Trump said 11 people were killed in the strike conducted in "international waters." Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the "lethal strike" as taking place in the "southern Caribbean" targeting "a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela."
Venezuelan Minister of the Popular Power for Interior Diosdado Cabello announced on Monday that Caracas would deploy 15,000 troops to bolster security in Zulia and Tachira states, which border Colombia.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced plans to mobilise 4.5 million militia fighters after the US raised a reward for his arrest and expanded anti-drug operations in the Caribbean. He denounced Washington's "outlandish threats" and vowed to arm militias, while Mexico rejected US clai
Mexico has extradited 26 alleged high-ranking cartel members to the US at Washington's request, with assurances against the death penalty. The move, reported by Al Jazeera, comes amid US tariff pressure and follows an earlier transfer of 29 suspects, including Rafael Caro Quintero.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected reports of US military entering Mexico to fight cartels, emphasizing cooperation without invasion. The US labelled several cartels as terrorist groups, but Mexico insists on joint efforts and intelligence sharing. Senator Tom Cotton supports U.S.
In a move against drug trafficking, Chandigarh Police has frozen assets worth over ₹9 crore in 2025 under the NDPS Act. Acting on two major FIRs, they seized cash, properties, and vehicles linked to narcotics cases, reaffirming their financial warfare strategy against drug cartels.
The DGP further in his post mentioned that the two more smugglers identified as Dharam Singh and Kulbr Singh had been arrested along with five kilograms of heroin.
Indonesian narcotic agency head said that the traffickers make use of social media, especially Instagram, to communicate with buyers and conduct transactions using coded language and an end-to-end encryption system. They also used cyrptocurrencies making it difficult to crackdown on them.
UltraTech, the flagship cement company of Aditya Birla Group, has said that it is not under investigation in case related to anti-competitive practice before the Competition Commission of India and it has neither received any order from the CCI in this case nor have the company financials
With its probe into a complaint by ONGC alleging cartelisation, finding evidence of Ultratech's subsidiary India Cements engaged in collusion with two other cement manufacturers in violation of the norms, the Competition Commission of India has given directions for submitting detailed financ
In one of the largest crackdowns on the illegal pharmaceutical trade, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has dismantled an international drug trafficking syndicate operating across four continents, using encrypted digital platforms, cryptocurrency, and anonymous shipping networks.