In a collaboration between Latin America and Global Investigations, reporter Regina Garcia Cano and video journalist Juan Arraez took serious risks in getting close to the ground in Venezuela’s Paria ...

When the United States began sinking boats on suspicion of drug trafficking – with no warning, no arrests and no evidence recovered – we crossed a line. These so-called narco-terrorist strikes may be ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday he may hold talks with Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, even as the United States intensified its military pressure with the latest strike on an alleged drug ...

Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action. By Charlie Savage and Julian E. Barnes Reporting from ...

A U.S. aircraft carrier reached the Caribbean as part of the Trump administration’s escalating pressure campaign on Venezuela and its broader effort to combat drug trafficking. In recent months, the U ...

WASHINGTON — The senior military lawyer for the combatant command overseeing lethal strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela disagreed with the Trump administration’s position that the ...

MIAMI (AP) — In justifying American military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs, President Donald Trump has asserted that the longtime U.S. strategy of interdicting such vessels at sea has ...

The US military has undertaken a campaign against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea using a variety of drones, gunships, and fighter jets, according to people ...

Reach the reporters securely on Signal: Ellen Nakashima at Ellen.626, Warren Strobel at 202-744-1312 and Alex Horton at AlexHorton.85 President Donald Trump and his top White House aides pushed for ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Months before the U.S. military began launching airstrikes against suspected drug vessels, former Justice Department No. 2 official Emil Bove told employees the ...

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