Drug Cartels

A declassified image of a U.S. strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat.

Defense

US military’s Operation Southern Spear has cost more than $640 million

Mike Brest -

May 21, 2026 5:36 pm

A woman waves a Puerto Rico flag on Capitol Hill.

Op-Eds

America already has a narco-state inside its borders — it’s called Puerto Rico

Jose Lev Alvarez -

May 21, 2026 6:00 am

FILE - Jonathan Dumke, a senior forensic chemist with the Drug Enforcement Administration, holds vials of fentanyl pills at a DEA research laboratory on April 29, 2025, in Northern Virginia. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Crime

DEA warns fentanyl in US has become ‘more unpredictable and lethal’

Anna Giaritelli -

May 17, 2026 7:00 am

World

CIA denies reports of secret cartel war in Mexico

Brady Knox -

May 13, 2026 10:49 am

Beltway Confidential

Albania is the world’s newest narcostate threat

Michael Rubin -

May 12, 2026 6:00 am

Justice

DOJ charges over 25 people in nationwide crackdown on Tren de Aragua

Claire Carter -

May 11, 2026 5:13 pm

Operation Southern Spear posted by Southern Command May 5, 2026

News

Two killed in ‘lethal kinetic strike’ on suspected drug vessel in Caribbean

Washington Examiner Staff -

May 5, 2026 1:47 am

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and President Donald Trump

Editorials

Trump’s righteous fight against Mexican drug cartel corruption

Washington Examiner -

May 4, 2026 5:00 am

Justice

Sheinbaum demands evidence before extraditing Mexican officials to US over cartel ties

Rena Rowe -

April 30, 2026 4:20 pm

President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo speaks during the daily morning briefing at Palacio Nacional on February 23, 2026

Beltway Confidential

Trump drops a narco-trafficking nuclear bomb into Mexican politics

Tom Rogan -

April 30, 2026 3:21 pm

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