Blockading Venezuela’s oil shipments finally gives teeth to a sanctions regime that dictator Nicolas Maduro has only scoffed at, offering real hope for a peaceful transition of power.

Lieutenant Colonel Juan Camilo Mazo is in charge of this part of the border with Venezuela. He is commander of Cavalry Group 5, with the Colombian National Army.

MADRID — Spanish police arrested 13 suspected members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, seized a stash of illegal drugs and dismantled two drug laboratories, authorities said Friday. The arrests were made in five cities in the first operation in ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Security Ministry said Saturday that it arrested an alleged local leader of the Tren de Aragua gang in Mexico City. Officials identified the suspect as Nelson Arturo “N,” 29, described as the leader and main operator of ...

Discussions set to begin in mid-January, Canadian prime minister’s office says

In a post on his Telegram account, Maduro said the number attacks was a record, adding: “I congratulate our FANB and the Military Aviation for being vigilant, we are culminating a year of offensive against criminal gangs and all enemies of the Homeland.