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Sinaloa protesters demand peace outside the National Palace.

Tijuana, BC - While riding in a vehicle on Ernesto Reidel Street (Cañón Miramar neighborhood), three people were shot. One of them escaped, and two more were shot and killed, their bodies later burned. The person who escaped was wounded by a gunshot wound to the shoulder and suffered burns on various parts of his body.

Padrino López says Venezuela is "on alert and unafraid" of the US military deployment.

Maduro accuses Puerto Rico's governor of joining the military plan "against Venezuela."

Bloomberg citing the Venezuelan Interior Minister: The Americans are trying to provoke us and push us into reckless reactions that will lead to escalation.

Hitmen kidnapped and dismembered a windshield wiper and a PEMEX retiree in Álamo, Veracruz.

U.S. Congressman Carlos Gimenez: Dictator Nicolas Maduro is the head of the Cartel de los Soles in Venezuela. As a Member of the Armed Services Committee, I can confirm this is the largest positioning of U.S. forces in the Caribbean's modern history. Maduro's days of flooding America with drugs are numbered

Reporter: Are you considering attacking the cartels inside of Venezuela? Trump: You're going to find out

Ecuadorian police seize 300 blocks of cocaine in the port of Guayaquil, which were to be sent to Mexico.

Petro threatens to revive US anti-drug cooperation: Colombia does not cooperate with assassins

Trump: Any Venezuelan fighter jet that threatens US troops will be shot down.

Trump promises to be very "aggressive" in his anti-drug offensive: "We don't want drugs coming from Venezuela or anywhere else." "We will be very aggressive in that regard," he stated.

Maduro announces militia mobilization day "in response to US threats." The Venezuelan leader announced a "major organizational and mobilization day" for the MNB (National Guard) this Friday, September 5, in response to "threats" from the US.

Domingo Hernández Lárez, head of CEOFANB: "We are free, we are a land of peace, we are not drug traffickers, we are fighting the scourge of drugs."

FANB releases video of F-16 fighter jets flying near a US destroyer in the Caribbean.

Over 13 tons of cocaine seized during special operation by Kazakhstan's special services

The U.S. has ordered the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter jets to a Puerto Rico airfield to conduct operations against drug cartels: Reuters

The U.S. Department of Defense officially announces that two Venezuelan military aircraft flew near a @USNavy ship in international waters. They describe the overflight as a provocative action.

Two-armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over a US warship today-a show of force, @JimLaPorta and @charliecbs report. The USS Jason Dunham is among a flotilla of U.S. ships dispatched to target criminal organizations and narco-terrorism.

Federal officers arrested two individuals in possession of heroin and fentanyl aboard a tractor-trailer in Huatabampo, Sonora.

Rubio says US designating two Ecuador gangs as terrorist groups

California: Three Mexicans Arrested and Nearly 350 kg of Methamphetamine Seized

Mexico and the U.S. strengthen bilateral cooperation in security and combating organized crime

"This could happen again." @SecRubio on the attack on a boat leaving Venezuela. "It's not that they're going to lose a cargo or two, it's that they're not going to continue acting with impunity. This (referring to the attack on the boat) could happen again, it could be happening."

Donald Trump (@POTUS) asserts that "Venezuela has been one of the worst actors in drug trafficking and crime." Maduro and his regime are responsible.

Marco Rubio in Mexico City defended Tuesday's military operation on alleged Venezuelan drug cartels, saying that previous U.S. interdiction efforts in Latin America have not worked. "What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them," Rubio said

US hits Chinese firm with sanctions over 'deadly scourge' of fentanyl crisis @USTreasury blacklists chemical company and its representatives as Trump admin blames China for poisoning American citizens. DoS Statement

The Dominican Republic designates Nicolás Maduro’s Cartel of the Suns as an international terrorist organization

Full video of the US drone strike on a drug trafficking vessel that reportedly departed from Venezuela earlier today

Trump: ״Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere. The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America”