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U.S. Southern Command announced Thursday that American forces carried out a lethal kinetic strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four suspected narco‑terrorists and destroying their heavily laden smuggling vessel. The attack, directed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth under Operation Southern Spear, marks the 22nd strike against cartel‑linked traffickers in international waters and brings the total number of narco‑terrorists killed to nearly 90. The strikes continue despite harsh criticism from some lawmakers in Congress.

Federal prosecutors in Laredo secured convictions against two illegal aliens who built and sold machine guns and cocaine in the border city. One of the men pleaded guilty earlier this year, while the second one went to trial this week. Jurors found him guilty of all counts.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday claimed his recent phone conversation with President Donald Trump was “friendly” and “cordial.”

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday suggested maintaining economic pressure against Venezuela’s socialist regime as a means to promote change in the country.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Tuesday threatened President Donald Trump with “awakening the Jaguar” after Trump said any country trafficking drugs into the U.S. could be subject to attack.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on Monday once again danced to the “Not War, Yes Peace” remix song of his past “English” messages to the United States.

The son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera pleaded guilty to various drug trafficking charges as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. As part of the plea deal, the young drug lord Joaquin “El Guero” Guzman Lopez confessed to having planned the kidnapping of his father’s former ally, Sinaloa Cartel’s co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, in order to turn him over to U.S. authorities.

President Donald Trump confirmed to reporters Sunday aboard Air Force One that he spoke with Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro over the phone.

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that airlines and pilots should consider the airspace over Venezuela to be shut down.

The son of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is set to plead guilty in U.S. federal court in a stunning turn that could shatter cartel alliances and expose ties to Mexico’s political elite. Joaquín “El Moreno” Guzmán López, arrested in 2024 during a betrayal operation against Sinaloa kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, is expected to cooperate with U.S. law enforcement — a move that threatens to unleash cartel secrets at the highest levels of power.

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will visit the Dominican Republic on Wednesday amid Operation Southern Spear’s fight against drug trafficking.

Radical Marxist Colombian President Gustavo Petro published video of a speech he delivered recently on Sunday in which he dares Secretary of State Marco Rubio to arrest him and calls his government a “jaguar about to awaken” in an apparent threat to the United States.

Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro over the weekend danced to the “official song against the U.S. deployment,” a remix song featuring some of his past “English” messages to the United States amid tensions between both countries.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro admitted he spent money at a Portuguese strip club in 2023 — but claimed on Thursday he does not “need to buy sex” because he still has “some capacity for seduction,” leaving unclear the purpose of his visits.

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said that President Donald Trump is “unleashing” a new wave of conservatism across Latin America in a conversation on Thursday with Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned “interference of external forces in Venezuela’s internal affairs” during its regular press briefing on Wednesday, demanding that the United States “engage in normal law enforcement” rather than military operations to stop organized drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea.

An official report from Colombia’s Financial Information and Analysis Unit (UIAF) revealed that far-left President Gustavo Petro spent money at strip clubs and international luxury brand stores in recent years, Colombian outlets reported on Tuesday.

Authorities in Spain raided the base of operations of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation in that country and uncovered ties that the cartel had with the Italian Camorra.

The Dominican Republic’s National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) revealed on Monday that it has seized 806 packs of what they believe is cocaine in a joint drug-trafficking bust operation with the United States as part of Operation Southern Spear.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on Sunday sang John Lennon’s Imagine to send a new “peace” message to U.S. President Donald Trump amid rising tensions between both countries.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed criticism from E.U. officials over the legality of military strikes against illicit drug traffickers in Caribbean international waters — emphasizing the United States is protecting its people from narco terrorists who would seek to harm them.

Federal agents busted a Missouri man in Aurora, Illinois, after he allegedly delivered more than 11.5 pounds of suspected fentanyl to an undercover officer in a sting operation tied to a Mexico-based cartel, a report says.

Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s far-left, pro-cocaine president, announced on Tuesday the suspension of all intelligence sharing with the United States until the U.S. stops attacking drug traffickers in Caribbean international waters.

UK govt once again sides with human rights lawyer maximalism over national security, suspending U.S. intel sharing over Trump drug strikes.

In a decisive show of force, President Trump authorized two precision strikes against cartel-operated vessels in international waters, killing six narco-terrorists linked to designated terrorist organizations. The vessels, laden with narcotics and navigating a known trafficking corridor in the Eastern Pacific, were neutralized without harm to U.S. personnel—underscoring Trump’s commitment to defending the homeland and dismantling transnational threats.

Spanish police arrested 13 suspected members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, seized a stash of illegal drugs and dismantled two drug laboratories, authorities said Friday.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime issued a report on Thursday that found the amount of land used to cultivate opium poppies in Afghanistan has decreased by 20 percent over the past year.

President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa on Wednesday vowed to curb U.S.-bound drug trafficking routes coming from the coastal provinces of Manabí and Santa Elena during Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Kristi Noem’s visit to the country.

As critics decry President Donald Trump’s lethal strikes against narco-terrorist smugglers on the high seas, the silence surrounding the staggering toll of fentanyl deaths in the United States grows louder—raising the question: whose lives are worth defending?

Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes demanded the preservation of all evidence of the operation against the Red Command gang.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova issued a statement declaring that Moscow was “ready” to act to defend Venezuela.

Two sheriffs and numerous officers were arrested and indicted for allegedly helping traffickers run drugs in the Mississippi Delta.

Lamar Cook, a staffer for Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D), was reportedly fired after he was arrested in connection with a drug trafficking investigation linked to a state office building.

Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police on early Thursday morning updated the official death toll of Tuesday’s massive police raid against the deadly Comando Vermelho (“Red Command”) drug-trafficking gang from an initial 64 to 121.

A study conducted by the Argentina-based research agency CB Consultora Opinión Pública found that Colombian far-left President Gustavo Petro stood among South America’s lowest-ranked presidents in October.

Wednesday on CNN’s “OutFront,” Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) said there were “serious concerns” about the Trump administration’s military strikes on boats in the eastern Pacific.