Trump identifies 23 countries, including China, India, as major drug transit or production hubs: Afghanistan, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
US Secretary of War after second attack on vessel near Venezuela: "Narco-militants are enemies of the US"
14 hour agoTrump claims the boat destroyed near Venezuela was carrying cocaine and fentanyl. "We've collected evidence and evidence. We know what time they left, when they left, what they had."
The US confirms that it will use all government resources to "arrest and deport" the members of the Aragua Train.
Trump: "This morning, at my direction, U.S. military forces conducted a second kinetic strike against positively identified and extraordinarily violent drug cartels and narco-militants."
16 hour agoThe US attacks a second vessel carrying alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers, Donald Trump announces.
Marco Rubio: "We don't recognize Maduro as president. More than 50 other countries don't either. That position, that of president of Venezuela, is just a title Maduro gave himself and is illegitimate."
Maduro on US accusations: "What they say is a lie; there are no drug shipments in Venezuela." "There is a set of false narratives to justify an escalation where the goal is to enter and take over Venezuela."
Maduro: "Regarding the alleged attack on a supposedly Venezuelan vessel, which the US president presented in a video. The first thing that must be said is that the first person who has to investigate is the US president. The video deserves an investigation at the highest level of the White House."
Maduro: "If life puts us on the path of having to take up arms to begin an armed struggle against imperialist aggression, our people will do so with serenity, confidence, and joy because they will be defending the most sacred cause, which is this land."
Maduro: "I stated that communications with the United States were broken at the time. Today I can announce that communications with the United States government are broken, because of them, with their bomb threats, deaths, and blackmail."
18 hour agoTrujillo. Governor Gerardo Márquez reported the arrest of a FANB captain and a doctor for alleged "terrorist actions" that included planning the takeover of the Rivas Dávila Motorized Infantry Battalion. Weapons, fuel, and equipment were seized; a third suspect escaped.
Maduro announces seizure of a drug boat loaded with 3,600 kilos of cocaine in Venezuela. "We just carried out the legal interdiction. It's happening in real time now, the proportional force required by the Justice system was used."
Pinos, Zacatecas: Yesterday, four bodies were found on the road to Ojuelos.
20 hour agoThe Federal Court ordered nine raids in different areas of Mendoza for a drug trafficking investigation. The National Gendarmerie arrested eight people and seized cocaine, marijuana, cell phones, $5 million, $1,800, and other items of interest to the case.
23 hour ago444th Combat Brigade: Two drug dealers arrested during a raid in the Wadi al-Rabie area south of Tajoura
Padrino López reports that those enlisted in the military will receive training every Saturday.
NYT: Rubio is “preparing what could be most significant military actions of Trump's 2nd term” and “the target is Venezuela.” This is to “combat drug trafficking”. Rubio: “Interception no longer works, what will stop them is blowing them up. POTUS is going to wage war against narcoterrorist organizations”
In recent video announcements to the public, Venezuelan Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino López confirms that RC-135s, KC-135, E-3, and P-8s have been confirmed "intruding" in the Maiquetía FIR (Flight Information Region)
2 day agoFootage from aboard a tuna fishing vessel that was boarded and searched by a U.S. Navy Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) Team from the USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) earlier today inside international waters in the Southern Caribbean Sea.
More than 100,000 anti-immigration protesters rally in central London
2 day agoDrug Trafficking: Trinidad and Tobago authorities reported on September 13 that they seized 268 kilos of marijuana valued at $29 million from a fishing vessel from Venezuela on Thursday, amid rising tensions in the Caribbean.
2 day agoDelcy Rodríguez warns Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago against supporting U.S. destabilizing plans.
Venezuela accuses the US of "attacking" a Venezuelan fishing vessel in Caribbean waters.
2 day agoDiosdado Cabello in training with barracks: "Anyone who attempts to attack our country is earning a 100-year war." "Let them prepare for a 100-year war if they set foot here in Venezuela."
2 day agoVenezuela denounces the attack on a tuna boat in territorial waters from one of the destroyer ships the US maintains in the Caribbean.
Alleged member of the Tren de Aragua gang arrested in Bogotá: wanted in the U.S. for "drug trafficking."
Edmundo González: "I hope Maduro reflects and has the courage to leave the country and go to a place where he can enjoy his profits."
Suspected cocaine worth around £300,000 has been recovered by police following a house search in west Belfast
Sinaloa protesters demand peace outside the National Palace.
