Eugene “Big U” Henley Jr., the 34-year-old son of notorious gang leader and music figure Eugene “Big U” Henley, was shot and killed on Halloween night in South Los Angeles.
Two sheriffs and more than a dozen current and former law enforcement officers have been indicted in a sweeping federal investigation that uncovered a drug trafficking conspiracy spanning multiple states.
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.
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.
In an appearance on ABC’s This Week, Sen. Mark Kelly (D‑AZ) sharply criticized the Trump administration’s deployment of naval assets and use of military force in the Caribbean.
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.
