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How cocaine smuggling through Latin America really works | The Indicator
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10:23Now PlayingFormer Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, appeared in a New York court yesterday. He’s facing drug-trafficking and weapons charges after the U.S. abducted him and his wife in an explosive operation over the weekend. But is there any credibility to the drug-trafficking accusations? And what does the cocaine supply chain look like in 2026?
Today on the show, tracing cocaine’s journey from the Andes to the streets of U.S. cities.
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