Planned 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 SentenceCALI, Colombia—They see themselves as the cowboys of the drug trade, highly experienced crews that ferry narcotics on small boats across the open seas, running on a mix…
Read more ‘Deliver or Die’: Inside the Drug-Boat Crews Ferrying Cocaine to the U.S.The 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 TraffickersFor more than two decades, a loose-knit group of Venezuelan generals and senior officials has enabled the shipment of thousands of tons of cocaine to the U.S. and…
Read more The Web of Venezuelan Generals Accused of Fueling the Cocaine TradeWilmer 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 AllianceWASHINGTON—President Trump has recently expressed reservations to top aides about launching military action to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, fearing that strikes might not compel the autocrat to…
Read more Trump Expresses Reservations Over Strikes in Venezuela to Top AidesDemand 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 AmericaThe U.S. carried out three new lethal strikes on four vessels allegedly operated by drug smugglers in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. In…
Read more 14 Killed in U.S. Strikes on Four Alleged Drug Boats in Eastern PacificBy Kejal Vyas / Photography by Christian Monterrosa for WSJ LAS CUEVAS, Trinidad and Tobago—Fear is rippling through this Caribbean island nation off the coast of Venezuela. Fishermen…
Read more Fear Grips a Caribbean Nation in the Shadow of U.S. Boat StrikesWASHINGTON—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 AccusationsWASHINGTON—The Pentagon said it is sending the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean in a major escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign to target drug…
Read more Pentagon Orders Aircraft Carrier to the CaribbeanThe 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 StrikesPresident Trump said the U.S. would stop aid payments to Colombia, for decades a close U.S. ally, because of the country’s drug production. Trump, in a social-media post…
Read more Trump Says U.S. Is Cutting Aid to Colombia Over DrugsThe 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 Vessel