💀 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | KINETIC_STRIKE | INSIGHTCRIME | — | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Why Ecuador Is Losing Its Fight Against Organized Crime Why Ecuador Is Losing Its Fight Against Organized Crime
Ecuador’s militarized organized crime crackdown on gangs has failed to translate into a sustained reduction in violence. Three years in, President Daniel Nob…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-10-13 | KINETIC_STRIKE | SOUTHCOM | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
2026 AUSA Warriors Corner: Beyond the Kinetic Strike—Distinguishing Launched Effects from Loitering Munitions in Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) |
📎 southcom.mil ↗ |
| 2026-10-02 | KINETIC_STRIKE | INSIGHTCRIME | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
The Garífuna’s Fight for Land on Honduras’ Cocaine Coast The Garífuna’s Fight for Land on Honduras’ Cocaine Coast
It was supposed to be the payoff for a decade-long land-rights struggle for the Garífuna, the Afro-Indigenous people who live on Honduras’…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-09-25 | KINETIC_STRIKE | INSIGHTCRIME | — | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Record Coca Crops in Bolivia Feed a Growing Global Cocaine Demand Record Coca Crops in Bolivia Feed a Growing Global Cocaine Demand
Coca cultivation in Bolivia reached record levels for the third consecutive year, in an expansion that appears to be driven by global demand for co…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-09-10 | KINETIC_STRIKE | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Tiguerones 🎭 CJNG
Tiguerones
Within just a few years, the Tiguerones have risen from obscurity to a position as one of Ecuador’s most dangerous and influential criminal organizations and an important link in the international cocai…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-09-02 | KINETIC_STRIKE | INSIGHTCRIME | Caribbean | 🟡 PROXIMITY | — | cocaine — |
The US Anti-Drug Missile Strikes Are Back. But Are They Working? The US Anti-Drug Missile Strikes Are Back. But Are They Working?
The United States launched new strikes on vessels suspected of transporting drugs in late August—the first attacks after a two-month hiatus. The lat…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 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 ↗ |
| 2026-08-18 | 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 | SOUTHCOM | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Interviews - FPV drone kinetic strike joint exercise |
📎 southcom.mil ↗ |
| 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 ↗ |
| 2026-06-18 | 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 ↗ |
| 2026-06-15 | 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 ↗ |
| 2026-06-13 | KINETIC_STRIKE | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Tren de Aragua Leader ‘Niño Guerrero’ Killed in Venezuela 🎭 Tren de Aragua
Tren de Aragua Leader ‘Niño Guerrero’ Killed in Venezuela
Tren de Aragua leader Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias “Niño Guerrero,” has been killed during joint operations between the United S…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-05-05 | KINETIC_STRIKE | INSIGHTCRIME | Eastern Pacific | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
US drug-boat strikes — cumulative tracker (not a single event) AGGREGATE TRACKER, not one incident: a running tally of all US kinetic strikes on alleged drug vessels (~194 killed cumulatively across many strikes; e.g. a May 8 2026 eastern-Pacific strike killed three). Per-event casu…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |