President Trump on Saturday said that the airspace surrounding Venezuela should be considered closed, ratcheting up tensions with the Maduro regime and offering yet another sign that he…
Read more Trump Declares That Airspace Around Venezuela Should Be Considered ClosedPlanned pardon of Hernández, convicted for cocaine trafficking, comes before the country’s election. José de Córdoba Source link
Read more Trump to Pardon Honduran Ex-President Serving 45-Year Drug SentenceThe Colombian military said Monday it had opened an investigation into allegations that senior army and intelligence officials advised the leader of an armed drug-trafficking group about how…
Read more Colombia Orders Probe Into Ties Between Military and Drug TraffickersWilmer Chavarria was living the good life after faking his own death. For four years, the Ecuadorean drug boss allied with Mexico’s Jalisco cartel moved among Dubai, Morocco…
Read more A Drug Kingpin Who Faked His Own Death and Fled Justice Runs Out of LuckFrance denounced the U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats as a violation of international law. Canada and the Netherlands have stressed they aren’t involved. Colombia has vowed…
Read more U.S. Boat Strikes Are Straining the Counterdrug AllianceMEXICO CITY—Since taking office last year as mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo often led police raids wearing his bulletproof vest and cowboy hat to fulfill his mandate to…
Read more A Mayor’s Assassination Reignites Mexico’s Debate Over Confronting CartelsThe Trump administration has identified targets in Venezuela that include military facilities used to smuggle drugs, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. If President Trump decides…
Read more U.S. Eyes Striking Venezuelan Military Targets Used for Drug TraffickingDemand in America for illegal drugs such as fentanyl and cocaine fuels sophisticated systems for smuggling them in. Traffickers deploy everything from fast-moving fiberglass boats to stealthy “narco-subs”…
Read more See the Secret Networks Smuggling Drugs to the U.S. From Latin AmericaWASHINGTON—The Treasury Department has sanctioned Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his family, alleging his government has aided drug traffickers. “President Petro has allowed drug cartels to flourish and…
Read more U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Colombia’s President Over Drug-Trafficking AccusationsThe U.S. flew Air Force B-1 bombers near Venezuela on Thursday, stepping up pressure on President Nicolás Maduro only days after other American warplanes carried out an “attack…
Read more Exclusive | U.S. Sends B-1 Bombers Near Venezuela, Ramping Up Military PressureThe U.S. said Wednesday it had struck two suspected drug boats on the Pacific side of South America, widening its campaign against alleged drug trafficking and transnational crime.…
Read more U.S. Widens Campaign Against Alleged Drug Boats With Eastern Pacific StrikesThe U.S. is transferring two alleged drug traffickers to Colombia and Ecuador for detention and prosecution after they were briefly held on a U.S. Navy warship in the…
Read more U.S. to Repatriate Survivors of Strike on Suspected Drug VesselOROSZLÁNY, Hungary—Jabbing his finger at a life-size cardboard cutout of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Péter Magyar wooed the voters of this coal-mining town with a feisty speech…
Read more The Man Threatening Viktor Orbán’s 15-Year Grip on HungaryPresident Trump has authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct covert action in Venezuela, while also floating the idea of land strikes, in a broadening campaign against alleged…
Read more Trump Authorizes CIA Covert Operations in VenezuelaROME (AP) — Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested on Monday at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years on…
Read more Italy arrests Mafia boss after 30 years on the run
