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The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced on Monday evening the U.S. military carried out a new “lethal kinetic strike” as part of Operation Southern Spear against a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters, killing two narco-terrorists.

Mexico’s federal security forces raided multiple properties tied to Ryan Wedding — a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder accused of becoming a billion‑dollar cartel trafficker — but the FBI Most Wanted fugitive remains at large despite a sweeping operation that uncovered drugs, weapons, and luxury assets.

Investigators in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon killed one of the founding members of the hyperviolent Los Zetas cartel during a shootout as they tried to arrest him. The long-time crime boss and his security detail tried to fight off law enforcement in a fierce shootout.

The Sinaloa Cartel’s Northwest pipeline took another major hit this month after King County Sheriff’s deputies seized more than 200 pounds of meth, heroin, and nearly $90,000 in drug cash during a targeted operation north of Seattle.

A mob of over 200 people kidnapped 18 Colombian soldiers on Sunday during an armed operation against the National Liberation Army (ELN) Marxist terror group, local outlets reported.

The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) on Thursday night revealed it carried out new kinetic strikes against two drug-trafficking vessels as part of Operation Southern Spear. Five more narco-terrorists were eliminated as a result.

The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, announced on Wednesday that his country would be welcoming members of the United States Air Force for a temporary joint operation intended to fight drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.

The United States and Paraguay on Monday signed a historic Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) allowing the presence and activities of U.S. military and Department of War civilian personnel in Paraguay.

Communist dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus suggested in an interview published on Tuesday that his country would happily welcome his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro to live there should he have to flee his country.

The State Department will announce the designation of the Clan del Golfo, a cocaine- and human-trafficking organized criminal militia in Colombia, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) on Tuesday, Breitbart News learned.

The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) on Monday night announced it carried out military strikes against three drug trafficking vessels in Eastern Pacific waters, killing eight narco-terrorists.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago announced Monday it will allow U.S. military aircrafts to use its airports in the coming weeks. 

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday imposed sanctions on Efrain Antonio Campo Flores and Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s convicted drug-trafficking nephews.

Portugal’s chief narcotics police officer, Artur Vaz, said on Monday that Latin American drug cartels are shipping huge amounts of cocaine to Europe, frequently using cheap “narco-subs” that have proven difficult for European coastal patrols to detect.

The Biden administration set back progress on operations in the drug war, former CIA operations officer and chief of station for Venezuela (COS) Rick de la Torre said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, discussing the United States taking out drug boats. 

The Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control holds a hearing on Chinese drug trafficking through Latin America to the United States on Tuesday, December 9.

Police in Lake Worth, Texas, nabbed a felon with a lengthy criminal history during a traffic stop involving suspected fentanyl. 

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.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Jimena Romina Araya Navarro, a Venezuelan actress linked to the Tren de Aragua terrorist organization.

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.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian on Wednesday said that China opposes “external interference” in Venezuela’s affairs amid rising tensions between the South American country and the United States.

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.

Joaquín Guzmán López, son of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán on Monday pleaded guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges.

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.