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U.S. Designates Colombia’s Clan del Golfo as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

The decision immediately expands U.S. legal and financial pressure during Colombia’s Doha‑mediated negotiations.

FBI Releases New Photos of Fugitive Ryan Wedding Believed Taken in Mexico

Myanmar Opium Cultivation Hits Decade High, UNODC Reports

White House Weighs New Anti-Cartel Measures, Praises Sheinbaum’s Progress

Lebanese Army Captures Fugitive Drug Boss Nouh Zaiter in Bekaa Ambush

Alleged Transnational Drug Boss Zhi Dong Zhang Arraigned in Brooklyn on Superseding U.S. Charges

Colombia’s Military Kills 28 in Two Strikes as U.S. Tensions Deepen

China Lists 13 Fentanyl Precursors After U.S. Push as Patel Touts Deal

China Tightens Fentanyl-Precursor Exports After Unannounced FBI Visit as U.S. Halves Tariffs

Colombia Seizes 1.8 Tonnes of Cocaine in Joint Pacific Operation With El Salvador

France Launches Foreign-Policy Offensive on Cocaine Trafficking With Mexico Customs Pact and Colombia Extradition Bill

Spanish Forces Seize 6.5 Tons of Cocaine on Atlantic Freighter

U.S. Sanctions Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro Under Executive Order 14059

U.S. Sanctions Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro Over Illicit-Drug Allegations

US Extends Drug-Boat Strikes to Pacific, Killing Five in Two Days

U.S.–Colombia Rift Deepens as Trump Halts Aid and U.S. Cites ELN in Latest Caribbean Strike

EU Ministers Approve 2027 Ban on Russian Gas Imports

CNN’s Abby Phillip Accuses Scott Jennings of Lying After On-Air Clash Over Venezuela and Fentanyl

Trump Halts Aid to Colombia After Petro’s Rebuke as Pentagon Reports New Drug‑Boat Strike

WHO Panel to Weigh Coca Leaf Descheduling Next Week