President Donald Trump has finally named the enemy: Mexican drug cartels. Declaring them unlawful combatants and recognizing a “non-international armed conflict” marks one of the most consequential national security shifts in modern history. For decades, Washington treated cartel violence as a crime — a problem for prosecutors, not generals. Indictments were filed, assets seized, and sanctions imposed. But the cartels fought a different kind of war, one that combined terror, intelligenc...| Blaze Media
Recent court filings in Mexico have drawn fresh scrutiny to two sons of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, over their alleged connections to a sprawling fuel theft and smuggling operation linked to powerful cartels. Documents obtained by the news outlet Latinus reveal that Andrés Manuel “Andy” López Beltrán and Gonzalo “Bobby” […] The post Cartel Ties Swirl Around Sons of Mexico’s Former President Amid Fuel Smuggling Probe appeared first on based und...| based underground
(DCNF)—U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Fox News Thursday that federal authorities seized one of the largest drug precursor shipments ever headed for the Sinaloa Cartel. The Trump administration ramped up its cartel crackdown after President Donald Trump authorized military strikes Tuesday, with the latest operation off Venezuela’s coast killing 11 alleged […]| based underground
President Donald Trump has quietly authorized the U.S. military to take action against certain Latin American drug cartels designated by| IJR
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On 2 June 2025, the European Commission (“Commission”) fined the food delivery companies Delivery Hero and Glovo EUR 329 million for engaging into cartel conduct through agreeing not to poach each other’s employees, exchanging competitively sensitive information, and allocating geographic markets. The decision signals increased antitrust scrutiny of labour-related arrangements between rivals and underscores the... Continue Reading…| Covington Competition