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According to the country's Interior Minister, the detainees confessed the shipment was part of a "false flag operation" designed to incriminate Venezuela in international drug trafficking

As of August, CBP agents operating along the southern border had seized close to 120,000 pounds of methamphetamine in fiscal year 2025, compared to just 36,000 pounds of cocaine.

In a statement, the DEA said El Ruso's organization is responsible for trafficking millions of dollars' worth of narcotics into the United States, including cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin.

Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, once known as the "Narco of Narcos" and co-founder of the Guadalajara Cartel, will remain under extreme isolation measures in a U.S. federal prison after prosecutors revealed he allegedly continued directing cartel operations from behind bars in Mexico through his brother, Miguel Ángel Caro…

Despite the staggering number of casualties, neither side had gained a clear upper hand—until last month. According to a report from CrashOut, sources within La Mayiza now believe they are on track to win the conflict by the end of the year.

The Drug Enforcement Administration orchestrated a massive operation in late August, coordinated with field divisions across 23 U.S. states.

Puerto Rico's fatal overdoses tied to fentanyl outpace homicides, Costa Rica probes suspected pill labs after large tablet seizures, and the Dominican Republic surfaces in U.S. financial intelligence and indictments. The U.S. has escalated military and law-enforcement activity in nearby Caribbean waters, while Washington officials increasingly blame Venezuela's Maduro for…

"It would be much easier for the United States to combat and pursue money laundering within its own territory than to send ships to threaten a peaceful nation like Venezuela," added Vice President Rodriguez

Vice President Rodríguez cited United Nations drug reports from the last 27 years, which she said do not classify Venezuela as a significant route for cocaine trafficking

The veterinary sedative, normally used to sedate pets, is increasingly being mixed with heroin and fentanyl

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, "El Chelelo" was responsible for smuggling more than 3,000 tons of drugs into southern Texas over a span of four years.