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Abelardo De La Espriella stated that the Military Forces carried out an operation in Cajibío, Cauca, against members of the Fredy Martínez column, belonging to the Jaime Martínez structure of the Central General Staff of alias Iván Mordisco and the Jacobo Arenas Western Bloc. He wrote that two members of the group died in the El Dinde neighborhood and that weapons, a mortar, grenades, and a drone were seized. He also said that a laboratory with 105 kilos of base cocaine and 1,500 gallons of ACPM was found. De La Espriella added that the forces continued to confront the narcoterrorists and ended his message with patriotic and religious slogans. #Cauca #Narcotráfico #EjércitoColombiano (translated)

The violence between drug trafficking gangs in Spain has intensified due to the arrival of Mexican and Albanian cartels, as well as the increase in the price of cocaine, which has led to an increase in settling scores and drug thefts. #Narcotráfico #Violencia #Cárteles (translated)

Simón Levy stated that U.S. security forces had arrested Álvaro Pulido, an associate of Alex Saab, and that he was in U.S. custody. He also claimed that Pulido had delivered more than 40 million dollars to López Obrador in Mexico and had operated drug trafficking routes with Iran and Mexico at the AIFA. https://t.co/2vkRJoeK1b #México #Narcotráfico #Corrupción (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella reported that four suspected members of the Edwin Román Velásquez Valle substructure of the Gulf Clan had been captured in Santa Fe de Antioquia and Betulia. Among them, he identified alias “Caliche,” whom he described as a coordinator of hitmen, and aliases “Pachito,” “Valeria,” and “Lina.” He stated that they participated in the attack in Betulia in which sub-inspectors Wilmer Ovidio Gallego Sepúlveda and Edwin Danilo Chamorro Bastida were killed. He also pointed out that in Nuquí, Chocó, alias “Niño Potro” had been captured, wanted for extradition by the United States and accused of coordinating the shipment of nearly two tons of cocaine a month. De La Espriella said he would seek to dismantle the Gulf Clan and bring its members to justice, and concluded with patriotic and religious slogans. #Narcotráfico #Justicia #Colombia (translated)

Ibero-American governments, including Venezuela, have found numerous areas of understanding with Washington, especially in security and the fight against drug trafficking, which has boosted the creation of coalitions of interests in the region. #Iberoamérica #EstadosUnidos #Cooperación (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that an organizational chart showed that Abelardo had placed 16 members of his law firm in key positions that, he claimed, allowed for the return of assets to drug traffickers. He added that he would later show that many assets of drug traffickers removed from the OFAC list had been purchased by the National Land Agency (ANT) to be handed over to the peasantry, and that many were still in the process of extinction. #Narcotráfico #Corrupción #Justicia (translated)

The Jucil association warns that the coastline of Murcia is becoming the new Andalusian coast for drug trafficking and requests a specific plan from the Ministry of the Interior to combat the use of narcolanchas, after violent incidents were recorded with security forces in the area. #Narcolanchas #InmigraciónIlegal #GuardiaCivil (translated)

Carol Borda wrote that the justice system of the United States had revealed that Nicolás Maduro was paying off drug trafficking debts by arming Colombian narco-guerrillas. She also pointed out that Eva Ferrer accused the former first lady of transporting drugs on official planes and bringing in 2.5 million dollars. Borda stated that, instead of diplomatic integration with Caracas, it was a criminal network that shared money and routes. #Justicia #Narcotráfico #Colombia (translated)

María Fernanda Cabal described Eva Ferrer's allegations in Semana as "very serious" and stated that Verónica Alcocer would have led a gang that transported millions of dollars and drugs from Venezuela on an official plane. She also claimed that there would have been money for campaign funding for cousins and disputes over those funds, and described Petro's environment as organized crime. Cabal questioned the morality that, she said, they preached regarding the alleged enrichment with drug trafficking money. #Colombia #corrupción #narcotráfico (translated)

Russy Millán stated that, after listening to an interview with Eva Ferrer, he once again concluded that the Petro-Alcocer formed a criminal gang. According to Millán's summary of what Ferrer said, Verónica allegedly transported drugs to Venezuela, received money from drug trafficking, trafficked in arms, and obtained funds from Papá Pitufo and illegal money from Euclides. She would also have had several front men, participated in the embezzlement of the UNGRD, and attempted to usurp the Presidency. #CrimenOrganizado #Narcotráfico #Corrupción (translated)

The investigation by Judge Santiago Pedraz reveals indications of an operation by the alleged "sewer" system of the PSOE to destabilize the case of the president Pedro Sánchez's brother against Judge Beatriz Biedma, involving Leire Díez and a disqualified former judge. #CloacasDelEstado #Justicia #Narcotráfico (translated)

Nayib Bukele stated that Latinobarómetro had maintained a hostile editorial line towards his government, although its measurements historically enjoyed prestige and, according to him, were based on data and not on ideological narratives. Bukele pointed out that El Salvador had ranked first in 19 of the 20 indicators of the survey for Latin America, related to security, trust in institutions, state efficiency, and public services. He added that, in the remaining indicator, the Presidency of the Republic was the institution that generated the most trust among Salvadorans, something that, he said, only happened in El Salvador. He ironically referred to those who labeled the country a dictatorship despite these results. #ElSalvador #ConfianzaInstitucional #SeguridadLatinoamericana (translated)

Alejandra Monteoliva stated that she designed and implemented the Güemes Plan when she was Secretary of Security to combat drug trafficking and smuggling at the northern border. Upon completing 22 months of its implementation, she said that the plan was still operational and delivering concrete results, and she described it as a success. She also stated that drug traffickers and smugglers had been impacted because the operation was aimed directly at their interests and criminal businesses, and she pointed out that this was precisely the objective. #SeguridadNacional #LuchaContraElNarcotráfico #PlanGüemes (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that sanctioning magistrates and judges constituted an ignominy against humanity and asserted that Latin America should not allow it. He said that the OFAC list should disappear and be replaced by an effective global instrument against drug traffickers. He also called for the replacement of political lists that, according to him, promoted apartheid and segregation with guarantees for free thought and expression, and proposed to rebuild a broader and deeper international law on that basis. He added that international justice should investigate and judge international drug trafficking and pursue drug traffickers and their assets anywhere in the world. #Justicia #DerechosHumanos #Narcotráfico (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that the United States government had indicated that there were no criminal charges against him or evidence linking him to drug trafficking. He said he had been on a list for a year due to his speeches as president about Gaza and against Netanyahu, whom he labeled a genocidal. He described his inclusion as a political punishment that he could not accept and maintained that the opinions of a president before the United Nations Assembly and his related acts were protected by an international treaty and by U.S. law. #Política #DerechosHumanos #LibertadDeExpresión (translated)