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Venezuela's captured authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro could be eligible for the death penalty if convicted of narco-terrorism charges in the U.S., the New York Post noted.

Venezuela's authoritarian President, Nicolás Maduro, said president Donald Trump is laying the groundwork for a "forever war" against the country.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he spoke "very recently" with Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, but indicated the conversation did little to ease tensions between the two countries.

The Maduro regime has not confirmed President Donald Trump's claim that U.S. forces destroyed a drug trafficking facility inside the country following the latter's comments in an interview.

The move comes just weeks after Ecuadorian voters rejected a proposal to allow foreign military bases on the country's soil

Federal prosecutors have indicted a leader of notorious street gang Tren de Aragua

The U.S. military carried out strikes on three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing eight people and bringing the total death toll in the campaign to at least 95.

Trump also said that Petro "is going to have big problems if he doesn't realize" that Colombia is "producing a lot of drugs" that are "sold directly to the United States"

The Honduran government is going against President Donald Trump, issuing an international arrest warrant against former president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who he pardoned last week for drug-trafficking charges.

President Donald Trump has granted clemency to about 100 people accused of drug-related crimes despite his anti-drug rhetoric, which has justified a large military buildup in the Caribbean and tens of strikes against alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, according to a new report.

The former general also said criminal groups such as Tren de Aragua were recruited from prisons to protect the government in exchange for immunity

Sen. Markwayne Mullin said he does not believe President Trump will authorize a deployment of U.S. forces inside Venezuela despite rising tensions with Caracas

Customs and Border Protection agents found and seized more than half a ton of methamphetamine hidden inside a lettuce shipment.

Most Americans oppose the prospect of U.S. military action in Venezuela and want Congress to authorize any further escalation, according to a new national survey by CBS News.

The United Kingdom has suspended intelligence sharing with the United States on suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, citing concerns that the information could be used to support military strikes it considers unlawful

Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts defended ongoing U.S. military strikes targeting suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, citing alleged ties between narcotraffickers and Venezuela's armed forces.

Scientists and conservationists have raised concerns about environmental consequences as the islands are a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Political commentator Tucker Carlson is publicly disputing claims that Venezuela is a primary source of illegal drugs entering the United States, arguing that the substances fueling the country's overdose crisis originate elsewhere.

Venezuela also said on Wednesday that it destroyed two camps in the country's south linked to what authorities described as Colombian "narcoterrorist" groups

Drug raids in Rio de Janeiro sparked massive shootouts that left more than 100 people dead, including four police officers.

Venezuela's armed forces announced on Tuesday that they intercepted and disabled a foreign aircraft that entered the country's airspace without authorization

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday a new wave of attacks against alleged drug-trafficking vessels, claiming 14 people were killed and one survived

Brazilian influencer Melissa Said, known for promoting cannabis use on social media, was arrested in Salvador, Bahia, accused of leading a drug trafficking and money laundering network. The arrest was part of the police operation known as Erva Afetiva, carried out by the Bahia Civil Police.

Sources told Colombia's Semana that drug trafficking continues in the area, with culprits switching to semisubmersibles, altered route, and faster craft that raise costs without dismantling networks

Cuban authorities have detained a Chinese national accused by the United States of running an international fentanyl and cocaine trafficking network after his escape from custody in Mexico earlier this year

The United States carried out another strike against an alleged drug-trafficking vessel Tuesday night

A former Customs and Border Protection officer has been slapped with several charges, including bribery, human smuggling and drug-trafficking

"Using military might to take out small trafficking boats is like using a blowtorch to cook an egg," said a former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, suggesting ulterior motives for the deployment

Washington Examiner columnist Tom Rogan argued that U.S. military buildup around Venezuela should no longer be seen through the lens of a purely counter-drug trafficking concern

The Trump administration's deployment of troops and vessels in the Caribbean has effectively shut down a busy drug-trafficking corridor in the region, insiders said