Latin American Drug Traffickers Set Up Shop Across Africa

JOHANNESBURG—In late July, a squad from South Africa’s elite law enforcement agency, The Hawks, launched a midday raid on an arid farm near a town in the country’s remote northeast region. “We found an industrial-scale lab and 408 kilograms [about 500 pounds] of crystal meth and related chemicals, with an estimated value of two-billion rands [almost $113 million],” Col. Katlego Matlego, The Hawks spokesperson, told The Epoch Times. It was South Africa’s largest-ever methamphetamine bust, but the team that cracked the case didn’t celebrate much. “We were too busy thinking about the Mexicans we arrested,” Matlego said. “We are fighting our own vicious gangs who are murdering and raping everywhere. Now we have to be anxious about Mexican drug cartels as well....