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US-Venezuela joint military op heralds wider Orinoco Mining Arc push
On 12 June 2026, President Donald Trump announced the death of Tren de Aragua leader Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero, aka Niño Guerrero, in a drone strike in Venezuela’s Bolívar state. He described it as a “swift and lethal kinetic strike” carr...
Is the US co-opting Mexican governors?
Alfonso Durazo (credit: Bernyxj7)
On 3 June 2026, the Los Angeles Times reported that the governor of Sonora, a former national security minister, has had his visa revoked and is under investigation for cartel connections. The governor, Al...
Chinese broker served both sides of Mexico’s cartel war
On 21 May 2026, the US Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against Ruhuan Zhen, a Chinese national charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG)...
The Panama Canal: El Niño is coming
The Panama Canal Authority recently issued a press release which sought to reassure shipping companies that no transit restrictions were forecast through 31 December 2026. News had just broken that the climate warming phenomenon El Niño wou...
Caracas deports Maduro’s financial operator to the US
Álex Saab
On 16 May 2026, Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez authorized the transfer of Álex Saab to US custody. Saab had been former president Nicolás Maduro’s principal financial operator, the Colombian businessman who channel...
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