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Trump Administration Strikes Another Boat It Says Was Trafficking Drugs

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, under Trump’s direction, ordered “a lethal kinetic strike” on a boat affiliated with what the administration says is a terrorist organization that was engaged in narcotrafficking, the president said in a post on Truth Social.

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US strikes another alleged drug-carrying boat off Venezuela coast

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US is now in ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels, according to Trump memo

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US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. struck another small boat that he accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

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Trump considering strikes on land against Venezuela cartels

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Trump Says He’s Certainly Looking at ‘Strikes On Land’ In Fight Against Venezuela Drug Smugglers

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DEA Strikes Major Blow to Sinaloa Cartel: 617 Arrested, Deadly Narcotics Seized in Global Enforcement Surge

The DEA's operation against the Sinaloa Cartel resulted in 617 arrests and significant drug and asset seizures.

Drug Smugglers Change Supply Routes to Evade U.S. Warships

With the United States surging its military presence in the region and bombing boats, countries in the Caribbean are seeing more flights carrying illegal drugs.

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Exclusive-Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in decades as Trump shifts focus to deportations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of people charged with breaking federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered ... Although overdose deaths in the United States have been dropping since 2023 ...

Exclusive-US revokes visas of over 50 Mexican politicians in new drug war front

The U.S. government has revoked the visas of at least 50 politicians and government officials in Mexico amid the Trump administration's crackdown on drug cartels and their suspected political allies,

Fox News

Trump’s cartel crackdown gains ‘powerful political leverage’ with El Mayo guilty plea

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, is set to face the rest of his life behind bars as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to dismantle cartels. Zambada, 75, confessed in a Brooklyn, New York, courtroom Monday that he ...

The New York Times

Trump Isn’t Busting Drug Cartels. He’s Settling Scores.

Venezuela accounts for very little of the cocaine that enters the United States, and it plays almost no role in the fentanyl trade, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. That hasn’t prevented the Trump administration from slapping a $50 milli ...

The Observer

Notre Dame professors comment on US attacks against suspected drug-trafficking boats

Professors in the Notre Dame Law School and Keough School of Global Affairs discuss the recent strikes on drug boats off of Venezuela and how they fit with international law.