💀 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | Caribbean | 🟠 TRANSITIVE | — | cocaine — |
The InSight Take: US Drug Certification: Law Enforcement or Politics? 🎭 Cartel de los Soles
The InSight Take: US Drug Certification: Law Enforcement or Politics?
Why did the United States remove Venezuela from its drug blacklist while Colombia and Bolivia remain on it? In this InSight Take, w…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-09-23 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | Caribbean | 🟠 TRANSITIVE | — | cocaine — |
The InSight Take: US Drug Certification: Law Enforcement or Politics? 🎭 Cartel de los Soles
The InSight Take: US Drug Certification: Law Enforcement or Politics?
Why did the United States remove Venezuela from its drug blacklist while Colombia and Bolivia remain on it? In this InSight Take,…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-09-09 | DEA_PRESS | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | 🟠 TRANSITIVE | — | — |
How a Food Program Fueled Venezuela’s Organized Crime 🎭 Tren de Aragua
How a Food Program Fueled Venezuela’s Organized Crime
Delcy Rodríguez’s silent dismantling of a subsidized food program, the CLAP (Comités Locales de Abastecimiento y Producción), shutters a scheme that epitomized…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-07-29 | OFAC_DESIGNATION | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | 🟠 TRANSITIVE | — | — |
Reshuffled or Reformed? Venezuela’s Criminal Order After Maduro 🎭 Cartel de los Soles
Reshuffled or Reformed? Venezuela’s Criminal Order After Maduro
The arrest of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on January 3 was an unprecedented aggression by the United States.
…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-07-23 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | 🟠 TRANSITIVE | — | cocaine — |
On the Radar: Maduro Trial Takes Shape as Brazil Targets PCC Finances 🎭 Cartel de los Soles
On the Radar: Maduro Trial Takes Shape as Brazil Targets PCC Finances
What’s the latest on the US case against Nicolás Maduro?
Brazil keeps targeting the PCC’s finances—but is it working?
And what …
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-06-15 | KINETIC_STRIKE | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | 🟠 TRANSITIVE | — | cocaine — |
The InSight Take: The Future of Tren de Aragua After the Death of Niño Guerrero 🎭 Tren de Aragua
The InSight Take: The Future of Tren de Aragua After the Death of Niño Guerrero
The killing of Hector Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero, by US and Venezuelan forces struck a substantial blow…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-06-12 | ARREST | INSIGHTCRIME | Caribbean | 🟠 TRANSITIVE | — | cocaine — |
When Tren del Llano Went to War: Stolen Elections and Vengeance in Venezuela 🎭 Tren de Aragua
When Tren del Llano Went to War: Stolen Elections and Vengeance in Venezuela
This article is part of a series produced by InSight Crime and the Venezuelan human rights organization Defiende Venezuela. Explore t…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-05-19 | OFAC_DESIGNATION | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | 🟠 TRANSITIVE | — | cocaine — |
Venezuela Says It is Fighting Organized Crime. Is It? 🎭 Cartel de los Soles
Venezuela Says It is Fighting Organized Crime. Is It?
Since the capture and extradition of Nicolás Maduro in early January by United States military forces, Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez has been tr…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |