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2026-02-23 17:30
Mexico burns in the wake of kingpin’s death
TEHRAN — The killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the elusive leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) known as “El Mencho,” has ignited a firestorm of retaliatory violence across Mexico, leaving the nation in a state of paralysis.
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2026-01-07 22:20
By staff writer
The ‘narco’ smokescreen clears as US demands Venezuelan oil fields
TEHRAN — The smoke from the January 3 airstrikes on Caracas has barely dissipated, but the strategic landscape of the American aggression against Venezuela has already undergone a chilling transformation.
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2025-12-22 15:12
Venezuela hits 1.2 million barrel oil target despite U.S. pressure
Venezuela has reached its goal of producing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day this year, despite intensifying U.S. pressure and tanker seizures, said Vice President Delcy Rodriguez.
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2025-12-16 18:03
Eight more fatalities as US military escalates highly scrutinized boat attacks
The U.S. military has launched a fresh round of deadly strikes on foreign vessels suspected of trafficking narcotics, killing eight people, The Guardian reported Tuesday.
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2025-11-29 20:22
Trump's airspace closure directive escalates crisis around Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump declared the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela "closed in its entirety," a blunt Saturday Truth Social directive to "Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers" that offered no legal basis or operational details.
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2025-11-01 20:23
‘Power play on Venezuela’s coast is about hegemony, not drugs:’ Analyst
Venezuelan analyst Diego Sequera told Iran’s Mehr News Agency that Washington’s latest maneuvers in and around Venezuela are not truly about the drug trade.
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2025-09-06 20:21
By Garsha Vazirian
How Trump’s ‘drug war’ masks his drive for war against Venezuela
TEHRAN – In the choppy seas of international intrigue, truth can sink faster than a targeted vessel. When the U.S. military destroyed a 12-meter “flipper” speedboat off Venezuela, killing all 11 aboard, President Trump hailed it as a strike against “a Venezuelan criminal organization tied to Maduro.” Scratch the surface, though, and it looks less like justice than premeditated aggression.