12-09-25 The Mexican armed forces have arrested 35 police officers accused of having links with one of the country's most powerful drug cartels, the Zetas. 墨西哥武装部队逮捕了35名涉嫌与国内最强的贩毒集团Zetas有牵连的警官。 The officers were arrested in oper...

12-09-19 One of Colombia's most notorious drug traffickers has been captured in Venezuela. 哥伦比亚臭名昭著的毒品贩子之一在委内瑞拉落网。 Daniel Barrera had a $5m bounty on his head in the US and $2.7m in Colombia Daniel Barrera, known as Crazy Barrera, was...

12-09-18 The United Nations says the production of coca leaves - the raw ingredient for cocaine - in Bolivia has dropped significantly over the last year. 联合国称，去年玻利维亚古柯叶可卡因的原材料的产量显著下降。 The area used for cultivation of coca in the...

12-09-18 A woman who aborted her own baby in the final phase of her pregnancy has been jailed for eight years. 英国一名妇女在怀孕后期使胎儿流产被判入狱八年。 Sarah Louise Catt, 35, of Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire, took a drug when she was full term, 39...

12-09-18 Drug driving means driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs other than alcohol. 药驾（drug driving）指服用药物之后驾驶机动车的行为，与酒驾有相似之处。 Driving whilst under the influence of drugs is extremely dangerous and can affec...

12-09-12 Brazilian police have occupied a Rio de Janeiro shantytown as they hunt for the killers of six teenagers, whose bodies were dumped at the side of a road. 巴西警方占领了里约热内卢一个贫民区，搜寻杀害六名青少年的凶手，他们的尸体被抛弃在路边。 The poli...

12-08-09 Colombian police have arrested one of the country's main drug lords, Erikson Vargas, who is also known as Sebastian. 哥伦比亚警方逮捕了国内主要毒枭之一，艾瑞克森瓦尔加斯，又名塞巴斯蒂安。 Sebastian had ties with Mexican drug gangs, such as the Zetas...

12-07-09 Humans have known for centuries that copper is a potent weapon against infection. New research shows that the bacteria that cause serious urinary tract infections know this, too, and steal copper to prevent the metal from being used against them. Bl...

12-06-27 The Mexican Navy is searching for one of its helicopters that disappeared four days ago over an area where drug cartels are active. 墨西哥海军正在搜寻四天前失踪的一架直升机，该直升机是在贩毒团伙活跃的地区失踪。 The navy said air traffic controllers...

12-06-21 Uruguay has unveiled a plan to allow state-controlled sales of marijuana to fight a rise in drug-related crime. 乌拉圭计划实行国家控制大麻销售来抵抗不断上升的毒品犯罪率。 Under the bill, only the government would be allowed to sell marijuana to adul...