Map showing the South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.

The South Florida HIDTA region comprises Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach Counties.

Miami is a major city with a population over 350,000.

Fort Lauderdale and Hialeah are major cities with populations between 150,000 and 249,999.

Fort Lauderdale, Key West, Miami, and Palm Beach are major seaports.

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Key West, Miami, and Palm Beach are international airports.

The interstates in the area are I-75 and I-95.

The U.S. Highways in the area are 1, 17, 27, 41, 98, and 441.

Lake Okeechobee and Everglades National Park are in the HIDTA region.

Note: Populations are from the 2000 Census.

Map showing general drug movement from Mexico and South America to the South Florida HIDTA region.

The northern corridor originates in southern Mexico and follows the gulf coast northward through Mexico and Texas. In Texas, the route splits, with the southern sub-route following the gulf coast through southern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and into Florida. The Northern sub-route goes from Texas through northern Louisiana, southern Arkansas, northern Mississippi, and Alabama to Atlanta, Georgia. From Atlanta, the transportation route goes to Florida.

The southern corridor originates from source and transit areas in South America and the Caribbean to South Florida following various routes. One route originates from the northern coast of Colombia and passes through Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola where it converges with two other routes on Puerto Rico. A sub-route goes from Haiti to Miami via the Bahamas. A third route originates in central Colombia and goes to Venezuela. From Venezuela, the route goes to Puerto Rico via the U.S. Virgin Islands. A sub-route flows north from the Lesser Antilles off the northern coast of Venezuela to Puerto Rico. From Puerto Rico, the route goes to Miami via the Bahamas.