A former Mexican law enforcement official once in charge of his country's fight against drug traffickers was convicted on Tuesday on US charges that he took millions of dollars in bribes from the infamous Sinaloa cartel.
But it would also be dangerous for people driving through even after it's completed because the whole area is a hotbed for drug traffickers and insurgent groups.
An international manhunt is underway for a Colombian police commander wanted in connection with the murders last month of three men falsely accused of being drug traffickers.
A local indigeous organisation has asked the government to protect the Mashco-Piro's land much of which has been taken over by logging concessions and drug traffickers.
In his day Rafael Caro Quintero was considered one of the biggest drug traffickers in the world, one of three founding members of the Guadalajara cartel.
当年Rafael Caro Quintero被视为全世界头号毒贩子,他也是瓜达拉哈拉走私集团三位创始人之一。
Millions of people in Ecuador have voted in a referendum on whether the constitution should be changed to allow the extradition of convicted drug traffickers.