A White House social media post misleadingly links deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro with the U.S. fentanyl crisis. The X post includes a video highlighting parents who lost…
Read more Maduro didn’t flood the US with fentanylPresident 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 SentenceIran has sent the Lebanese militia Hezbollah hundreds of millions of dollars over the past year via money exchanges and other businesses in Dubai, as Tehran seeks new…
Read more Exclusive | Iranian Funds for Hezbollah Are Flowing Through DubaiThe 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 LuckWASHINGTON—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 AidesMEXICO 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 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 VesselPresident 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 Venezuela