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IDF to increase Gaza border security due to smuggling risks
[ad_1] IDF officials identified Hamas’s struggle in Gaza, after more than two years of war have left it without stocks of standard explosives, to…
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State touts progress keeping drugs out of prisons
[ad_1] BOSTON — Massachusetts corrections officials say they’re making progress curbing the amount of illegal drugs being smuggled into the state’s prisons. A report…
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Nvidia: Reports of an Elaborate Chinese GPU Smuggling Operation Are ‘Far-fetched’
[ad_1] If some of Nvidia’s top-shelf GPUs—the physical artifacts currently at the center of the AI craze—hypothetically fell into the wrong hands, Nvidia’s next…
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Trump Declares That Airspace Around Venezuela Should Be Considered Closed
[ad_1] President Trump on Saturday said that the airspace surrounding Venezuela should be considered closed, ratcheting up tensions with the Maduro regime and offering…
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Trump to Pardon Honduran Ex-President Serving 45-Year Drug Sentence
[ad_1] Planned pardon of Hernández, convicted for cocaine trafficking, comes before the country’s election. [ad_2] José de Córdoba Source link
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Exclusive | Iranian Funds for Hezbollah Are Flowing Through Dubai
[ad_1] Iran has sent the Lebanese militia Hezbollah hundreds of millions of dollars over the past year via money exchanges and other businesses in…
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Colombia Orders Probe Into Ties Between Military and Drug Traffickers
[ad_1] The Colombian military said Monday it had opened an investigation into allegations that senior army and intelligence officials advised the leader of an…
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The Web of Venezuelan Generals Accused of Fueling the Cocaine Trade
[ad_1] For more than two decades, a loose-knit group of Venezuelan generals and senior officials has enabled the shipment of thousands of tons of…
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A Drug Kingpin Who Faked His Own Death and Fled Justice Runs Out of Luck
[ad_1] Wilmer Chavarria was living the good life after faking his own death. For four years, the Ecuadorean drug boss allied with Mexico’s Jalisco…
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Trump Expresses Reservations Over Strikes in Venezuela to Top Aides
[ad_1] WASHINGTON—President Trump has recently expressed reservations to top aides about launching military action to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, fearing that strikes might…
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A Mayor’s Assassination Reignites Mexico’s Debate Over Confronting Cartels
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY—Since taking office last year as mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo often led police raids wearing his bulletproof vest and cowboy hat…
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U.S. Eyes Striking Venezuelan Military Targets Used for Drug Trafficking
[ad_1] The Trump administration has identified targets in Venezuela that include military facilities used to smuggle drugs, according to U.S. officials familiar with the…
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See the Secret Networks Smuggling Drugs to the U.S. From Latin America
[ad_1] Demand in America for illegal drugs such as fentanyl and cocaine fuels sophisticated systems for smuggling them in. Traffickers deploy everything from fast-moving…
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14 Killed in U.S. Strikes on Four Alleged Drug Boats in Eastern Pacific
[ad_1] The U.S. carried out three new lethal strikes on four vessels allegedly operated by drug smugglers in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, Defense…
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Fear Grips a Caribbean Nation in the Shadow of U.S. Boat Strikes
[ad_1] By Kejal Vyas / Photography by Christian Monterrosa for WSJ LAS CUEVAS, Trinidad and Tobago—Fear is rippling through this Caribbean island nation off…
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U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Colombia’s President Over Drug-Trafficking Accusations
[ad_1] WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department has sanctioned Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his family, alleging his government has aided drug traffickers. “President Petro has allowed…
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Pentagon Orders Aircraft Carrier to the Caribbean
[ad_1] WASHINGTON—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…
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Exclusive | U.S. Sends B-1 Bombers Near Venezuela, Ramping Up Military Pressure
[ad_1] The U.S. flew Air Force B-1 bombers near Venezuela on Thursday, stepping up pressure on President Nicolás Maduro only days after other American…
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U.S. Widens Campaign Against Alleged Drug Boats With Eastern Pacific Strikes
[ad_1] The U.S. said Wednesday it had struck two suspected drug boats on the Pacific side of South America, widening its campaign against alleged…
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Trump Says U.S. Is Cutting Aid to Colombia Over Drugs
[ad_1] President 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.…