💀 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | ARREST | INSIGHTCRIME | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | heroin — |
Guerreros Unidos 🎭 CJNG
Guerreros Unidos
The Guerreros Unidos are a splinter group of the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) based in central Mexico. The group is dedicated mainly to extortion and kidnapping but also sends drugs to the …
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-08-13 | DEA_PRESS | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Podcast | Gio and Fito: When Gangsta Rap Gets Real Podcast | Gio and Fito: When Gangsta Rap Gets Real
Gio was a gangsta rapper. He was also the right-hand man of Ecuador’s most notorious criminal, Choneros boss “Fito.”
*This …
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-08-13 | OFAC_DESIGNATION | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Red Command (Comando Vermelho) 🎭 FARC dissidents
Red Command (Comando Vermelho)
The Red Command (Comando Vermelho – CV) is Brazil’s oldest criminal group. Created in a Rio de Janeiro prison in the 1970s as a self-protection group for prisoners, it started out wi…
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-08-13 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
On the Radar: Cartel Coalition’s Gaps and a CJNG Weapons Bust 🎭 CJNG
On the Radar: Cartel Coalition’s Gaps and a CJNG Weapons Bust
What can Washington’s new “cartel coalition” deliver?
What does the arrest of CJNG operators in Europe say about the…
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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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| 2026-08-12 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Passaic County Convicted Felon Sentenced to 15 Years for Firearms and Narcotics Offenses A Passaic County man was sentenced on August 5, 2026, to 180 months imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for firearms and narcotics offenses.
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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 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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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 2026-08-12 | INTERDICTION | DOJ | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Illegal Alien from Mexico Indicted after Utah Agents Seize Narcotics, Including Methamphetamine from Alleged Drug Trafficker SALT LAKE CITY , Utah – A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment today charging an illegal alien from Mexico with a drug crime after he sold cocaine during an undercover operation, and after agents s…
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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 2026-08-12 | INTERDICTION | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
California Alleged Drug Trafficker Indicted in the District of Utah SALT LAKE CITY , Utah – A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment today charging an alleged drug trafficker from California with multiple drug crimes after an interstate stop led to the seizure of fen…
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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 2026-08-12 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Buffalo man going to prison on gun charge U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Antonio Rivera-Perez, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to serve 60 months in …
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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 2026-08-12 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Prior felon pleads guilty to cocaine and gun charges U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Adonis Wiggins, 49, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Meredith A. Vacca to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a fel…
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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 2026-08-12 | DEA_PRESS | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Texas Man Guilty of Federal Controlled Substances Act and Interstate Travel Act Violations uncovered during Homeland Security Task Force investigation NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On August 6, 2026, JESUS MARTINEZ, JR. (“MARTINEZ”) , age 30, pled guilty before United States District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distri…
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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 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 ↗ |
| 2026-08-11 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Three Members of Florida Keys Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Federal Prison Three members of a large-scale cocaine trafficking organization operating in the Florida Keys have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a years-long conspiracy to distribute cocaine throughout Monroe Count…
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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 2026-08-11 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | methamphetamine — |
New Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking in Large Quantities of Methamphetamine |
📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 2026-08-11 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Homeland Security Task Force Announces Twenty-Five-Year Sentence for Colombian Drug Kingpin Tampa, FL – Jose Ramiro Cardenas-Iguaran, a/k/a “Titi,” “Senor,” “Jefe” (47, Colombia) has been sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell to 25 years in federal prison for conspiring to…
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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 2026-08-10 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine 3 kg |
Ketamine Trafficking Expands Across Latin America 🎭 Tren de Aragua
Ketamine Trafficking Expands Across Latin America
More and more countries across Latin America and the Caribbean are reporting cases of ketamine trafficking, reflecting a shift in the region’s drug markets driven …
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📎 insightcrime.org ↗ |
| 2026-08-10 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | fentanyl — |
Drug trafficker from Phoenix sentenced to 150 months in prison Tacoma – A 42-year-old Phoenix man with prior convictions for drug trafficking was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 150 months (12.5 years) in prison for acting as a broker for huge amounts of methamph…
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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 2026-08-10 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | fentanyl — |
Fresno County Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Causing Overdose Death FRESNO, Calif. — Austin Lloyd Kerns, 54, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff to 12 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
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📎 justice.gov ↗ |
| 2026-08-08 | DEA_PRESS | SOUTHCOM | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Northern Strike expands training opportunities for West Virginia artillery battery West Virginia Army National Guard artillery Soldiers leverage Camp Grayling’s size and training capabilities during Northern Strike 26-2 to rehearse realistic fire missions, mobility and battlefield survivability.
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📎 southcom.mil ↗ |
| 2026-08-08 | DEA_PRESS | SOUTHCOM | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Strike First Battalion builds morale, family connection during Organization Day Soldiers and Families assigned to 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, gathered for an Organization Day at Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area on Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. …
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📎 southcom.mil ↗ |
| 2026-08-08 | DEA_PRESS | SOUTHCOM | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
USS Theodore Roosevelt Host Friends and Family Cruise SAN DIEGO – Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, hosted a one-day friends and family cruise, Aug. 8, 2026.
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📎 southcom.mil ↗ |
| 2026-08-07 | INDICTMENT | INSIGHTCRIME | Caribbean | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Gulf Cartel (Cartel del Golfo) 🎭 CJNG
Gulf Cartel (Cartel del Golfo)
The Gulf Cartel is one of Mexico’s oldest criminal groups, but it no longer operates as a unified organization. It is divided into rival factions that have lost territory and influen…
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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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