A group of Venezuelans displayed an effigy of deposed socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro outside a federal court in Manhattan while the dictator and his wife Cilia Flores attended a Thursday hearing in the ongoing drug trafficking case.
Two Chinese pharmaceutical companies and six Chinese citizens have been indicted for allegedly supplying chemical precursors used to make fentanyl to be smuggled into the United States. According to FBI Director Kash Patel, the indictments handed down by a federal grand jury in Ohio were connected to Operation Box Cutter and revealed an alliance between the Chinese companies and Mexico’s Gulf Cartel.
A multi‑agency raid on a Southeast Houston apartment uncovered a heavily armed drug operation stocked with 40 pounds of meth, more than 100 pounds of marijuana, cocaine, 20 grams of fentanyl, and 17 firearms. Authorities credited the coordinated work of the Houston Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety, and the DEA.
Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro is the subject of several ongoing probes by U.S. federal prosecutors over his alleged ties to drug traffickers, several outlets reported over the weekend.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a ten-count indictment against five illegal aliens from Mexico for their role in running a large-scale meth production and distribution operation in California. The two leaders of the operation had been released under Biden-era catch-and-release policies after entering the country illegally.
Mexican military forces clashed with several gunmen from the Sinaloa Cartel, killing 11 of them. The shootout came as a result of a series of raids in a luxurious suburb of Culiacan, where forces arrested the daughter of jailed cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. Hours later, Mexican authorities released the woman despite U.S. authorities having identified her in the past as a money laundering operator for the cartel.
Venezuela’s deposed socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on Thursday reiterated before a federal court in New York that they do not have the financial means to fund their defense in the ongoing drug trafficking case, outlets reported.
Ecuador’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday announced that, with the help of the United States, Ecuadorian Armed Forces officials seized 1.9 tons of presumptively U.S.-bound suspected drugs at sea.
Colombia’s Gustavo Petro criticized that his country was not included in President Donald Trump’s “Shield of the Americas” initiative.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum fired back at U.S. President Donald J. Trump over some mocking comments made about her refusal to use military forces from both Mexico and the U.S. to eliminate cartels.
Belgian judge Bart Willocx, President of the Antwerp Court of Appeal, warned Monday the country is at risk of turning into a narco-state as a result of international drug crime and mafia groups forming a “parallel force” in society.
President Donald Trump rolled out a sweeping anti‑cartel doctrine Saturday, rallying a 17‑nation coalition behind a new hemispheric security pact that authorizes direct military action against cartel strongholds. The president’s speech highlighted the administration’s hard line, including the declaration that “the heart of our agreement is a commitment to using lethal military force to destroy the sinister cartels and terrorist networks.” Conspicuously absent from the conference was Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Ecuadoran military and police forces seized a cartel sub and clashed with gunmen in a swamp region of Ecuador. The raid came soon after the nation announced the start of joint operations with U.S. military forces aimed at stopping drug cartels in Latin American countries.
The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced Tuesday it launched a military operation against narco-terrorists in Ecuador together with the Ecuadorian military.
A drag show host from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, and a cosmetologist pleaded not guilty to their alleged roles in a cocaine smuggling scheme that took place in Hidalgo, Texas. Axl Omar Palacios, 27, who lives in the Mexican border city, entered a not guilty plea on Tuesday at the federal courthouse in McAllen, Texas.
The U.S. military conducted airstrikes on three vessels allegedly operated by “designated terrorist organizations,” U.S. Southern Command announced on Tuesday.
El Salvador’s Navy seized 6.6 tons of cocaine from an African-flagged drug-trafficking vessel, President Nayib Bukele announced on Sunday.
Mexican drug cartels are conducting drone operations along the U.S.–Mexico border at industrial scale, with federal agencies now confirming tens of thousands of unmanned flights used to track Border Patrol agents, coordinate smuggling, and probe American airspace. In a statement to Breitbart Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed that agents detected more than 42,000 unmanned drone flights near the border in FY25, calling the threat “rapidly evolving” as cartels expand their aerial surveillance capabilities.
The Venezuelan terrorist organization Tren De Aragua (TdA) is expanding dramatically in Mexico City and has become one of the leading criminal organizations in the Mexican capital city. TDA is one of several criminal organizations designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations by the U.S. government. The expansion in Mexico appears to be closely tied to the push by the U.S. government to track down its members and remove them from U.S. soil.
The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced Monday a lethal kinetic strike on a drug -trafficking vessel as part of Operation Southern Spear left two dead and one survivor.
DHS announced the arrest of several dangerous criminals in various localities, including multiple murders, violent assailants, and drug dealers
Colombian Military forces on Wednesday carried out a bombing attack in the Catatumbo region against the warring National Liberation Army (ELN) and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Marxist terrorist groups.
Fifty-five suspects were arrested during a massive drug trafficking bust in Georgia involving fentanyl and linked to communist China.
Authorities in Mexico arrested two active Mexican military soldiers who were moonlighting as members of a security company and trying to smuggle a cocaine load on behalf of a cartel from Michoacan.
The FBI has quietly carried out a three‑month offensive against the Latin Kings, arresting 50 gang members and seizing cash, drugs, and assets in a coordinated takedown across 13 field offices. Officials say the operation marks another major strike against
President Donald Trump signs an executive order at the White House addressing drug addiction on Thursday, January 29.
Portuguese law enforcement officials on Monday announced they seized a narco-submarine off the Azores islands carrying a record-breaking nine tons worth of Europe-bound cocaine.
Ryan Wedding, a fugitive Canadian drug boss who is a former Olympian and had made the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted list, surrendered to authorities in Mexico. Almost immediately following the arrest, FBI agents flew Wedding to the United States to stand trial on numerous federal charges.
Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who is accused of sitting atop an international drug trafficking empire, was arrested Thursday in Mexico.
An Indian couple was arrested for their involvement in allowing illegal activity, such as the selling of drugs and prostitution, to occur in their roadside hotel in Virginia.
The U.S. government continues to pressure Mexico into allowing military forces to enter the country and target drug cartel labs and key figures. Despite the mounting pressure, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum continues to oppose the move, claiming to stand for
Venezuelan Interior Minister and long suspected drug lord Diosdado Cabello on Tuesday claimed that is “impossible” to determine how many people allegedly died in the U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro because they were “blown to pieces.”
A spokeswoman for Mexico’s ruling party, MORENA, sparked considerable controversy after publicly claiming that fighting organized crime is not doable because cartels are one of the country’s largest employers. In response to the outrage sparked by the comment, the MORENA party issued a statement distancing itself from it and claiming that political opponents were taking it out of context to attack them.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that she ordered her country’s top diplomat to speak with the highest levels of the U.S. government to work on improving binational coordination in order to keep U.S. forces from carrying out direct attacks against cartels inside Mexico. This appears to be her latest effort to protect the violent drug trafficking cartels that exert political influence at every level of her country.
Videos show that the Sinaloa Cartel used marble slabs and statues to smuggle meth into Spain from Mexico. Authorities in Spain, working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, were able to raid several properties and businesses in a takedown of the cartel and its allies in that country, which led to the arrest of nine individuals.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) told Fox News’ Jesse Waters on Tuesday the Florida Attorney General’s office is “looking very seriously” at bringing state charges against deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
Nicolás Maduro’s son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra, claimed during a weekend livestream that history will reveal who the alleged “traitors” were who helped the United States arrest his father.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday that “nothing is off the table” against deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. “They [Maduro and Flores] are in the Southern District of New
Deposed former dictator of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism charges on Monday in a Manhattan courtroom, claiming he is a “decent man” who is innocent.
President Donald Trump put Colombian President Gustavo Petro on notice during a Saturday press conference, where he also addressed the fallout from the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
