its youngest victim, a three-year-old girl named Myca Ulpina, who was killed in a sting targeting her father. The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Before the elections, families who lost loved ones in the drug war agreed not to vote for Dela Rosa. Duterte drug war ally and Marcos daughter set for Philippines seats 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws slammed Mr. Biden’s “abysmal record” championing the drug war. Joe Biden 2020 campaign hit by liberal groups as out of step 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z From cheerleading asset forfeiture to helping make America the world’s leading jailer to encouraging the militarization of policing in the name of the drug war, Biden was there. Joe Biden has a problem with pot 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z While hundreds of mass grave sites date back to the height of the drug war from 2010 to 2016, some are more recent. Cartel member leads Mexican authorities to secret mass grave 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z In the Philippines, where four in five citizens identify as Catholic, the church has emerged as the most prominent voice of dissent against the drug war. The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Within seconds, the moral certitude with which she’s always carried herself — knowing which side of the drug war she stood upon — is destroyed. ‘Narcos’ vs. narco novelas: In Latin America’s cartel TV shows, a compelling complexity 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z While hundreds of such sites date back to the 2010-2016 drug war, some are more recent. 45 bodies found in clandestine graves in Mexico 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Spurred by the Reagan-era drug war, it peaked in the late 1990s, when surveys showed some 80% of companies nationwide had adopted the practice, up from about 20% a decade earlier. In the age of legal marijuana, some employers drop ‘zero tolerance’ drug tests 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Mexico even said it was willing to accept American anti-drug aid – such as aircraft and sophisticated weaponry – in order to help the Nixon administration fight its drug war. Nixon and Reagan tried closing the border to pressure Mexico – here’s what happened 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Photographs of the drug war’s dead faded in and out on the screen. The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z It is the Latin American drug war as narrated by a dude-bro on spring break. ‘Narcos’ vs. narco novelas: In Latin America’s cartel TV shows, a compelling complexity 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The second was filed last August by relatives of eight people killed by police officers in the drug war. Philippine Supreme Court Orders Release of Documents in Duterte’s Drug War 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z In speeches and interviews, they tackle questions of slavery reparations, white supremacy, the toll of mass incarceration of young black men and the drug war on black families. Booker and Harris reimagine what it means to be a black presidential contender after Obama 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z The figure is far below the alarming homicide rates, often fed by drug wars and gang violence, in countries like Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. Uruguayans turn tough on crime to tackle growing violence 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z “They were very slow. They were silent,” Phelim Kine, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia division, said of the church’s response to Duterte’s drug war. The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The figure is far below the alarming homicide rates, often fed by drug wars and gang violence, in countries like Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. Uruguayans turn tough on crime to tackle growing violence 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z “This will help us see the true situation of human rights in the country in the time of Duterte’s drug war,” he said. Philippine Supreme Court Orders Release of Documents in Duterte’s Drug War 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The figure is far below the alarming homicide rates, often fed by drug wars and gang violence, in countries like Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. Uruguayans turn tough on crime to tackle growing violence 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The Commission on Human Rights in the Philippines later revealed that more communications on Duterte and his drug war were filed before the ICC, though it did not name who the parties were. Philippines leaves International Criminal Court as Duterte probe is underway 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Late last summer, as the intensity of the drug war subsided in Manila, drug-related killings spiked in Cebu. The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Parks takes on the worlds of white collar crime, bank fraud and the drug war in “The Last Act.” Review: ‘The Last Act’ is a compelling thriller 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z A second complaint was filed in August by relatives of eight people killed by police officers in the drug war; they also accused Mr. Duterte of murder. Philippines Officially Leaves the International Criminal Court 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z The priest is a former drug addict who has welcomed those seeking help for their addictions, as well as widows and orphans of people slain in the drug war. ‘Ready the places where you’ll be buried’: Philippine priests say they are under threat 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Human rights advocates worry that if the Philippines departure goes unquestioned, families of victims slain in the drug war will not have a court of last resort. Philippines leaves International Criminal Court as Duterte probe is underway 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The arrival of the drug war in Cebu marred one of the Philippines’s most picturesque islands, and also one of the most important in the country’s Christian tradition. The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z “The drug war and the fact that many of the related murders remain uninvestigated has made it a lot easier to eliminate people these days,” said Carlos Conde, a Philippines researcher for Human Rights Watch. ‘This is Manila’: Another body and another cold case amid an expanding war on drugs 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z The last book in his trilogy on America’s drug wars — a seminal work that spirals from cartel towns to the White House — will be published Feb. 26. 'The Border' is Don Winslow's final chapter in a chilling, timely and seminal drug war trilogy 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Duterte’s tirades against the Philippine church, the priests said, were an attempt to undermine what is possibly the biggest and most powerful institution critical of his drug war. ‘Ready the places where you’ll be buried’: Philippine priests say they are under threat 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z In 2007, the year before border fencing construction began, El Paso reported 17 murders while Juárez recorded about 320 homicides, before the drug war between cartels escalated. Trump’s Rationale for a National Emergency Is Based on False or Misleading Claims 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z As Father Albert Alejo, a member of the Catholic resistance, put it to me, the crisis of the drug war transcends the death toll. The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z But drug enforcement officials said they believe El Chapo’s conviction is a major win in the drug war. Where Will El Chapo Go to Prison? (and What Happens Next) 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Granular detail and sharp dialogue have made his drug war trilogy propulsive and compelling. 'The Border' is Don Winslow's final chapter in a chilling, timely and seminal drug war trilogy 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z If I sound bottomlessly cynical about all of this, I suppose writing about the drug war will do that to you. Separating the Myth from the Man in the El Chapo Verdict 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Analysts say that the trial, however spectacular, will have little impact on the drug war. Will El Chapo’s conviction change anything? 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The trial is a painful reminder of the human toll left by the drug war. El Chapo was convicted, but Mexicans are still reeling from his trial’s revelations 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z And corruption — not the drug war — is at the center of public debate these days. El Chapo Was Once Mexico’s Most Wanted. Now He’s Old News. 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z One of the major figures in drug wars that have roiled Mexico since 2006, Guzman became an almost legendary criminal figure. Mexico's 'El Chapo' drug cartel boss convicted on all 10 U.S. charges 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Their tales of intrigue were Shakespearean, their stories of bloody internecine drug wars reminiscent of “Game of Thrones.” Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman found guilty in U.S. trial 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The drug war in Mexico - pitting the Mexican and US authorities against cartels smuggling drugs into the US and the cartels against each other - has killed about 100,000 people over more than a decade. Drug lord 'El Chapo' found guilty in US 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z One asked if “a drug war” could be thought of as a drug trafficking crime that would trigger their consideration of the firearms charge. Why the El Chapo Jury Is Taking Its Time 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z In the first, they asked whether a “drug war” could be considered “part of a drug trafficking crime with specific reference to the weapons charge.” Jury enters second day of deliberations in 'El Chapo' trial 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Jurors said they wanted to know if a “drug war was considered part of a drug trafficking crime” as they were weighing count 9, which pertains to use of firearms. El Chapo trial: First day of jury deliberations ends without verdict 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z A new kind of drug war has driven the violence. Essential California: Mayhem in Tijuana 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z |
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