💀 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | Central America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Illegal alien couple sentenced to 10 years in prison for cocaine, gun crimes COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two illegal aliens from Mexico were sentenced in federal court here to 10 years in prison for cocaine and gun crimes.
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| 2026-08-04 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Missoula man pleads guilty to drug, gun charges following high-speed chase A Missoula man who trafficked significant amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine admitted to charges today.
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| 2026-08-04 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | marijuana — |
Members of Violent D.C. Street Crew Convicted of Drug Trafficking, Murder Charges Four members of the violent “Push Dat Sh*t” (PDS) street crew were found guilty yesterday by a federal jury in connection with their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed marijuana and ox…
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| 2026-08-04 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Owner of Brockton Store “Banks & Brancos” Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Firearm Crimes BOSTON – The owner of a Brockton clothing store, “Banks & Brancos,” pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to drug trafficking and firearm charges.
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| 2026-08-04 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | fentanyl — |
Providence Man Pleads Guilty to Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking PROVIDENCE – A Providence man who worked as a drug runner for a transnational narcotics trafficking organization pleaded guilty today in federal court in Rhode Island to methamphetamine and fentanyl charges.
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| 2026-08-03 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | Caribbean | ⚪ NONE | 86 | cocaine — |
Mapping Latin America’s Megaprisons 🎭 Tren de Aragua
Mapping Latin America’s Megaprisons
In the three years since President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele opened his famous Terrorism Confinement Center (Centro de Confinamiento de Terrorismo – CECOT), leaders arou…
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| 2026-07-31 | INTERDICTION | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Brazil Crackdown Reveals New Tren de Aragua Playbook 🎭 Tren de Aragua
Brazil Crackdown Reveals New Tren de Aragua Playbook
A recent police operation in northern Brazil has revealed how the Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua has established a presence in the country and adapted its …
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| 2026-07-31 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | fentanyl — |
Apollo Beach Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death Tampa, Florida – Ludwin Borgen (49, Apollo Beach) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber to 27 years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl, the use of which resulted in the death of a pe…
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| 2026-07-31 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Illegal Alien Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking Charge FELIX JIMENEZ, 38, a citizen of the Dominican Republic unlawfully residing in the U.S., pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to a cocaine trafficking offense.
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| 2026-07-31 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | methamphetamine — |
Pine Bluff Man Who Was Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug-Trafficking Crime Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison Spencer Walker will spend the next 360 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of…
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| 2026-07-31 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | methamphetamine — |
Lincoln Woman Sentenced to 25 Years for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine Jennifer Suing, 49, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 30, 2026, in federal court in Lincoln for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine actual with two prior convictions for a s…
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| 2026-07-31 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | fentanyl — |
Los Angeles Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Selling Fentanyl That Resulted in Fatal Overdose A Los Angeles man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for selling fentanyl that caused the death of a Vero Beach man, then continuing to traffic the deadly drug just two days later.
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| 2026-07-30 | OFAC_DESIGNATION | INSIGHTCRIME | Pacific | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
On The Radar: Airstrikes Aren’t Stopping Cocaine, DEA Admits 🎭 CJNG
On The Radar: Airstrikes Aren’t Stopping Cocaine, DEA Admits
Have US airstrikes in the Caribbean and Pacific actually slowed the flow of cocaine?
Who is “El 03,” the man the United States no…
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| 2026-07-30 | DEA_PRESS | INSIGHTCRIME | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Podcast | “They Are Going to Kill Us”: Sex Workers in Peru Face Extortion and Violence 🎭 Tren de Aragua
Podcast | “They Are Going to Kill Us”: Sex Workers in Peru Face Extortion and Violence
Sex workers in Peru face extortion and violence at the hands of police officers a…
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| 2026-07-30 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Southwest Georgia Man Sentenced on Federal Dog Fighting, Firearms, and Drug Trafficking Charges ALBANY, Ga. – Dun Terrius Bradford, 55, of Sale City, Georgia, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release after being convicted in December of 69 counts of illegally …
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| 2026-07-30 | DEA_PRESS | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Vermont and Texas Men Charged with Distributing Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine in Burlington, Vermont |
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| 2026-07-30 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | heroin — |
Yuba County Senior Citizen Indicted in Heroin Distribution Case A federal grand jury today has indicted Jose Gilberto Alvarez, 70, of Olivehurst, charging him with four counts of heroin distribution.
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| 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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| 2026-07-29 | INTERDICTION | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | cocaine — |
Estimated $20 Million Worth of Cocaine Seized from Commercial Truck at Border CALEXICO – Federal law enforcement officers seized more than half a ton of cocaine worth more than $20 million hidden in the floorboards of a commercial truck and attached flatbed trailer at the Calexico Port of En…
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| 2026-07-29 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Hamilton man convicted at trial of federal drug crimes CINCINNATI – A federal jury has convicted Marico Keeling, 36, of Hamilton, Ohio, with three counts of narcotics crimes. Keeling was a drug dealer who distributed narcotic…
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| 2026-07-29 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Key Pierce County drug distributor tied to investigation of white prison gangs, sentenced to eleven years in prison in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation Tacoma – A 44-year-old Puyallup resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma for his role as a significant distributor of narcotics for a Drug Trafficking Organization tied to white prison gangs, announc…
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| 2026-07-29 | DEA_PRESS | SOUTHCOM | — | ⚪ NONE | — | — |
Kentucky National Guard Artillery Battalion Trains for Northern Strike 2027 Soldiers with the Kentucky National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery Regiment conducted annual training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 7-19, 2026. The training focused on M109A7 Paladin Table VI live-fire quali…
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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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| 2026-07-28 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | South America | ⚪ NONE | — | methamphetamine — |
Illegal alien from Venezuela sentenced to federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas for trafficking methamphetamine A Venezuelan national, illegally in the United States, has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
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| 2026-07-28 | INDICTMENT | DOJ | — | ⚪ NONE | — | methamphetamine — |
Concord Man Sentenced to More than Three Years for Trafficking Methamphetamine |
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