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Narco-Sharks Replacing Drug Mules

Sharks are facing a new threat: they are being fished off the Pacific coast of Central America and Mexico and used to smuggle cocaine to the United States, through Mexico.

This stretch of ocean and its coasts have become a transit route for drugs produced in Colombia and shipped to the United States, the world”s largest market for cocaine, according to United Nations figures… Read Full Article by Emilio Godoy

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