#counternarcotics

[ follow ]
World news
fromThe Cipher Brief
5 days ago

Former CIA Station Chief on the Trump Administration's Caribbean Strategy

U.S. military buildup, covert authorizations, and counternarcotics strikes intensify pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his weakened military position.
US politics
fromThe Washington Post
2 weeks ago

U.S. conducts another Caribbean boat strike, detains some survivors

U.S. military killed unidentified suspected drug traffickers near Venezuela, detained survivors aboard a Navy vessel, amid expanded Trump administration counternarcotics operations and legal controversy.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Colombia's President Petro decries US claim Bogota failing to fight drugs

The United States designated Colombia as failing to meet international counternarcotics obligations while issuing a waiver to maintain critical counter-narcotics cooperation.
fromThe Washington Post
1 month ago

U.S. won't kill drug smugglers if their countries cooperate, Rubio says

QUITO, Ecuador - The Trump administration will continue to identify and kill foreign drug smugglers without the consent of their home countries, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters Thursday. But such actions may not be necessary if the smugglers come from friendly nations that cooperate with the United States, Rubio added. "For cooperative governments, there's no need because those governments are going to help us," the top U.S. diplomat said during a visit to Ecuador's capital. "They're going to help us find these people and blow them up, if that's what it takes."
World news
[ Load more ]