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Iran hangs 10 drug traffickers despite Amnesty appeal
Iran executed 10 drug traffickers in a prison in Tehran on Monday, despite repeated calls from Amnesty International to halt such hangings. The men sent to gallows were convicted of trafficking more than a tonne of opium and a tonne of methamphetamine, according to the website of the prosecutor’s office…
China executes four drug traffickers on ‘anti-drug day’
China executed four convicted drug traffickers and sentenced at least 15 others to death Tuesday as the nation marked global anti-drug day, state press reported. Courts in four Chinese provinces sentenced a total of 117 people for drug trafficking on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Xinhua…
Mexico detains 80 in crackdown on drug gang communications
Mexican troops detained 80 suspected members of the Zetas drug gang, including six police, in eastern Veracruz and broke up their network of encrypted communications, the military said Thursday. The raid meant that the Zetas had lost their lines of communication and control over the organization, said Jose Luis Vergara,…
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