U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’

Scritto il 27/04/2026
da Justin Scheck, Simón Posada and Federico Rios

As prices for the precious metal soar, the industry’s guardrails have broken down.This gold comes from a Colombian drug cartel mine. It should never end up at the U.S. Mint. But it does.