Secretary Marco Rubio: "For the first time in the modern era, we are truly on the offensive against the organized cartels that are flooding our cities with poison—deadly poison."
2 εβδομάδα ΠρινThe Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations denounces the escalation of hostile actions and threats by the United States, which now include the deployment of additional warships to the Caribbean, including the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie and the nuclear-powered submarine USS Newport News. According to the statement from the permanent mission to the UN, Caracas calls for the "preservation of peace, security, and stability" in the region.
2 εβδομάδα ΠρινSecretary Marco Rubio: The US is building an "international coalition" to combat drug cartels. "We are truly on the offensive against the organized cartels that are flooding our cities with poison, deadly poison."
2 εβδομάδα Πριν"For the first time, we are truly on the offensive against cartels," says @SecRubio, without directly mentioning the Cartel of the Suns, but adds, "We are receiving incredible international cooperation in the last week: Ecuador, Paraguay, Guyana, Trinidad, and today Argentina."
A Colombian intelligence report revealed by @RevistaSemana confirms the existence of the Cartel of the Suns and says the group "provides protection and logistics for the export of cocaine, weapons, illegal gold, and fuel to the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe."
2 εβδομάδα ΠρινDiosdado Cabello reports results in the fight against drug gangs: 52,769 kg of drugs seized, 153,000 kg of precursors, 6,284 arrests, 400 aircraft, and 92 runways neutralized. He accuses María Corina Machado of colluding with militants and asserts that the DEA is "the largest cartel in the world."
Maduro announces a new "massive enlistment campaign" for Friday the 29th and Saturday the 30th.
2 εβδομάδα ΠρινDiosdado Cabello accuses the DEA of being "the largest drug cartel in the world." "It controls the drugs that go to the US here (in Venezuela) if we combat drugs, not occasionally. Here we combat drugs at their roots," he stated.
2 εβδομάδα Πριν"Chalamán," a relative of "El Mencho" and alleged member of the CJNG, was arrested in Colima.
France also announces mobilization of resources in the Caribbean to "confront" drug cartels.
In Baalbek, the army launches a raid campaign and destroys dunams of cannabis.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she is in favor of non-intervention regarding the alleged military operations that the United States is carrying out in the Caribbean Sea, near Venezuela, and which have set off alarm bells in the region.
3 εβδομάδα ΠρινReporter: I wanted to ask about 3 warships being sent to Venezuela and the 4000 marines… Is there a possibility of boots on the ground there. Leavitt: The president is prepared to use every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into our country and to bring those responsible to justice. The Maduro regime is not the legitimate government—it is a Nacro terror cartel
US deploys warships near Venezuela to combat drug threats. The sources said the ships are the USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham and the USS Sampson.
Three US Aegis guided-missile destroyers will arrive off the coast of Venezuela in the next 36 hours as part of an effort to address threats from Latin American drug cartels, two sources briefed on the matter said
Gustavo Petro: "For the good of Colombia and Venezuela, there should be no binational armed groups led by foreigners in our territories."
Petro accuses the FARC and ELN of operating in Venezuela, trafficking "dozens of tons of cocaine" and bribing public officials.
The Iraqi Interior Ministry: We provided the Lebanese army with information that led to the dismantling of a Captagon factory in the Bekaa.
Camilo Ochoa Delgado, an influencer known as "El Alucín," was murdered in Morelos, Cuernavaca; authorities are investigating alleged links to the Sinaloa Cartel.
3 εβδομάδα ΠρινOn the same day that Camilo Ochoa "El Alucin" was executed, three young men were tortured and shot in Temixco, Morelos.
US military deploying over 4,000 additional troops to waters around Latin America as part of Trump's counter-cartel mission: CNN
Mexico is expelling 26 cartel members to the U.S. - AP
Venezuelans protested outside Chevron's headquarters in the Netherlands: "Oil stained with blood and cocaine."
President Trump has secretly instructed the Pentagon to employ U.S. military force against Latin American drug cartels, now labeled as foreign terrorist organizations. - NYT
1 μήνας ΠρινSanta Rosa de Lima Cartel (CSRL) Sicarios Raided Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) Safe House, Executing Six, in Santa Mónica Ozumbilla de Yuriria, Guanajuato, Mexico
1 μήνας ΠρινThe Security forces dismantled a drug trafficking gang in area of Masyaf (W. Hama). An arsenal was also seized
Drug raid at Korydallos prison leads to 4 arrests
Iraqi Interior Ministry: An international drug network was arrested in Syria in the first security coordination since the fall of the Assad regime.
1 μήνας ΠρινBSF and Punjab Police nab 2 smugglers and recover 2 drones with heroin in major anti-narco ops on Punjab border. Drones carrying heroin seized in Fazilka and Amritsar; smugglers caught in Ferozepur
1 μήνας ΠρινCounterterrorism Division: 5 tons of hashish seized during a raid in the Tacnis area (127 km east of Benghazi)
