Officials say Maduro is using drug cartels to destabilize the U.S. The Departments of State and Justice announced an increase in their reward to $50 million for information…
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U.S. Military Expands National Defense Zones Along U.S.-Mexico Border
The new Arizona site makes the fourth defense area amid ongoing security and trafficking concerns. The Pentagon announced the creation of a new national defense area (NDA) along…
Read MoreU.S. Marshals “Operation Dragon Eye“ Rescues 60 Children from Trafficking in FL
The two-week operation involved twenty agencies and apprehended trafficking, drugs, and child endangerment suspects. The U.S. Marshals Office for the Central District of Florida and Florida Attorney General…
Read MoreBorder Patrol Discovers Smuggling Tunnel Under Construction in San Diego
The nearly 3,000-foot tunnel began in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego recently discovered a sophisticated, cross-border drug smuggling tunnel extending over 1,000 feet into…
Read MoreState Department Responds to Report That Afghan Extremists May Have Received Aid
Government watchdog audit finds 2 department bureaus failed to vet funding recipients. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported that the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy,…
Read MoreState Department Officials Visit Kosovo, Mongolia, and Indonesia
The U.S. seeks to strengthen partnerships and alliances. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is meeting with Mongolian officials in Ulaanbaatar. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said that…
Read MoreWhite House Seeks Increased Access to Overdose-Reversal Drug
Officials will talk with manufacturers to reduce the cost of naloxone. A spokesperson for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) recently said that President…
Read MoreTreasury Sanctions Members of Mexican Drug Cartel
Co-leaders of a drug smuggling cartel banned from American trade. The Department of the Treasury sanctioned the Mexican drug cartel La Nueva Familia Michoacana last week, blocking its…
Read MoreU.S. Coast Guard Seizes $29 Million in Narcotics in Oman
Also recently interdicted heroin shipment. The U.S. Coast Guard vessel, Charles Moulthrope recently confiscated approximately $29 million in illegal narcotics in the Gulf of Oman. This happened weeks…
Read MoreU.S. Participates in 5th NADD Meeting
State Department and National Drug Control Policy assistant director speak with representatives of Mexico and Canada. Last week, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law…
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