tag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/20/counter-narcotics_effort_risk_general_ed41

Pentagon budget cuts will undermine the US military's efforts to seize illegal narcotics shipments out of Latin America and will open the way to more cocaine flowing to the United States, a top US general warned Wednesday.

2013-03-20T17:44:39ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/15/Indonesia_executes_Malawian_drug_trafficker_98f1

Indonesia put to death a Malawian drug trafficker on Friday, the government said, in the country's first execution for several years.

2013-03-15T15:23:05ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/11/Mali_disrupts_cocaine_supply_Europe_bc7d

France's surprise intervention in northern Mali against Islamist fighters involved in lucrative drug-running has disrupted cocaine supply to Europe but smugglers are already finding new routes, analysts said.

2013-03-11T15:59:50ZAFP Global Editionby Pierre-Marie Giraudtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/10/Australia_offers_Indonesia_Corby_parole_e91a

Australia on Sunday said it had offered Indonesia a formal guarantee that drug trafficker Schapelle Corby would comply with parole in a letter supporting her release from prison.

2013-03-10T08:16:11ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/04/Mexican_drug_lord_booted_from_fc95

A feared Mexican drug lord who made an unusual addition to Forbes' list of top billionaires has been dropped from the latest ranking because his assets are hard to calculate, the magazine said.

2013-03-04T18:51:36ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/03/police_occupy_slums_near_airport_7c7f

Brazilian security forces seized control of two crime-ridden slums near Rio de Janeiro's international airport and seaport Sunday in a new bid to drive out drug traffickers ahead of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 summer Olympics.

2013-03-03T19:46:29ZAFP Global Editionby Javier Tovartag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/01/police_occupy_slum_near_airport_f930

Rio police on Friday prepared to occupy slums near the city's international airport and seaport as part of efforts to drive out drug traffickers ahead of the 2014 World Cup.

2013-03-01T23:00:04ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/01/China_prisoners_paraded_live_before_48ba

Four gang members from Southeast Asian countries were executed in China Friday for the murder of 13 sailors on the Mekong river, after being paraded on live state television.

2013-03-01T10:33:16ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/01/Give_needles_condoms_inmates_curb_77ed

Giving inmates drug substitution treatment, needles and condoms are key ways to help curb addiction and HIV infection in European jails, experts say, calling on authorities to change their approach to prison health care.

2013-03-01T07:57:14ZAFP Global Editionby Mihaela Rodinatag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/01/China_prisoners_taken_live_execution_361a

Four convicted murderers sentenced to death for killing 13 sailors were shown on live television Friday being taken from a Chinese prison to their place of execution.

2013-03-01T07:27:22ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/23/Colombia_president_threatens_peace_talks_6f84

President Juan Manuel Santos, frustrated over a lack of progress in peace negotiations with leftist FARC rebels, threatened Saturday to abandon bilateral talks to end their nearly 50-year old conflict.

2013-02-23T21:58:41ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/22/Mexican_Facebook_page_threatened_over_4608

A Facebook wall post denouncing crime is apparently dangerous stuff in Mexico's drug-infested north, where the administrator of a popular page on the social network has received threats.

2013-02-23T02:09:17ZAFP Global Editionby Leticia Pinedatag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/22/Guatemala_checking_Mexico_drug_lord_fe26

Guatemalan authorities said they had no proof that a clash between traffickers that was rumored to have killed Mexican drug cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had actually taken place.

2013-02-22T08:57:03ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/21/Guatemala_checking_Mexico_drug_lord_af78

Guatemalan authorities are investigating whether Mexican drug cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was killed in an armed clash near the Mexican border, the interior minister said.

2013-02-22T03:21:18ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/20/Life_returns_gingerly_Mexicos_city_6bcf

A young crowd filled "El Rudo" bar in Ciudad Juarez, laughing at jokes, downing beers and dancing to Shakira tunes, no longer afraid to go out after dark in the Mexican city once known as the world's murder capital.

2013-02-20T11:10:12ZAFP Global Editionby Laurent THOMETtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/19/Briton_arrested_Indonesia_over_drugs_6bfc

A Briton arrested for marijuana possession in Indonesia's capital Jakarta could face up to 12 years in prison if convicted, a police spokesman said Tuesday.

2013-02-19T09:00:06ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/13/intervenes_grandmother_death_case_Bali_ea64

Britain has raised claims that Indonesian authorities mistreated a British grandmother on death row for drug trafficking, in a statement supporting her appeal which was seen Wednesday.

2013-02-13T14:14:41ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/12/Saudi_beheads_murderer_drug_smuggler_6b30

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded one its nationals convicted of murder as well as a Syrian convicted of smuggling drugs into the kingdom, the interior ministry announced.

2013-02-12T11:54:16ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/11/British_grandmother_appeals_Indonesia_death_7262

A British grandmother sentenced to death by firing squad for trafficking drugs into Indonesia lodged an appeal to the High Court on Monday, her lawyer said.

2013-02-11T08:43:29ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/08/Mexican_mayors_admit_paying_cartels_58f6

A Mexican mayor was having breakfast with his wife in a restaurant when he was gunned down this week. To avoid a similar fate, mayors in the western state of Michoacan admit they must pay off drug cartels.

2013-02-08T07:14:25ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reporter