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Tag: drug trafficking

Shift in battle to tackle teens trapped in ‘slavery’

MARSEILLE, France – They work as drug dealers, but the notes they slip to customers in drug baggies begging for help -- and their...

Venezuela swears in 5,600 new troops amid US army build-up

CARACAS – The Venezuelan army swore in 5,600 new soldiers on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time), as the United States cranks up military pressure on...

Trump confirms call with Maduro while Caracas slams US maneuvers

CARACAS – US President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday (Monday Manila time) he had recently spoken with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro amid soaring tensions between...

7 minors killed in Colombian airstrikes

BOGOTA, Colombia – Seven minors were killed this week in Colombian military airstrikes against an alleged drug-running armed group in the country’s southern Amazon...

US aircraft carrier arrival ups Venezuelan attack fears

CARACAS – A US aircraft carrier strike group arrived in Latin America Tuesday, escalating a military buildup Venezuela has warned could trigger a full-blown...

Iron Fist

A man carries fish on the beach in Manta, Ecuador on Nov. 8, 2025. From the former U.S. military base in Manta, only empty...

Caught between Venezuela, US, Trinidad fishers fear the ocean

CEDROS, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – A stone’s throw from Venezuela, in the eye of a political storm fueled by a US naval deployment, fishermen...

Venezuela says 3 drug-ferrying planes seized

CARACAS – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday (Friday Manila time) his country had intercepted three planes allegedly used for drug trafficking, in operations...

Colombian president Petro berates Trump over extrajudicial ‘executions’

BOGOTA – Colombia’s leftist president ramped up denunciations of Donald Trump’s anti-drug air strikes and swatted aside US threats to freeze hundreds of millions...

Trump, Colombia leader Petro trade threats as US strikes boats in Pacific

WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro traded angry threats Wednesday (Thursday Manila time) as the United States announced...

Explosions Rising

Firefighters are seen at the crime scene where a suspected car bomb exploded in front of a shopping center in the north of Guayaquil,...

Sri Lanka arrests most-wanted woman

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s most-wanted woman, who is accused of taking part in the brazen courtroom murder of a suspected top drug dealer, has...

P56-million cocaine found floating off Palawan coast

Authorities have recovered about P56 million worth of suspected cocaine off the coast of Palawan after a fisherman surrendered a floating bag containing nine...

Venezuela slams ‘illegal incursion’ by US jets

CARACAS – Venezuela’s government slammed what it called an “illegal incursion” Thursday (Friday Manila time) by US fighter jets into an area under Venezuelan...
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