Tag: drug crimes
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Lethal strikes, terror designation, a $50 million bounty: Is Maduro’s end close?
The American naval force that has deployed off Venezuela’s coast is not designed for occupation. It is built for speed —raids to seize high-value targets, precision strikes to cripple defenses, and, if ordered, to carry out the risky capture of strongman Nicolás Maduro and top regime officials, military analysts say. The deployment, coupled with the…
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Trump says US has carried out another fatal strike targeting alleged drug-smuggling boat
President Donald Trump says the U.S. military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month
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US military strike off the coast of Venezuela disrupts life in impoverished fishing communities
A U.S. military strike on a boat off Venezuela’s northeastern Caribbean coast has disrupted a flow of money that helps impoverished communities
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US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Aileen Teague, Texas A&M University (THE CONVERSATION) A new plan to dismantle cartel-run drug-smuggling corridors along the U.S. southern border was announced by the U.S. administration in mid-August 2025 to great fanfare. “Project Portero” will see the Drug Enforcement…
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Exiles in Florida welcome designation of Venezuelan cartel as a terrorist group
MIAMI — Members of the Venezuelan exile community in South Florida are applauding the growing international consensus to label the Cartel of the Suns, which the Trump administration says is run by high-level officials of the Venezuelan government, as a terrorist organization, following the example set by the United States. “This measure is a significant…
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120 land and environmental defenders killed or disappeared in Latin America last year, report finds
A report by Global Witness reveals that at least 146 land and environmental defenders have been killed or gone missing worldwide in 2024
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Colombia’s president lashes out at Trump administration over drug war designation
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has criticized the U.S. after it added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war
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Trump says the US military again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela
President Donald Trump says the U.S. military again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel
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US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years
The Trump administration has added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in nearly three decades