The Department of the Treasury announced that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on 27 entities linked to criminal networks.
President Trump told U.S. troops aboard the USS George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan, that interdiction operations in the Caribbean have been so effective “we can’t find a ship” loaded with drugs anymore.
U.S. military forces launched coordinated airstrikes on four narco-smuggling vessels transiting a known trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
On Sunday’s edition of NBC’s Meet the Press, Sen. Ruben Gallego (D‑AZ) accused the Trump administration of sanctioning “murder” by authorizing U.S. military strikes on suspected drug‑smuggling boats.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) identified and shared intelligence with U.S. and Mexican law enforcement that led to the arrest of Sinaloa Cartel leader Leonardo Daniel Martinez Vera.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed that Mexican drug cartels are placing bounties on the heads of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, with support from domestic groups including Antifa and the Latin Kings. According to Noem, DHS has obtained credible intelligence showing that these cartels are offering structured cash payments to those who expose, harm, or kill federal immigration officers.
President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that U.S. forces destroyed a narco-terrorist vessel in international waters off the coast of Venezuela. The military strike, the fourth of its kind since August, killed six suspected traffickers tied to a designated terrorist organization. No American personnel were injured in the operation.
