Thousands of federal agents once tasked with investigating drug smuggling, sexual exploitation and organized crime have been redirected to immigration enforcement. 🔗 https://t.co/9R83O4hWQ9 https://t.co/m6B5boQRJq ...

Tonight, the Trump administration escalating its fight against drug cartels, carrying out another deadly strike on a boat it says was carrying drug smugglers. Courtney QB has been tracking this. And Courtney, this is now the fourth US strike off the coast of Venezuela.Yeah, that's right, Tom. And defense secretary Pete Hegets today saying four people he called narot terrorists were killed in the strike. The Pentagon releasing this video of the latest strike.The US saying that boat was carrying a substantial ...

U.S. military operations against Latin American drug smugglers in the past month have repeatedly echoed the tactics and jargon of the post-9/11 global war against terrorist groups https://t.co/Q9rdyeynks ...

A U.S. military aircraft struck a boat suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean several times from the air last week, even though the vessel had turned around before the strike began https://t.co/s2zw6jXSON ...

The Pentagon is slamming what it calls a highly provocative Venezuelan maneuver to fly two fighter jets near a US Navy ship. The news comes just two days after the US carried out a deadly strike in international waters on what the Trump administration claimed was a drug smuggling boat connected to Venezuelan gang members. 11 people were killed.Multiple sources tell Axios that Democrats were left in the dark about the operation and they want answers on the legal basis for it. Joining me now is Senator Gene S ...

And here we are just a stones throw from the border. Crazy to think that when they found this tunnel, it was only about half this size. What you're going to be going into is an actual tunnel built by the bad guys.All right, so we've made it about 20 ft down. But this is where this system really opens up stretching back this way. The majority of the tunnels much deeper than this one.Most of them. Yeah, 20 ft. It doesn't really seem like we went anywhere to be honest with you.We've had them as deep as 98 ft b ...

Border Security & Drug Enforcement - US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is actively combating cartels by intercepting smuggling tunnels along the US-Mexico border [1][2] - Intercepting tunnels significantly impacts cartels, potentially costing them a year's worth of labor and drug trafficking profits [3] - CBP discovered a nearly 3,000 foot long tunnel, 50 feet underground, intended for illicit activities [6] Human Smuggling Concerns - Human smugglers are exploiting the underground tunnels, potentially advertising safe passage for profit [4][5] - Videos suggest migrants, including adults and children, are attempting to enter the US through tunnels, with some messages written in Chinese [4] - The authenticity of the videos showing human smuggling is unverified by NBC News and CBP [5] Tunnel Characteristics & Methods - Smugglers design tunnels with features like ventilation systems (bounce house blower) and metal rails for transporting large quantities of drugs [3] - Tunnels can be large enough to walk through [4] - Cartels aim for tunnels to emerge in warehouses within the US [6]

More than a dozen arrested in Spain over animal feed drug smuggling https://t.co/eZ064QVeRc ...

'Angel Delight' drug smugglers avoid death penalty https://t.co/xv4nFOSJVv ...