Mexiko. Decapitated Heads Found in Cooler Outside Mexican Broadcaster in Guadalajara (...) According to Spanish newspaper El País, the CJNG has now replaced Sinaloa as the largest cartel in the country and the least impacted by security…

Philippinen. The Philippines: when the police kill children The story of Kulot, one of the many teenagers suspected to have been killed as part of President Duterte's war on drugs.  (Al Jazeera, 02.12.2017) http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/fe…

Afghanistan. U.S. strikes on Taliban opium labs won't work, say Afghan farmers LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan/KABUL (Reuters) - As U.S. and Afghan forces pound Taliban drug factories this week, farmers in the country’s largest opium producing-provi…

Philippinen. SC tackles drug war: Were rights violated? MANILA. Does the government’s war on drugs violate rights of the people? Supreme Court (SC) justices raised this question yesterday as they started hearing in oral arguments the petitio…

Mexiko. A Mexican Town Wages Its Own War on Drugs When the authorities could no longer be trusted, Nestora Salgado organized a citizens’ police force. Did she go too far? (The New Yorker, 27.11.2017) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/1…

Philippinen. Philippine anti-drug agency chief vows 'rule of law' The new chief of the Philippines' anti-drug agency has promised a fresh approach to the controversial war on drugs, "based on the rule of law". Aaron Aquino said that since he took…