House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) have demanded information pertaining to the presence of drug cartels on tribal lands across the United States.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Cartel de los Soles, linked to Venezuelan leadership, has been designated as a terrorist organization.
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.
