Spain and Portugal being the principal ports of entry. The drug's value on European streets is some £7.5bn a year.

Thirty per cent of the 600 tons of cocaine smuggled from Colombia each year goes through Venezuela. Most of that 30 per cent ends up in Europe, with Spain and Portugal being the principal ports of entry. The drug's value on European streets is some £7.5bn a year.The infrastructure that Venezuela provides for the cocaine business has expanded dramatically over the past five years of Chávez's presidency,...

600 tons of cocaine smuggled from Colombia each year goes through Venezuela

Thirty per cent of the 600 tons of cocaine smuggled from Colombia each year goes through Venezuela. Most of that 30 per cent ends up in Europe, with Spain and Portugal being the principal ports of entry. The drug's value on European streets is some £7.5bn a year.The infrastructure that Venezuela provides for the cocaine business has expanded dramatically over the past five years of Chávez's presidency,...

Contract killer Jorge “Rivi” Ayala

contract killer Jorge “Rivi” Ayala, the director Billy Corben says: “He told me where there is a body buried in Miami, by the Florida turnpike. It’s all developed now, malls and condominiums. He knows where all the bodies are buried. We told the police. I think he told the police too. I just don’t think they care.” Now serving three life sentences for 12 counts of murder, Rivi is a chillingly cool...

Mexican Bandits 1953

Some thirty miles south of Guadalajara, we stopped by the roadside at dusk and left the bus for some refreshments laid out for us inside a patio, and on coming out again found a mildly operatic outfit fumbling with the luggage ropes: three or four men in fine hats and bandanas tied over their faces on mule-back, and a pack-mule.The driver and conductor shooed us back into the patio. "Gentlemen, we...