Peru Battling Growing Cocaine Trade.

WSJOURNAL/
Growing coca and manufacturing cocaine from it has been increasing in Peru, while its neighbor Colombia has been cracking down. Peru's cocaine exports may have overtaken Colombia's, even as Colombia remains the world's leader in cocaine production.

No Slowing Of Cocaine Production In Colombia.

COLOMBIA REPORTS/
Colombia's exportation of cocaine is booming, with a potential international market value of up to USD $13 billon , despite efforts to curtail it.

Mexico Decriminalizes Small Scale Drugs.

HOUSTON CHRONICLE.

A new Mexican law sets out maximum "personal use" amounts for drugs, like marijuana, cocaine, meth, heroin and even LSD . People detained with those quantities no longer face criminal prosecution.

Mexican officials say the law will free up resources to target major traffickers.

Peruvian Drug Trafficing Grows.

From the LAHT.

Cocaine exports total $22 billion USD...about 17% of GDP... bigger than any legitimate sector of Peru's economy.

Drug Running Spreads to Costa Rica

Serious drug trafficing has reached Costa Rica...setting off alarms among the mostly unprepared officials.

In the past three years, police there have seized 80 tons of cocaine.


http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=338194&CategoryId=23558

Mexico Seizes Ton of Cocaine... inside Frozen Sharks

The Mexican Navy has seized more than a ton of cocaine hidden inside the carcasses of 20-plus frozen sharks in the Gulf coast port of Progreso.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8104397.stm