A single church-going mother desperately tries to save her two daughters from walking down the same dark path she was once on; and a young woman fights against addiction to a mysterious party drug.

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Spanish police have detained two Colombian suspected hitmen in the service of drug cartels wanted for their involvement in murders, kidnappings and torture, the interior ministry said Tuesday.

Henry Norberto Valdes Marin alias Pollo, 36, and Mauricio Alberto Gonzalez Sepulveda, 44, were arrested in the eastern region of Valencia, it said in a statement.

La Negra operates in eight countries and is held responsible for the murder of more than 200 people in Colombia alone.

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Mexico Drug Warlords has officially declared Drug as number one export item from their home country. The top 10 drugs exporters on the list are:

1. Nacho aka Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel also known as King of Crystal for crystal meth market

2. El Chapo a.k.a Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman: On the Forbes list of billionaire, escaped in laundry cart in 2001

3. Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, aka "El Padrino" (The Godfather)

4. Osiel Cardenas Guillen, aka "El Mata Amigos" (Friend Killer) or "El Loco" (Crazy) earned his nickname by murdering his friend Salvador Gomez

5. Alfredo Beltran Leyva, aka "El Mochomo" (Desert Ant)

6. Alberto Espinoza Barron, aka "La Fresa" (The Strawberry)

7. Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, aka "Tony Tormenta" (Tony the Tormentor)

8. Amado Carrillo-Fuentes, aka"El Senor de los Cielos" (Lord of the Skies)

9. Jesus "Chuy" Labra Aviles

10. Raydel Rosalio Lopez, aka "Crutches"

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Den mexikanischen Sicherheitskräften ist ein weiterer Schlag gegen die Rauschgiftmafia gelungen: Die Polizei hat in Puebla in Zentral-Mexiko den Drogenboss Sergio Villarreal alias "El Grande", einen der meistgesuchten Kriminellen des Landes, festgenommen. Villarreal, der laut Polizei in Diensten des Kartells Beltran Leyva steht, habe keinen Widerstand geleistet. Er sei zusammen mit zwei Begleitern festgenommen worden.

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Mexican marines captured a top lieutenant of a leading drug cartel on Sunday, officials said, as authorities intensified their campaign against drug kingpins.

Sergio Villarreal, dubbed "El Grande," was a leading member of the Beltran Leyva cartel and did not resist capture when dozens of marines using armored vehicles cornered him at a safe house in the central Mexican city of Puebla, a marine official told Reuters.

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Military police are investigating claims that British soldiers may have trafficked heroin from Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Defence said they were aware of "unsubstantiated" claims that troops were using military aircraft to ship the drug out of the country.

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Hip-hop trio and undoubted stoner icons Cypress Hill are looking to broaden their horizons as their native California goes to the polls this fall to ask the electorate if they want to legalize marijuana.

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Barry Bonds and A-Rod aren't the only heavy hitters who've got a trading card following. A Berkeley medical pot dispensary has released an attractive set of cards that allows stoners to compare high-scoring ganja varietals such as Afghani Goo and Grand Daddy Purple.

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