Tag: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

• Monday, April 13th 2026 - 00:27 UTC

  Uruguay hosts DEA summit that warns of new drug trafficking routes in South America

  

  Uruguay hosted the 2nd Regional Coordination Meeting of the US Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Southern Cone Division, a conference held on April 9–10 in Montevideo that brought together representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and the United States to strengthen cooperation against drug trafficking and transnational organized crime.

• Friday, March 20th 2026 - 16:26 UTC

  Two US federal prosecutors investigating Colombian President Gustavo Petro over alleged narco ties

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro is the subject of a criminal investigation by at least two US federal prosecutors over alleged links to international drug trafficking, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.

• Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

  Paraguay: Peña backs official who cut ties with DEA and backtracked

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña insisted that Jalil Rachid should not resign as head of the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad) despite sending a note to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) stopping all cooperation and then recanting after finding out an agreement dating back to 2022 was in force.

• Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay's antidrug agency parts ways with DEA

  

  Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad) decided to break off from its partnership with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), according to a note sent by Minister Jalil Rachid on Dec 6, which went public Tuesday in Asunción. Rachid said the move stemmed from the need to optimize resources and strengthen operational areas.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2023 - 09:24 UTC

  Uruguayan Interior Minister wants DEA back

  

  Uruguay's Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber insisted Tuesday it would be a wise move to bring back the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to the South American country. Heber made those remarks days after the escape of many drug traffickers who had been granted house arrest.

• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 07:12 UTC

  Bullrich asks DEA to arrest Maduro in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina's opposition leader Patricia Bullrich, chairwoman of the Propuesta Republicana (PRO) party, a majority partner in the Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) alliance Sunday filed a request before the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro once he lands in Buenos Aires for the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 20:31 UTC

  Fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid painkiller poisoning US/China relations

  

  President Donald Trump has repeatedly hit out at China for failing to curb the export of illegal fentanyl to the United States. The powerful painkiller is the primary synthetic opioid available in the US, a class of drug that was responsible for almost 32,000 overdose deaths last year.

• Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 07:46 UTC

  Venezuela's First Lady claims her two 'narco-nephews' were kidnapped by DEA

  

  Venezuela's first lady on Tuesday broke her silence on the arrest of her two nephews on drug trafficking charges, saying they were kidnapped by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.Cilia Flores, who serves in congress, told Venezuelan weekly Tal Cual that the U.S. was seeking revenge and trying to force the socialists from power in Venezuela.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 11:29 UTC

  Venezuelan military involved in cocaine transport, claims New York Attorney Office

  

  The latest developments in the drug trafficking case with relatives of Venezuela’s first lady Cilia Flores indicate that the Venezuelan military is involved in transporting cocaine to Haiti for trans-shipment into the US.

• Thursday, September 17th 2015 - 20:32 UTC

  Top Bolivian officials allegedly involved in drug trafficking, according to DEA claim

  

  Secret United States indictments obtained by the media have implicated top Bolivian officials in drug trafficking, reigniting the highly charged debate over whether Bolivia is a victim of US political persecution or whether it is becoming a corrupt narco-state.