Narco-terrorism

Maduro and Flores are scheduled for a federal trial in New York starting June 1, 2027, facing cocaine and weapons charges. Their defense claims Maduro is a 'prisoner of war' and his arrest was a kidnapping violating international law.

Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores will face a federal trial in New York starting June 1, 2027, over cocaine and weapons charges. The court set a schedule including pretrial motions and a final conference in May 2027, with both detainees held in Brooklyn pending trial.

The US military destroyed a vessel in the Pacific Ocean during Operation Southern Spear, resulting in the deaths of three individuals labeled as 'narco-terrorists'. The operation is part of counter-narco-terrorism efforts in the region.

The U.S. military executed its 50th lethal strike against a drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing four individuals linked to a designated terrorist organization. The operation targeted a vessel using known narco-trafficking routes, though the specific group remains unspecified.

The U.S. military conducted a lethal strike in the Eastern Pacific, killing four alleged narco-terrorists linked to drug-trafficking operations. The action, carried out by U.S. Southern Command under Gen. Francis L. Donovan, targets narco-terrorism networks disrupting drug trafficking routes. A separate Coast Guard operation seized over 4,500 pounds of cocaine worth $34M from a suspected narco-terrorist vessel.

The U.S. Coast Guard seized over 4,500 pounds of cocaine valued at $34 million from a suspected narco-terrorist vessel in the Eastern Pacific during Operation Pacific Viper. This seizure is part of a broader Trump administration effort to combat drug trafficking and dismantle transnational criminal organizations.