💀 Narco-Trafficking Intel 639
SOUTHCOM strikes · USCG / DEA / DOJ interdictions · OFAC narco designations — Cuba ties scored
⇩ CSV
💀 Total events
639
all-time
📅 Last 30 days
86
fresh ops tempo
🔴 Direct Cuba tie
9
+ 4 proximity
⚠ Casualties · killed
532
48 detained
⛔ Drug seized · total
5,262.3 t
sum drug_quantity_kg
🚢 Vessel-linked
0
FK / IMO / name
✈ Aircraft-linked
1
FK / callsign / reg
🎯 Recent high-impact narco events ≥1 killed or ≥500 kg seized
2026-09-17
⚪ NONE
Takedown of “Operation Klean Strip” Dismantles Two Methamphetamine Conversion Labs; Nine Arrested, Three Indicted
⛔ 985 kg · marijuana
2026-09-15
⚪ NONE
The InSight Take: Colombia’s Total Peace: What Went Wrong and What Comes Next?
⛔ 1,700.0 t · cocaine
📍 South America · insightcrime.org
2026-08-11
⚪ NONE
The InSight Take: Abelardo de la Espriella Inherits Colombia’s Fractured Criminal Landscape
⛔ 3,000.0 t · cocaine
📍 Caribbean · insightcrime.org
🎭 By perpetrator org top 10 by event count
| Organisation | Events | Cuba-tied | Killed | Drug · kg | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🎭 CJNG |
36
|
— | 95 | 2.4 t | 2026-10-15 |
| 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa |
29
|
— | — | 500.3 t | 2026-10-27 |
| 🎭 Tren de Aragua |
22
|
3 | 86 | 3 kg | 2026-09-24 |
| 🎭 Clan del Golfo |
9
|
— | — | 4,700.0 t | 2026-09-24 |
| 🎭 FARC dissidents |
9
|
1 | — | — | 2026-10-01 |
| 🎭 ELN |
7
|
— | — | 10 kg | 2026-08-27 |
| 🎭 Cartel de los Soles |
5
|
5 | — | — | 2026-09-24 |
| 🎭 Cártel del Golfo |
2
|
— | — | — | 2026-08-17 |
| Date | Type | Actor | Region | Cuba tie | Killed | Drug · kg | Title / Vessel / Perpetrator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | ARREST | INSIGHTCRIME | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
From Criminal Federation to Gang Wars: Rasquiña’s Legacy 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
From Criminal Federation to Gang Wars: Rasquiña’s Legacy
An increasingly fragmented underworld has turned Ecuador into a battleground, with rival gangs driving violence to record levels in recent years. Many facto…
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| 2026-10-21 | ARREST | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Jorge Luis Zambrano, alias “Rasquiña” 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
Jorge Luis Zambrano, alias “Rasquiña”
Jorge Luis Zambrano, alias “Rasquiña” or “JL,” was the charismatic leader of the Choneros , which, for years, was Ecuador’s most enterprising and powerful criminal group. Ras…
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| 2026-10-19 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Grand jury returns 13-count superseding indictment following Homeland Security Task Force investigation into Sinaloa Cartel‑linked weapons scheme 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment Sept. 24 charging Loyd Walter Hall, a/k/a “Jamie Hall” and “James William,” an…
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| 2026-10-08 | DEA_PRESS | INSIGHTCRIME | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Two Years On, the Sinaloa Cartel War Changes Shape | The InSight Take 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
Two Years On, the Sinaloa Cartel War Changes Shape | The InSight Take
Two years after Ismael Zambada Garcia, alias “El Mayo,” was handed over to US authorities in what was deemed a traitoro…
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| 2026-09-17 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Pleads Guilty to Importing Thousands of Kilograms of Cocaine, Laundering Millions of Dollars for Cartel in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 2026-09-10 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Gaitanistas – Gulf Clan 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
Gaitanistas – Gulf Clan
The Gaitanistas, also known as the Gulf Clan, Urabeños, and Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia – AGC), emerged from the ashes of Colombia’…
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| 2026-09-09 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | methamphetamine — |
Man Sentenced to 20 Years’ Imprisonment for Supervisory Role in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy Linked to Sureños and Sinaloa Cartel 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 2026-08-21 | OFAC_DESIGNATION | INSIGHTCRIME | Eastern Pacific | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Choneros 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
Choneros
The Choneros are one of Ecuador’s most prominent criminal groups and a leading actor in the violence that has destabilized the country in recent years. The Choneros first emerged in the 1990s as a local g…
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| 2026-08-20 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | Eastern Pacific | ⚪ NONE | — | 300 kg |
On the Radar: US Eyes Ground War Against Crime 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
On the Radar: US Eyes Ground War Against Crime
What’s next for the US military campaign against Latin America’s criminal groups?
What’s behind Chile and Peru’s recent security crackdowns?
…
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| 2026-08-12 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | fentanyl — |
Illegal Alien from Mexico with Ties to the Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking more than 133,000 Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
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| 2026-08-05 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Ismael Zambada García, alias ‘El Mayo’ 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
Ismael Zambada García, alias ‘El Mayo’
Ismael Zambada Garcia, alias “El Mayo,” was the leader of a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. Along with Joaquín Guzmán Loera, alias “ El Chapo ,” El Ma…
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| 2026-07-28 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
The InSight Take: Juan Orlando Hernández, from Indictment to Pardon 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
The InSight Take: Juan Orlando Hernández, from Indictment to Pardon
From the halls of presidential power to a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, and then an astonishing return to freedom: T…
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| 2026-07-21 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Four Decades of El Mayo’s Criminal Career End in a Life Sentence 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
Four Decades of El Mayo’s Criminal Career End in a Life Sentence
For four decades, Ismael Zambada García alias “El Mayo,” who was just sentenced to life in prison without parole in the United States,…
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| 2026-07-21 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine 400.0 t |
Juan Orlando Hernández 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
Juan Orlando Hernández
Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado is Honduras’ former president and a convicted drug trafficker. He served about 19 months of a 45-year sentence in the United States after being found guilty …
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| 2026-07-21 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
The InSight Take: After El Mayo’s Sentencing, is the Godfather Era of the Sinaloa Cartel Over? 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
The InSight Take: After El Mayo’s Sentencing, is the Godfather Era of the Sinaloa Cartel Over?
Deborah: [00:00:00] A federal judge in Brooklyn just sentenced Ismael Zambada Garcia, also known a…
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| 2026-07-16 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | Caribbean | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
On the Radar: The Rise of Liquid Cocaine 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
On the Radar: The Rise of Liquid Cocaine
Could liquid cocaine become the go-to trick for traffickers across the region?
Will “El Mayo” Zambada spend his final years in a hospital wing instead of a…
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| 2026-07-10 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | Pacific | 🟡 PROXIMITY | — | cocaine 100.0 t |
Panama Profile 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
Panama Profile
Panama’s strategic location, connecting Central and South America, has made it a key transit point for illicit trade, as well as a refuge and negotiating area for criminal organizations. Its trade-o…
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| 2026-07-09 | DEA_PRESS | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
On the Radar: ‘El Mayo’ Wants to Avoid Maximum-Security Prison 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
On the Radar: ‘El Mayo’ Wants to Avoid Maximum-Security Prison
Can “El Mayo” avoid the same supermax fate as his former business partner “El Chapo”?
Will renewed US bounties bring down…
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| 2026-07-07 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | fentanyl — |
The Last Chapitos Standing: Iván Archivaldo and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
The Last Chapitos Standing: Iván Archivaldo and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán
The United States is this week upping the multimillion-dollar rewards it has on the heads of the remaining leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel’s Chapi…
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| 2026-06-09 | DEA_PRESS | INSIGHTCRIME | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
‘I’m Just a Regular Girl’: The ‘Narco’ Influencer Who Survived a Kidnapping 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
‘I’m Just a Regular Girl’: The ‘Narco’ Influencer Who Survived a Kidnapping
When a white sedan pulled up alongside her Tesla Cybertruck on the side of a road in Culiacán, Sinaloa, social media influencer Nicole Pa…
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| 2026-06-01 | OFAC_DESIGNATION | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
The InSight Take: PCC and Red Command— Who Loses From US Terrorist Designations in Brazil? 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
The InSight Take: PCC and Red Command— Who Loses From US Terrorist Designations in Brazil?
In this week’s InSight Take, Managing Editor Deborah Bonello and Co-Director Steven Dudley discuss the r…
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| 2026-05-28 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | Eastern Pacific | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
On the Radar: US-Mexico Tensions, Massacres in Honduras, and Alleged Drug Boat Strikes 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
On the Radar: US-Mexico Tensions, Massacres in Honduras, and Alleged Drug Boat Strikes
What happened after Mexican officials testified about their alleged links to the Sinaloa Cartel?
What is behind a rise …
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| 2026-05-25 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
What the Murder of a Former Rebel Tells Us About Nicaragua’s Criminal Regime 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
What the Murder of a Former Rebel Tells Us About Nicaragua’s Criminal Regime
Costa Rica’s ongoing investigation of the murder of a prominent Nicaraguan dissident leaked into the open in March, revealing how the un…
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| 2026-05-22 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
The Different Faces of Balkan Organized Crime in Latin America 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
The Different Faces of Balkan Organized Crime in Latin America
The recent arrest of alleged Albanian drug trafficker Ervin Mata in Brazil is the latest example of how Balkan-origin criminal service providers opera…
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| 2026-05-21 | ARREST | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
On the Radar: Alex Saab’s Deportation, Colombian Elections, and Sinaloa Cartel Investigations 🎭 Cártel de Sinaloa
On the Radar: Alex Saab’s Deportation, Colombian Elections, and Sinaloa Cartel Investigations
Why is the deportation of a key Chavista figure to the US so important?
How will Colombia’s elections affe…
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