Mexico Releases Cartel Operatives, Including Rafael Caro Quintero, Into U.S. Custody

The decision was said to be a signal that President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico planned to cooperate with the Trump administration in cracking down on the cartels.

Trump Officials Split Over How Hard to Go on Mexican Cartels

A Mexican delegation will meet in Washington on Thursday to finalize a security deal, as White House officials debate a strategy for fighting cartels and stemming the flow of drugs across the border.

C.I.A. Expands Secret Drone Flights Over Mexico

The covert program, begun during the Biden administration and stepped up by President Trump, is hunting for the location of fentanyl labs.

How Trump Decided to Pardon Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht

Libertarian and crypto allies of Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence for distributing drugs on his Silk Road website, leveraged President Trump’s desire for political support to secure his release.

Kennedy’s Plan for the Drug Crisis: A Network of ‘Healing Farms’

The positions of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines and drug companies are well known. His approach to addiction has been far less scrutinized.

Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences

The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, will be the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a U.S. president.