Death toll from Rio de Janeiro police raid rises to 121
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang…
Brazilian police raid gang in Rio, leaving at least 64 people dead and 81 under arrest
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking…
Former Chicago gang leader asks Pritzker for clemency following Trump pardon
CHICAGO — CHICAGO (AP) — One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders asked Gov. JB Pritzker for clemency…
Alberta police bust $15M pure cocaine smuggling operation with ties to Mexican cartels
A cross-border drug trafficking network has been dismantled after Alberta law enforcement made what it said was the…
Marco Rubio to head to Latin America as Trump prioritizes immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Mexico and Ecuador next week, making his…
US designates 2 more gangs in Latin America as foreign terrorist groups
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, marking the…
Rubio visits Latin America as US escalates cartel crackdown
Security, sovereignty, tariffs, trade, drugs and migration — all hot-button issues for the Trump administration and its neighbors…
Trump says US struck Venezuelan gang’s vessel, killing 11
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern…
Marco Rubio will head to Latin America again as Trump prioritizes immigration
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Mexico and Ecuador next week,…
bne IntelliNews – Mexican cartels exploit Ukraine war to acquire military drone technology
Ukrainian counterintelligence has discovered that criminal organisations from Mexico and Colombia have been exploiting the country’s volunteer recruitment…
The UK says it will sanction those who enable migrant journeys across the English Channel
LONDON — Members of people-smuggling gangs who send migrants across the English Channel in flimsy boats will face…
Pipeline Disruption Slashes Ecuador Output by 133,000 bpd
Ecuador’s state oil company, Petroecuador, has declared force majeure on its operations after both major crude pipelines, SOTE…