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The U.S. has launched military strikes on seven alleged drug trafficking vessels since September, killing at least 32.
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Martin Suarez was the first FBI agent in history to spearhead a long-term, deep-undercover operation targeting Colombia's most ruthless drug cartels.
Inside the Cartel' tells the story of FBI agent Martin Suarez, who lived a double life for decades as a drug smuggler named "Manny."
It was the seventh known strike in President Trump’s military campaign of attacking, rather than arresting, those suspected of running drugs in the Caribbean.
Mexico's Sinaloa, Jalisco Nueva Generacion, Zetas and Beltran Leyva drug cartels are the top buyers and traffickers of cocaine produced by criminal groups in Colombia, including current and former leftist rebels,
Jordan Goudreau, a former U.S. Green Beret involved in a failed 2020 armed incursion into Venezuela, has alleged that the CIA created the so-called "Cartel de los Soles" in the 1990s and later used it to justify U.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military had struck another boat suspected of carrying drugs in the Caribbean, linking the vessel to a Colombian insurgency group. Mr. Hegseth wrote on social media that three men were killed in the strike on Friday,
Cartel operatives are reportedly exploiting Ukraine's limited vetting of foreign recruits, where background checks are rare and credentials often go unverified, allowing individuals with criminal ties to enlist with minimal oversight.