Narco Trafficking @_narcotrafico_

"Colombian TCOs (Transitional Criminal Organizations) continue to impact the U.S. illicit drug market, though to a lesser extent than in the 1980s and 1990s. Colombian TCOs rely on a working partnership with Mexican TCOs to export cocaine from Colombia to U.S. markets." -US DEA

"Since 2001, the San Diego Sector’s Tunnel Task Force has found more than 60 smuggling tunnels in the county." Read more at usatoday.com/border-wall/st…

Between 2011 and 2015, there was an almost 50% increase in the number of people sentenced for crimes related to heroin trafficking in the U.S -drugabuse.com

La cocaína es producida mayormente por Colombia según la UNODC, y estas drogas que son transportadas y están entrando a los Estados Unidos pasan primero por países como Costa Rica, México, Panamá, Nicaragua, Honduras, y países vecinos como se ve en el siguiente mapa

What is drug trafficking? According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime it is the ". . . global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws."

Overdose is now the leading cause of death in the United States with numbers more than doubling from 2000-2015. - drugabuse.com

"Most indicators in North America, the world’s largest cocaine market, point to an expansion of the cocaine market from 2013 onwards, mirroring the changes in Colombia when the long-term downward trend in cocaine manufacture was reversed." -UNODC Report 2018

"Most of the world’s cocaine comes from Colombia, which boosted its manufacture by more than one third from 2015 to 2016 . . ." - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Report 2018