America’s Toughest Prison is in Florence, Colorado
Feb 8
2017

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Drug Trafficking

The biggest drug kingpin under the FBI’s watch is Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, former leader of the Sinaloa cartel. During his time as kingpin, he likely ran the world’s largest drug smuggling operation. Even though he is equally notorious for his ability to escape from prison, the United States is confident that they’ve now got him for good. Guzman currently faces 17 federal criminal counts, and if convicted, will be sentenced to life in prison.

Why no death penalty? When [...]

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Extradition for Drug Trafficking? It Could Happen
Nov 29
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Drug Trafficking

At the beginning of this year, President Obama started a conversation about the consequences of the War on Drugs by commuting a record-breaking number of low-level drug offenders. Many of these offenders were put away for decades on drug trafficking charges when the powers that be believed that the only answer to our drug epidemic was incredibly harsh penalties.

The country is changing, though. More and more states are decriminalizing or even legalizing marijuana in one form or another. The [...]

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How Has the Legalization of Marijuana Affected Drug Trafficking?
Jun 13
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Drug Crimes | Drug Trafficking

Even though marijuana was only legalized here a few years ago, it has already had a huge impact. Lots of new businesses are setting up shop in Colorado to legally cash in. Taxes from marijuana sales have bolstered our state’s coffers. Arrests for marijuana are down significantly. Even drugged driving arrests related to marijuana have decreased slightly.

But there’s potentially an even bigger impact where drug trafficking is concerned. How so? The effect is two-fold, and whether it’s good or [...]

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The New Drug Trafficking: Sending Legal Colorado Pot to Other States
Feb 23
2016

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Drug Crimes | Drug Trafficking

Drug trafficking is illegal no matter where you are. But with the legalization of marijuana in Colorado, it’s easier than ever to ship marijuana somewhere else and reap the financial benefits.

Illegal drug traffickers are using Colorado as a safe haven for growing marijuana in regulated pot farms and warehouses, then discreetly sending it to other places where traffickers can make an excellent profit.

One instance of drug trafficking had an owner of a skydiving company filling his planes with [...]

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