New video loaded: How drug cartel gold ends up in the US mint
The US Mint is legally required to sell only legitimate, domestic gold. Instead, it is the last link in a chain that plunders foreign gold for an insatiable market. Our reporter Justin Scheck traced one such supply chain: from an illegal mine in Colombia to the Mint’s facilities in West Point, NY.
By Justin Scheck, Rebecca Suner, James Surdam, Lauren Pruitt and Federico Rios
26 April 2026
