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

Tremendous economy, "the hottest in the world," they're saying, incredible economy, yes, we're buying cartel gold and selling it as our own, they're saying it's the greatest economy of all time.

The U.S. Mint is legally required to sell only domestically mined gold. But a New York Times investigation has found that the Mint buys gold that comes from foreign pawn shops and drug cartels, then claims it is American. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

lol, lmao “The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine. It makes Lady Liberty coins out of gold from Mexican and Peruvian pawn shops and from a Congolese mine that is part-owned by the Chinese government, records show.“

💰Follow the Money “The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine. It makes Lady Liberty coins out of gold from Mexican and Peruvian pawn shops and from a Congolese mine that is part-owned by the Chinese government, records show.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

This shows Trump’s real attitude towards the drug lords; give me a cut and all is okay.

#ResistanceUnited The U.S. Mint is required by law to use only American gold, but it has flouted the law for years. As gold prices soar, the agency has been laundering gold from illicit sources, funding drug cartels, terrorism, war and environmental destruction. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Really phenomenal reporting, this. Terrific angle on a global story - the proliferation of lawless gold-mining: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

This is absolutely bonkers! #SheShed www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Relevant to this story is that the Trump admin signed a deal last month with the Delcy Rodriguez government to import gold from Venezuela. 90% of gold production in Venezuela is by illegal actors like the ELN and Tren de Aragua.

Every year, the US Mint sells more than $1B in gold coins, each stamped with a guarantee, required by law, that the gold is 100% American. But an NYT investigation found the Mint is the last link in a chain that launders foreign gold, much of it illegally mined. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

NYT - US Mint is the last link in a chain that launders foreign gold, much of it illegally mined, for an insatiable market. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/wo...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

"The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine. It makes Lady Liberty coins out of gold from Mexican and Peruvian pawn shops and from a Congolese mine that is part-owned by the Chinese government..Some gold has come from a company in Honduras that dug up an Indigenous graveyard"

Gift Article Feels very trumpian... "The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine. It makes Lady Liberty coins out of gold from Mexican and Peruvian pawn shops and from a Congolese mine that is part-owned by the Chinese government, records show."

"When we first approached the Mint, a spokesman said that its gold came entirely from the United States, as the law requires," The Times reported. "After we shared our findings, the Mint said the U.S. was its 'primary' source and said it was taking steps to better track its gold."

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ (gift) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ As prices for the precious metal soar, the industry’s guardrails have broken down. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Sorry for the paywall, but what the actual fuck www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

What are were even doing here? [🎁 ARTICLE] "The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine. It makes Lady Liberty coins out of gold from Mexican and Peruvian pawn shops and from a Congolese mine that is part-owned by the Chinese government."

Blood gold. We're so utterly cooked.

Don't forget to throw this in the pot, too

Interesting report 👇 U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ As prices for the precious metal soar, the industry’s guardrails have broken down. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

What are we doing?! [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w... Absolutely nothing can be allowed to get in the way of profit - NOTHING!

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w... It's not an administration it's a crime syndicate🤨👇🏼

This story is all kind of bonkers.(gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

“The easier it is to sell this gold on the world’s legitimate exchanges, the easier it is to make war, sustain an autocracy, launder money or destroy the environment. Drug cartel gold ending up at the U.S. Mint is one example of that process in action.” We truly are re-living Jacksonian America.

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This should shock me - baffle me, even - but alas:

whoopsie daisy! the us mint is buying blood gold

what’s more American than buying gold mined by the cartels we just dubbed terrorists

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

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U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w... As prices for the precious metal soar, the industry’s guardrails have broken down.

US tax dollars are being used to fund drug cartels 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 1985 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒉𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒘

U.S. Mint Buys Colombian Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ Government guardrails have broken down. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

“The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine. It makes Lady Liberty coins out of gold from Mexican and Peruvian pawn shops […] Some Mint gold has come from a company in Honduras that dug up an Indigenous graveyard for the ore underneath.” {gift article}

Screw the correspondent's dinner drama & Republicans drafting on every oppy to manipulate. This is a real story: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

US Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold & Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w... Congress in 1985 prohibited the Mint from making bullion out of foreign gold to insulate the process from human rights abuses, initially apartheid 🇿🇦 . The Mint has flouted that law for decades. #loligarchy

Shocking. Absolutely. Well, not really. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

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www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w... THIS 👇

A New York Times investigation has found that the government’s program of gold sales is based on a lie. The Mint is actually the last link in a chain that launders foreign gold, much of it illegally mined, for an insatiable market. Gift article. Read for free. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Gift link. "The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine. It makes Lady Liberty coins out of gold from Mexican and Peruvian pawn shops and from a Congolese mine that is part-owned by the Chinese government, records show." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

This is really good investigating. Showcasing US corruption that has been going on for a very long time. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

It’s hard to do this with a Substack. “To see this sleight of hand at work, we headed into the heart of Clan del Golfo territory in northwestern Colombia. A six-hour drive from Medellín took us down the northern slope of the Andes and into the tropical lowlands.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

————————————————————————————— A New York Times investigation recently showed that Canada’s counterpart in Washington, the United States Mint, has been buying gold that originated in a cartel mine. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

An incredible @nytimes.com investigation. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ As prices for the precious metal soar, the industry’s guardrails have broken down [$] www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

“The problem is [US] government does not care, and never really has. Let’s face what we are now and why we have become: transactional, careless, and directly involved in - if not responsible for - the world’s worst problems.” (in comments) (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

From time to time in the past, I've purchased collectibles from the US Mint. NO MORE. CORRUPTION of the highest order.

NYT The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine. It makes Lady Liberty coins out of gold from Mexican and Peruvian pawn shops...Some Mint gold has come from a company in Honduras that dug up an Indigenous graveyard for the ore underneath. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Everything about the illegal La Mandinga gold mine in Colombia sounds EXACTLY like the illegal diamond and gold mines and rubber tapping operations I found in Liberia when the civil war ended. Extralegal groups all over again… U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ Gift link🎁

The US government is buying illegally mined gold from the same cartels and 'narco-terrorists' it claims to be bombing under its programme of extrajudicial executions, and laundering it into official minted US currency. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/world/americas/us-mint-gold-drug-cartel-colombia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eFA.7I99.nbAH53JI1ZE4&smid=url-share

Did you know if you buy gold from the US Mint you’re supporting South American drug cartels, Al Qaeda, exposing people to mercury, and sluicing riversides? Incredible photos and story from the New York Times.

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

The very real promise of positive environmental or social outcomes coming from attending to global supply chains falters when even the US mint is buying Cartel gold. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Unlocked article.

This is an excellent story. Multiple jaw dropping moments. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

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Paywall: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

where america is at now... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Gold laundering by the American Mint (unlocked article). Wherever there's good money to be made, rules and morality are flaunted, Democrats or Republicans. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Incredible. The U.S. Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine and then sells it as “American.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

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“a New York Times investigation has found that the government’s program of gold sales is based on a lie. The Mint is actually the last link in a chain that launders foreign gold, much of it illegally mined, for an insatiable market” Funding drug cartels. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

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U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w... Gift Article.

Follow the money The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine. It makes Lady Liberty coins out of gold from Mexican and Peruvian pawn shops and from a Congolese mine that is part-owned by the Chinese government, records show.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Another way the U.S. gov't is funding drug cartels - buying their gold www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

WTF? The U.S. Mint is buying cartel gold and selling it as American gold. it there anything about the Trump Administration that’s legal? 👀 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

"Reporting from illegal mines in northwestern Colombia, in the heart of Clan del Golfo territory." Blueskiers demand that everyone cancel their @nytimes.com subscriptions because an editor used the wrong verb in a headline, but no other news platform has the resources to do articles such as this.

“The Mint is actually the last link in a chain that launders foreign gold, much of it illegally mined, for an insatiable market. The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

An unusually brutal and clear example of US authorities, just like Columbian ones, embodying the Sgt. Schultz ("I know nothing! I see nothing! I hear nothing!") mentality. Reestablishing the actual rule of law will be the greatest challenge of the 2d Reconstruction. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w... “Some Mint gold has come from a company in Honduras that dug up an Indigenous graveyard for the ore underneath.”

„(…) But a New York Times investigation has found that the government’s program of gold sales is based on a lie. The Mint is actually the last link in a chain that launders foreign gold, much of it illegally mined, for an insatiable market.“ #Gold #Mint #USpoli www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

——————————————- A New York Times investigation recently showed that Canada’s counterpart in Washington, the United States Mint, has been buying gold that originated in a cartel mine. (both gift links) U.S. Gold www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w... Canadian Gold www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/w...

The US Mint says that its gold is "American." It's not--even by its own standards. (gift link)

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U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Gift. “…the government’s program of gold sales is based on a lie. The Mint is actually the last link in a chain that launders foreign gold, much of it illegally mined, for an insatiable market.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American'. This is crazy, sad and shameful that half the gold our government sells us isn't even from American mines, it's LAUNDERED MONEY. This is frakking criminal. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Trump‘s coin will be made from Colombian drug cartel gold laundered by the US mint. “The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine…Mexican and Peruvian pawn shops and from a Congolese mine that is part-owned by the Chinese government” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

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www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w... The US govt should not be funding organized crime through the gold trade. Great investigation by @nytimes.com

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