The inspection led to the discovery of 349 suspicious packages in the barrels of jalapeño paste. Authorities conducted ... and approximately 522.5 lbs of cocaine. In a statement, The Californian ...

The coca paste residue is placed in water and heated until most of the water content is evaporated. Cocaine is smuggled to the US a variety of ways. It can travel by sea on anything from small ...

Once extracted, the cocaine paste undergoes purification and is converted into the crystalline powder known as cocaine hydrochloride. The end product, often “cut” or diluted with other ...

The now-former Congressman and Sanabria had financed the release of a gang member known as Kanguru, a Bolivian national who allegedly supplied the criminal organization with cocaine paste ...