Tag: Drug trafficking

President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that government officials who leak information to the media "should be shot."

To stop the cartels, Trump must impose a territorial price on Mexico City

Jose Lev Alvarez · October 19, 2026 6:00 am

Aerial footage of the boat strike in the Pacific Ocean, according to SOUTHCOM.

Four dead after US strike on drug-trafficking vessel in Caribbean: SOUTHCOM

Brady Knox · September 20, 2026 9:32 am

Counter-narcotics police burn a coca base lab.

Colombia and Bolivia ‘failed demonstrably’ to counter illegal drug production

Brady Knox · September 16, 2026 4:36 pm

Interdiction of Narco-Terrorist Refueling Vessel, Sept. 7, 2026 (Photo: Southern Command website)

US forces sink fifth ‘refueling vessel’ linked to Los Choneros terrorist organization

Washington Examiner Staff · September 8, 2026 1:12 am

FBI seal on podium.

DOJ charges cartel commanders linked to Mexican beauty influencer’s livestreamed murder death

Kaelan Deese · August 26, 2026 6:46 pm

Southern Command lethal kinetic strike 8/23/2026 Photo: Southern Command screengrab

US military kills two in ‘lethal kinetic strike’ in Pacific Ocean

Washington Examiner Staff · August 24, 2026 4:06 am

Penn State campus

Former Penn State fraternity brothers charged in drug trafficking case

Brady Knox · August 17, 2026 4:16 pm

In this courtroom sketch, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, center, is seated beside his defense attorney Frank Perez, left, in federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sept. 13, 2024. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Sinaloa cartel cofounder Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada sentenced to life in prison, agrees to $15 billion forfeiture

Kaelan Deese · July 20, 2026 12:45 pm

Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello listens to Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez delivering a statement at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.

Forget Maduro — Diosdado Cabello is the one holding Venezuela hostage

Jose Lev Alvarez · July 13, 2026 6:00 am

Operation Southern Spear May 27 (Photo: U.S. Southern Command)

Three ‘narco-terrorists’ killed in two separate ‘lethal kinetic strikes’ on drug boats

Washington Examiner Staff · May 28, 2026 1:32 am

A handcuffed Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is made to face the press.

Mexico arrests nephew of cartel kingpin ‘El Chapo’

David Zimmermann · May 26, 2026 5:36 pm

A woman waves a Puerto Rico flag on Capitol Hill.

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

Jose Lev Alvarez · May 21, 2026 6:00 am