Hegseth says US carried out 3 strikes on 4 alleged drug-running boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military carried out three strikes Monday in…
Journalist who covered drug cartels murdered in Mexico; message left next to body, reports say
A Mexican journalist who covered drug trafficking has been murdered, officials told AFP on Monday, the latest casualty…
US imposes sanctions against Colombia’s leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration imposed sanctions Friday on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family and a…
Colombian killed in U.S. strike was on a fishing trip, wife claims: “Why did they just take his life like that?”
Alejandro Carranza’s loved ones say he left home on Colombia’s Caribbean coast to fish in open waters. Days…
President of lime growers association found killed in his car after complaining about cartel extortion in Mexico
A leader of lime growers in the violent western Mexican state of Michoacan was killed Monday, authorities said,…
20 members of gang designated by U.S. as foreign terrorist organization escape prison in Guatemala
Twenty members of a gang designated a “foreign terrorist organization” by the United States have escaped from detention…
Venezuela asks U.N. for emergency meeting over U.S. military actions, saying it expects “armed attack” soon
Venezuela’s government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the U.S.…
Soldiers under investigation after 6 people shot dead on highway in Mexico
Mexican prosecutors have launched a probe against soldiers over the shooting deaths of six people in a northern…
Amid face-off between U.S. and Venezuela, fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs
On a recent afternoon, Kenrick Modie finished untangling his fishing net in a quiet Caribbean village. As he…
A military approach to drug busts upends US efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard detects and detains scores of drug-running vessels in the Caribbean every…