Cartel news and developments. Coverage of cartel organisation's activities, regional influence, and related security developments from The Oceania Cables.
Summary: United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), in direct coordination with Venezuelan security forces and the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C), conducted a kinetic strike against a Tren de Aragua (TdA) compound in Venezuela. The operation resulted in the confirmed death of Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as "Niño Guerrero,
Summary Two US officials, later identified by multiple media outlets as CIA officers, were killed alongside two Mexican law enforcement agents in a vehicle crash on April 19, 2026, in Chihuahua, Mexico. The incident occurred after a major counternarcotics operation targeting a clandestine cartel-run chemical laboratory near Morelos. Fox