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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 21h
Can't wait to read these www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Says Preemptive Pardons for Administration Are Possible
President Donald Trump said he would consider giving preemptive pardons to members of his administration before leaving office, offering them wide-raging protection from prosecution.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
lmao www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seems noteworthy that Ted Cruz alleges that AT&T refused a lawful records request in the investigation of the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Violently removing Maduro as the mascot of a profoundly corrupt regime involved in illicitly trafficking oil, gold, cocaine, etc. only to befriend the rest of the regime and cut yourself into their criminal enterprises. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
nytimes.com
Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
business idea: combining sopa de Azteca with chicken noodle
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is either one of the most blatant, successful Russian intelligence coups in recent memory or DoD and DHS are cleaning up a huge fucking mess of their own making (in my personal opinion) www.rferl.org/a/us-russia-...
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US Firm Hid Russian Ownership While Selling Phone-Hacking Software To Pentagon, Officials Say
A US company that provided digital forensics and data-extraction software to the Pentagon and other government agencies was in fact owned by a Russian company that also sold software to Russian spy ag...
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
1. whistleblower complaints 2. Emil Bove/protected witness exfiltrations to Bukele regime custody 3. Eric Adams affair 4. Chengpeng Zhao pardon 5. Juan Orlando Hernández pardon www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
These are the Trump investigations Democrats plan if they win in November
Democrats hope to retake control of the House, and to use that power to probe Trump’s business ventures, legal maneuvers and policies.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"...welcome to the worst-case scenario. We now have a president who is using the post-9/11 counterterrorism powers for his own ends. He is declaring national emergencies where none exist and is targeting his political enemies as if they were terrorists."
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Extraordinary work www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A powerful message by three distinguished former Coast Guard officers with several decades of experience. On the one year anniversary of U.S. boat strikes. America’s War on Drug Smugglers at Sea Is Unlawful—and It Is Failing Must Read www.justsecurity.org/155570/ameri...
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America's War on Drug Smugglers at Sea Is Unlawful—and It Is Failing
U.S. strikes against alleged drug-trafficking vessels mark an unlawful expansion of military force into a law enforcement mission.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"...the thing that I think kept some of the other [ICE] instructors up at night was the possibility of organized crime getting access to the agency or penetrating the agency" ... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
nytimes.com
ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says
An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Stablecoin giant Tether's due diligence was so shoddy that the firm sold tokens to Sinaloa cartel fentanyl money launderers www.icij.org/investigatio...
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Crypto giant Tether promised careful vetting. Some early customers were later implicated in financial crimes. - ICIJ
Financial records obtained by ICIJ show that they included individuals later accused of or sanctioned for money laundering and other financial crimes.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
There's a figure you inevitably come across while reading about the violence in Mexico which is that 95% of homicides and other violent crimes are never solved. Most killings and disappearances are never even investigated beyond writing up the family's complaint. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/w...
nytimes.com
‘The Nest of Snakes’: Warring Cartels Target Women in Mexico
A two-year war between rival Sinaloa Cartel factions is driving a surge in killings and disappearances targeting women.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Best thing I've read in a while www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Mauricio Claver-Carone, who until recently served as an unofficial adviser on Venezuela for the Trump administration, has described Betancourt as an 'important ally' for the United States." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
washingtonpost.com
A Venezuelan oilman faced a Swiss arrest warrant. The U.S. had other plans for him.
The Trump administration intervened in a Swiss criminal investigation of Alejandro Betancourt, who has been helping Washington as an intermediary in Caracas.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
a moderate by Republican staffer standards www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A former Mike Collins staffer posted KKK and Nazi images. Some Republicans see a pattern.
Rep. Mike Collins (R-Georgia) is challenging Sen. Jon Ossoff (D). The former Collins staffer posted a swastika and shared an image of himself in what appear to be KKK robes.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Crime legal in Texas www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u...
nytimes.com
ICE agent Christian Castro Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight
The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Russia isn't the only destination for stolen vehicles. For decades stolen trucks and SUVs from Canada and the U.S. have also been trafficked to West and North Africa and the Middle East by various criminal networks often linked to terrorist groups like Hezbollah. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...
nytimes.com
Russian Sanctions Are Fueling a Canadian Car Theft Epidemic
Russia is the largest destination for stolen Canadian cars. Smugglers are meeting the demand of a booming black market.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I think it's cool and not scary at all that Anthropic and OpenAI train their models by tracking down, digitizing, and destroying old, obscure books similar to Judge Holden recording and then destroying ancient petroglyphs in Blood Meridian. Classic protagonist behavior.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hakeem Jeffries praising the Trump DoJ for dropping the criminal case against Henry Cuellar should have been a wake-up call. No more illusions about the rot within the Democrat establishment now. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
nytimes.com
Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Really good piece www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
newyorker.com
Nayib Bukele’s Content Machine Is Reshaping Latin America
How El Salvador’s authoritarian leader loomed over Colombia’s Presidential race.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
How Tether's Bitcoin mining plans in Uruguay (announced in May 2023) unraveled www.reuters.com/world/americ...
reuters.com
How Tether's bitcoin mining plans in Uruguay unraveled
Uruguay seemed like the perfect place for cryptocurrency giant Tether to launch a bitcoin mining operation.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A Trump administration Sinaloa cartel money laundering investigation 🚩 in New Jersey 🚩 🚩🚩that leads to Cambodia 🚩and the DEA is partnering with the fucking Cambodian counternarcotics police 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 ...bruh apnews.com/article/camb...
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Cambodia-US operation uncovers money laundering link to Sinaloa Cartel
Cambodian and U.S. anti-drug agencies have uncovered a network using cryptocurrency to launder money for Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Major pentagon contractor/prolific child sexual abuse content producer Elon Musk www.cbsnews.com/news/grok-el...
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Pentagon to start using Grok as part of a $200 million contract with Elon Musk's xAI
The announcement comes just days after Grok generated antisemitic responses and praised Hitler, which were later deleted.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Dumbest president in American history www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Navy weighs major warship redesign to match Trump’s preferences
The president wants the new fleet of aircraft carriers to more resemble those from World War II. Such a change could cost billions.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I honestly don't know what else this could be besides money laundering www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...
nytimes.com
Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.
The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 12/08/2026
Latin American /Caribbean states that Hegseth listed today as having agreed to some form of "joint operations" with US military personnel: - Ecuador - Guatemala - Honduras - Jamaica - Colombia www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCuD...
For its regional leadership to become the first ACCC member to partner with the United States in combined kinetic operation against narco-terrorists in Ecuador. I also want to commend Honduras and Guatemala for inviting the United States to partake in combined operations against narco-terrorists in their countries. Your people are already safer in killing bad guys.

Additionally, I want to thank Jamaica for working with the Department of War to create a new military partnership to cripple narco-terrorists that transit through the Caribbean. This partnership will forever change the security environment of the Caribbean. And finally, I'm also proud to announce that Colombia will join the ACCC, becoming the 19th member and through the newly inaugurated President, as our President likes to say, Colombia has already requested that the Department of War join Colombia in its fight against narco-terrorism, authorizing joint military operations to destroy terrorists and terror networks.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's like living in Beijing or Shanghai without the competence
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Carte blanche for sophisticated crime www.occrp.org/en/news/trea...
occrp.org
Treasury Rolls Back Ownership Reporting Obligations for U.S. Companies
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The guy that the Trump administration is in talks with to potentially succeed Raúl Castro was previously involved in a criminal smuggling ring in Quintana Roo according to court records. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/w...
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How Raúl Castro’s Grandson, Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, Became a Power Broker
The Castro family envoy, Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, who has been in talks with the Trump administration, was once named in a case targeting a Cuban smuggling ring.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Surreal how corrupt and compromised the President of the United States is www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags
The curious case of Guren “Bobby” Zhou shows the ease with which investors with shady backgrounds and unknown motivations can funnel money to the president.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
So this is very disturbing. A Russian outlet known for publishing info for Russia’s security services (FSB) wrote an article speculating Patel’s upcoming visit to Moscow. Everything from providing kompromat on Dems to him serving as a back channel. They even discussed what they could get in return.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In Mexico, this is called "Hauchicoleo" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Freedom Fuel, praised by Trump, sells cheap gasoline. But how?
Despite recent price hikes, the mysterious company is still offering a significant discount at 29 stations across Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"Put more simply: documents and interviews establish how a first-time contractor was paid millions of dollars to apply a novel solution designed by a golf club manager to a national landmark." Lol www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...
nytimes.com
How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington
A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
First useful thing she's done
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The most corrupt, compromised, gangster government in American history and it's not even close www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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EXCLUSIVE: Under Patel, FBI forges unprecedented law enforcement ties with China, Russia
FBI Director Kash Patel says he has forged new law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, two longtime U.S. rivals, over the past year in hopes of gaining allies in combating transnational cr...
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Seems like a story that the New York Times and Wall Street Journal and Washington Post should probably look into. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump accounts were closed in 2021 due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says
Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Devastating news for Garandthumb fans that flushed their G.I. Bill down the toilet at the Sonoran Desert Institute www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
washingtonpost.com
How predatory trade schools drained $300 million from the GI Bill and cheated veterans
Trade schools fleeced VA — and taxpayers — of more than $300 million, often by teaching short and easy courses, a Post investigation finds.
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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Any Senator’s stamp of approval on Todd Blanche’s reckless attacks on the rule of law is unjustifiable. Read Justice Connection’s full statement ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee vote tomorrow:
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Turns out the Trump Organization was "debanked" for AML compliance rather than political reasons. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
reuters.com
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe
The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to the president's family business.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Incredible how many plot lines go back to the failed Trump Taj Mahal www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...
nytimes.com
Trump’s Fixation on Arctic Ships Led to Billions in No-Bid Contracts
The president decided to buy 11 polar icebreakers after a game of golf with Finland’s president. Experts say it’s far from clear the United States needs so many.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Starting to wonder about Larry Ellison's entanglements with China
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 30/07/2026
NEW: A man alleged by a U.S. Treasury official to have acted as a front for U.S.-sanctioned Lebanese brothers was the owner of a subcontractor on a 2022 fuel supply contract awarded by the Pentagon. www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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Pentagon Fuel Subcontractor Owned by Alleged Front for U.S.-Blacklisted Brothers
A man alleged by a U.S. Treasury official to have acted as a front for U.S.-sanctioned Lebanese brothers was the owner of a subcontractor on a 2022 fuel supply contract awarded by the Pentagon.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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bloomberg.com
Trump Crypto Tie-Up Fueled Family Windfall, Investor Losses
Last summer, a money-losing digital-payments firm with a history of legal troubles seized what its leaders thought was a big opportunity: a deal with the Trump family’s crypto platform.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The plan to sell FIFA to private equity was hatched in secret talks with Jared Kushner's brother last year www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Secret Talks With Kushner Led to FIFA’s Controversial Sale Plans
The uproar roiling international football in the wake of FIFA’s plans to sell a stake in its new media division got its start in secret talks last year, when the chief of the sport’s international bod...
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The world's richest man calling for the implicit or explicit deaths of race traitors on the social media platform he owns should preface every word of news about Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, and X www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
After Trump's pardon of their Chinese CEO, an emboldened Binance continues to facilitate drug trafficking, industrial-scale fraud, terrorist finance, and child abuse globally www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
nytimes.com
Police Say Binance Is Making It Harder to Fight Crime
Investigators in Europe said that the cryptocurrency giant Binance had made it more difficult to track down scammers and solve other crimes.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Worth reading www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Private Equity Targets America’s War Machine and Its $1 Trillion Budget
Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg wants America’s war machine to get cozier with companies. The private equity firm he co-founded is building a constellation of next-generation businesses to a...
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Why would building a ton of new business for an energy company be time sensistive? So time sensitive in fact that the state of Louisiana and Meta are willing to overlook all of the risks that make the location uninsurable? Think about that for a minute. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/t...
nytimes.com
How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal
A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.
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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Cocaine is smuggled on commercial cargo and passenger ships, commercial airlines, small aircraft, and by land on commercial and passenger vehicles. Wholesale and retail prices are steady in the U.S. because it's still coming by the multi-ton. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.
The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.
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