(The Center Square) – Five years into Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star officers have seized a record amount of illicit drugs.  

(The Center Square) – Federal agents continue to arrest Guatemalans involved in human smuggling and trafficking operations, including of children, who are also involved in violating federal labor laws.

(The Center Square) – Record cocaine production in Colombia could cost thousands of American lives and an estimated $10 billion in annual overdose deaths, according to new research.

(The Center Square) – Two Canadian groups have called on the Canadian government to strengthen border security, highlighting failures to crack down on drug trafficking and illicit trade.

(The Center Square) – An additional 27 members of Venezuelan transnational criminal organizations, Tren de Aragua and its splinter faction, anti-Tren, have been indicted in New York in an ongoing prosecution of groups the Trump administration has designated as foreign terrorist organizations. 

(The Center Square) – Eleven of 37 Mexican nationals extradited to the U.S. from Mexico are being prosecuted in Texas. The extradition was the largest transfer of fugitives in U.S.-Mexican history. Several extradited were captured by the Mexican military. 

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump says he will be expanding the war on drugs in Latin America, striking targets south of the border.

(The Center Square) – A Florida Republican said Wednesday the U.S. must bring the fight over illegal drugs to other cartels after the ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.