Beneath a fake discount store in Otay Mesa, the CJNG built a 1,933-foot cocaine tunnel — equipped with lighting, ventilation, and an electric rail system — that federal investigators watched for six months before seizing more than a ton of cocaine valued at $45 million
Eight presidents in a decade. Extortion, robberies, murders, and schools closed for fear of the criminal networks. Peru heads to the polls on Sunday, June 7 for a presidential runoff between right-wing Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez
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Alex Saab appeared in a Miami federal court Monday on money laundering charges. Diosdado Cabello — Venezuela’s No. 2 — says he was never Venezuelan. The problem is Chavismo spent years saying otherwise
On Cuban Independence Day, the DOJ announces criminal charges against the 94-year-old former Cuban president at Miami’s Freedom Tower — the building where generations of Cuban exiles first set foot in America
A de la Espriella victory on June 21 would open a reset of U.S.-Colombia relations across five concrete policy fronts — reversing four years of deterioration under Petro and repositioning Bogotá as one of Washington's closest hemispheric partners
U.S. Justice Department charges Sinaloa’s sitting governor with conspiring with Los Chapitos to flood the United States with fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine. Nine other current & former officials are charged alongside him. One allegedly murdered a DEA source
Washington & Tehran agreed to stop shooting at each other on Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, Israel launched strikes on Beirut. The Strait of Hormuz remained closed. Islamabad talks begin Saturday. This is where things stand
Scaloni releases Argentina’s final 26-man squad a day early — catching the football world by surprise. Mastantuono is out. Six Qatar champions are left behind. The defending champions open June 16 in Kansas City
Washington designates Brazil’s PCC & CV as Specially Designated Global Terrorists on Thursday, with a formal Foreign Terrorist Organization classification set to take effect June 5 — a move Brasília says amounts to electoral interference ahead of October’s presidential vote
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary’s two-day visit to Mexico City was the most significant bilateral security meeting in months — set against CIA agent deaths, drug indictments, and a viral moment nobody planned: Mexico’s Interior Minister’s arrival on motorbike
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