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Exclusive | Lawmakers From Both Sides Pressed Pentagon on Legal Basis for Cartel Boat Strikes  The Wall Street Journal Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told  The New York Times Trump admin tells Congress the US is in ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels  CNN US is engaged in formal ‘armed conflict’ with ‘terrorist’ drug cartels, …

Donald Trump said on Monday that the US military carried out a strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug cartel vessel that had been on its way to the United States. He said three men were killed in the strike, adding that it occurred in international waters. “This morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against …

More than 600 people were arrested in a weeklong series of operations targeting the Sinaloa drug cartel, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced on Monday. The operations took place between Aug. 25 and Aug. 29, according to the DEA. During that timespan, DEA agents in 23 field divisions in the U.S., and seven “foreign regions,” carried out actions resulting in 617 …

US Strike on Alleged Cartel Boat Shows Rubio’s Influence Growing  Bloomberg.com Experts skeptical of legality of Trump’s strike on alleged drug boat  CNN The New York Times News Quiz, Sept. 5, 2025  The New York Times Trump officials abruptly cancel Venezuela boat strike briefing  Axios Pentagon Official: Trump Boat Strike Was a Criminal Attack on Civilians  The Intercept Source link

US deploying 10 fighter jets to Puerto Rico for drug cartel fight  Reuters Trump sends 10 fighter planes to Puerto Rico amid war on Caribbean drug cartels  The Guardian US warships’ Caribbean mission will divert drugs to the Pacific, experts warn  CNN Trump Deploys F-35s to Puerto Rico in War on Drug Cartels: Report  Newsweek US deploying 10 fighter jets to Puerto Rico in …

A story of drug dealing and murder at the home base of special forces operatives sounds like a tailor-made logline for a series. Which it will be, after HBO won a bidding war over multiple other outlets for rights to a recently published nonfiction book. The premium outlet has landed rights to author Seth Harp’s book The Fort Bragg Cartel: …

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday said she would ask the United States to share the $15 billion it expects to extract from convicted Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada with her country’s poor. Sinaloa drug cartel co-founder Zambada pleaded guilty in a New York court on Monday to murder and drug trafficking, particularly of fentanyl — a powerful …

Ismael Zambada Garcia also known as El Mayo, 75, of Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to being a principal leader of a continuing criminal enterprise — the Sinaloa Cartel (the Cartel), one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world — in addition to a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) charge. “This foreign terrorist committed …

Founder of Sinaloa Cartel Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking  The New York Times Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, who led Sinaloa cartel with ‘El Chapo,’ pleads guilty to trafficking in US  CNN Mexican drug lord ‘El Mayo’ pleads guilty to racketeering in New York  The Guardian ‘El Mayo’ Faces Life in Prison, Forfeits $15 Billion After Plea  Bloomberg.com Mexican drug lord ‘El …

The United States is deploying three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the waters off Venezuela as part of President Trump’s effort to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels, a White House official confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday, confirming a report by the Reuters news agency. The USS Gravely, the USS Jason Dunham and the USS Sampson were to depart …