💀 Narco-Trafficking Intel 635
SOUTHCOM strikes · USCG / DEA / DOJ interdictions · OFAC narco designations — Cuba ties scored
⇩ CSV
💀 Total events
635
all-time
📅 Last 30 days
82
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
0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 | KINETIC_STRIKE | INSIGHTCRIME | Eastern Pacific | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
On the Radar: De la Espriella Labels Criminal Groups ‘Terrorists’ 🎭 ELN
On the Radar: De la Espriella Labels Criminal Groups ‘Terrorists’
Is Colombia’s terrorist label for all criminal groups a new tactic?
Why have the US missile strikes against drug boats restarted after a…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-08-25 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
The InSight Take: Organized Crime Adopts the Latest Technologies in the Drone-IED Arms Race 🎭 CJNG
The InSight Take: Organized Crime Adopts the Latest Technologies in the Drone-IED Arms Race
Organized crime groups across Latin America are weaponizing commercial drones, pairing them with IEDs to atta…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-08-18 | KINETIC_STRIKE | INSIGHTCRIME | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
The InSight Take: The Shield of the Americas Grows, But Does it Have a Strategy? 🎭 ELN
The InSight Take: The Shield of the Americas Grows, But Does it Have a Strategy?
Colombia just became the 19th member of the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition—better known as Shield of the Americas—day…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-08-12 | KINETIC_STRIKE | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
National Liberation Army (ELN) 🎭 Clan del Golfo
National Liberation Army (ELN)
The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN) is Colombia’s last remaining insurgent group and one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Latin A…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-08-11 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | Caribbean | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine 3,000.0 t |
The InSight Take: Abelardo de la Espriella Inherits Colombia’s Fractured Criminal Landscape 🎭 Clan del Golfo
The InSight Take: Abelardo de la Espriella Inherits Colombia’s Fractured Criminal Landscape
Colombia’s new president faces one of the most complicated criminal landscapes in the world. In t…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-08-07 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Alex Saab 🎭 ELN
Alex Saab
Alex Nain Saab Morán is a Colombian businessman accused of being one of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s main frontmen. The government of Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez deported…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-08-06 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | Caribbean | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
On the Radar: ELN Bombing in Colombia Days Before New President Takes Office 🎭 ELN
On the Radar: ELN Bombing in Colombia Days Before New President Takes Office
How are Colombia’s armed groups positioning themselves as a new, hard-line president takes power?
Is gang violence spreading …
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-07-21 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
National Liberation Army (ELN) 🎭 Clan del Golfo
National Liberation Army (ELN)
The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN) is Colombia’s last remaining insurgent group and one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Latin A…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-07-14 | ARREST | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
José Manuel Sierra Sabogal, alias ‘Zarco Aldinever’ 🎭 ELN
José Manuel Sierra Sabogal, alias ‘Zarco Aldinever’
José Manuel Sierra Sabogal, alias “Zarco Aldinever,” was a former FARC commander who served with the 51st, 52nd, and 26th fronts in the departments …
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-07-08 | DEA_PRESS | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine 10 kg |
Can A New President’s Hard-Line Approach Stop the Spread of Coca in Colombia? 🎭 ELN
Can A New President’s Hard-Line Approach Stop the Spread of Coca in Colombia?
The United Nations has finally published its data on coca cultivation in Colombia in 2024, as drug crop plantations expanded…
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| 2026-06-18 | KINETIC_STRIKE | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Could the ELN Be the Next Major Target in Venezuela? 🎭 Tren de Aragua
Could the ELN Be the Next Major Target in Venezuela?
After the US-Venezuela cooperation on the missile strike that killed the leader of Venezuela’s most feared gang, could Colombian guerrillas, who have long encam…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-05-13 | ARREST | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
The Shottas 🎭 ELN
The Shottas
The Shottas are one of the leading criminal groups in Colombia’s port city of Buenaventura. The group gained notoriety due to its fierce and violent rivalry with the city’s other principal criminal group,…
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