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U.S. warships to patrol international waters around Venezuela as Trump vows to stop cartels

The U.S. military has sent destroyers and thousands of Marines toward Venezuela as President Donald Trump doubles down on deadly drug cartels. At least three Aegis guided-missile destroyers — USS Gravely and USS Jason Dunham among them — are part of the mission, a source familiar with the situation told …

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14K migrants hoping to enter US turn back, UN finds

A new report reveals that more than 14,000 migrants who had hoped to cross into the United States have turned back and reversed course due to the Trump administration’s hardline border enforcement policies. The new phenomenon, referred to as “reverse flow” migration, has mainly impacted migrants fleeing the economic and …

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Venezuelan military jets buzz US Navy ship in 'highly provocative' move, Pentagon says

The Defense Department confirmed on Thursday night that two Venezuelan aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters. The incident, which the department called a “highly provocative move,” comes as the Trump administration ramps up its anti-narco-terrorism efforts. “Today, two Maduro regime military aircraft flew near a U.S. …

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How Trump’s strikes against alleged narco-terrorists are reshaping the cartel battlefield: 'One-way ticket'

President Donald Trump’s strikes taking out alleged narco-terrorists from Venezuela are expected to force criminal drug networks to restructure the cartel landscape as it copes with the Trump administration’s “armed conflict” against them. The White House issued a memo sent to lawmakers Sept. 30 alerting them that the U.S. is …

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FBI busts alleged Maduro-linked money laundering network spanning multiple nations

EXCLUSIVE — The FBI says two men have been indicted in connection with an alleged money-laundering scheme tied to Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s children. The indictments come after a years-long investigation that dates back to 2019 when the FBI’s Miami Field Office launched the probe based on indications that Arick …

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Washington’s shadow war: How strikes on cartels threaten to collapse Maduro’s regime

Publicly, the White House says the latest strikes in the Caribbean are aimed at cartel infrastructure. Privately, some analysts suspect the campaign is calibrated to do something else: weaken longtime U.S. foe Nicolás Maduro’s grip on power. President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on the Venezuelan regime, striking four …

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Trump touts another US strike near Venezuela that killed six alleged drug smugglers

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. military carried out another strike on a suspected drug vessel off the coast of Venezuela, killing six suspected smugglers. “Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a …

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WATCH: Trump reveals two key reasons why he is authorizing CIA activity in Venezuela

President Donald Trump confirmed he would be authorizing Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) activity in Venezuela amid his efforts to combat Latin American drug traffickers with force. Trump indicated during a press conference alongside FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday that his administration was next looking “at land” in Latin America …

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SOUTHCOM commander announces sudden retirement amid Trump drug war in Caribbean

The commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), whose area of operations includes the Caribbean waters where the strikes against the alleged drug boats have been conducted, announced he is retiring suddenly by the end of the year. Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, who became the commander of SOUTHCOM in November 2024, …

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Trump says Venezuela's Maduro doesn’t want to ‘f— around’ with the US

President Donald Trump confirmed reports that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro offered to grant the U.S. access to Venezuelan oil and other natural resources as tensions heat up between the U.S. and Venezuela amid Trump’s crusade against drugs. Trump said Maduro put forth the proposal because the Venezuelan leader doesn’t want …

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