A cardboard box half the size of a loaf of bread bore a shipping label declaring its contents: “Adapter.” It was delivered in October to a Reuters reporter in Mexico City. There was no adapter inside ...

Mexico’s extradition of a chemical broker to the United States marks a significant step against these middlemen, who occupy an essential but often overlooked position in the synthetic drug pipeline.

HOUSTON — Federal officials announced a record-breaking drug bust, seizing over 300,000 kilos of meth precursor chemicals. The shipment, originating from China, was intercepted at a port in Houston ...