narcotrafficking
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Although the sprawling criminal case focused on narcotrafficking concerns, Juan Orlando Hernández’s political career was fraught in other ways.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
The invitation reflects a head-snapping shift in relations between Washington and Caracas since US Delta Force operatives swooped into Caracas, seized president Nicolas Maduro and spirited him to a US jail to face narcotrafficking charges.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
In 2006, Mexican President Felipe Calderón declared a full-scale war against narcotrafficking organizations, complete with the deployment of tens of thousands of Mexican troops to the country’s most violent states and looser rules of engagement.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025
That is a tragedy, because major threats — such as pandemics, global warming, terrorism, narcotrafficking, weapons proliferation and financial panics — do not respect national boundaries.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2020
Mr. Macri will need that kind of backing to pass six new bills to improve the justice system and crack down on narcotrafficking and organized crime, including provisions that would permit investigators to plea-bargain with witnesses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2016
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