Colombia's navy said that in the eighth phase of a multinational naval operation against drug trafficking organized by authorities across Europe and the Americas, more than 145 tonnes of cocaine had been seized.
Colombia's President Ivan Duque likened the arrest of Gulf Clan leader Dairo Antonio Usuga to the capture of late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar three decades ago.
Brazilian drug cartel boss Valeska Pereira Monteiro, also known as "Her Majesty," was arrested by cops while on holiday at Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
One of Colombia's Navy operations resulted in the seizure of 1.8 tonnes of cocaine being transported onboard a semi-submersible vessel in the south Pacific.
Authorities in the Dominican Republic recently seized 57 packages of cocaine during an interdiction operation carried out in a port in Santo Domingo Oeste.
As Mexican drug cartels continue to fight over lucrative drug trafficking routes, six bodies were discovered hanging off a bridge in Zacatecas, Mexico.
After police discovered 24 suitcases filled with cocaine on a private jet, the Spanish citizen passenger of the aircraft was detained at an airport in Brazil.
The indigenous people of Chiapas in Mexico had formed a heavily armed militia group in an effort to protect their communities from organized crime groups.
Organized crime group Jalisco cartel has imposed a policy of its own as a response to Mexico's "hugs, not bullets." One of the notorious drug cartels has abducted several members of an elite police force in Guanajuato.
A DEA senior official said that U.S.-Mexico efforts against Mexican drug cartels fell through after a breakdown in cooperation between law enforcement agencies.
Over $50 million worth of methamphetamine linked to a Mexican drug cartel was seized in a months-long drug operation of Florida's Polk County Sheriff's Office.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
A large gunfight between drug cartels Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Carteles Unidos in Mexico's state of Michoacán broke out last week, killing 27 people.
A federal judge in Mexico has ordered the arrest of a former governor of the state of Nayarit over money laundering charges. The daughter of former Nayarit Governor Roberto Sandoval Castaneda was also included in the arrest order.
