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@Dcabellor: We've currently seized 60 tons of drugs in various operations. That's the largest amount we've captured since 2010, six years after breaking with the DEA, the international drug trafficking agency.

Protesters are in front of the Municipal Palace, where citizen service personnel were already waiting for them.

Union protests in San Lázaro, and UNAM students pay tribute to victims in Iztapalapa today in Mexico City.

Maduro denounces that Venezuela is under threat of war from the United States.

Venezuela's state-owned National Electric Corporation (Corpoelec) denounced this Tuesday, September 16, a "new terrorist attack" against two of its main 765 kV (kilovolt) transmission lines, the second of its kind in less than a week. In a statement, the company called it an "extremist attack" against "infrastructure of vital importance to the flow of electrical energy in the country." This attack, it continued, is part of "a fascist strategy aimed at destabilizing the peace and national unity that will prevail in the face of external threats." "These attacks constitute a manifestation of the electrical war, promoted by groups operating in the service of dark interests and destabilizing agendas.

Colombian Senate declares Cartel of the Suns a terrorist organization. The Colombian Senate approved on September 16 a proposal that recognizes the Cartel of the Suns as a transnational criminal and terrorist organization that threatens regional security.

El Salvador Navy conducted a high-seas raid, seizing 1.4 tonnes of illegal drugs. Authorities intercepted a major shipment, showcasing the country’s commitment to combating organized crime and maritime drug trafficking

Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa declares a 60-day state of emergency in seven provinces over protests against his elimination of fuel subsidies

In Acajete, an armed group kidnapped Marco Antonio, 24, while he was traveling with his wife and 4-month-old son. When he resisted, he was shot and forced into a pickup truck along with the vehicle he was traveling in.

The Colombian Supreme Court has denied the extradition request to Venezuela of alias "Larry Changa," co-founder and leader of the Aragua Train.

Gustavo Petro is being denounced before the ICC for instigating crimes against humanity and genocide.

A 19-year-old man was hospitalized after being wounded by a gunshot after reports of shootings in different parts of Villa Juárez, Navolato

Trump dismisses Maduro's accusations of an alleged invasion and asks him to "stop sending drugs and members of the Tren de Aragua" to the US. "Stop sending the Tren de Aragua to the United States. Stop sending drugs to the United States," he stated.

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 59 km NNW of Salinas, Ecuador

Trump identifies 23 countries, including China, India, as major drug transit or production hubs: Afghanistan, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Venezuela

US Secretary of War after second attack on vessel near Venezuela: "Narco-militants are enemies of the US"

Trump claims the boat destroyed near Venezuela was carrying cocaine and fentanyl. "We've collected evidence and evidence. We know what time they left, when they left, what they had."

The US confirms that it will use all government resources to "arrest and deport" the members of the Aragua Train.

Trump: "This morning, at my direction, U.S. military forces conducted a second kinetic strike against positively identified and extraordinarily violent drug cartels and narco-militants."

U.S. military strikes another boat near Venezuela, killing 3 alleged drug traffickers

The US attacks a second vessel carrying alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers, Donald Trump announces.

Marco Rubio: "We don't recognize Maduro as president. More than 50 other countries don't either. That position, that of president of Venezuela, is just a title Maduro gave himself and is illegitimate."

Marco Rubio: "We will not allow a cartel to operate or pose as a government within our own hemisphere."

Maduro proposes that CELAC(the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) urgently convene a special conference on sovereignty and peace in the Caribbean. "I hope that this initiative, within the realm of supreme peace diplomacy, will take shape and become a preventive measure."

Maduro on US accusations: "What they say is a lie; there are no drug shipments in Venezuela." "There is a set of false narratives to justify an escalation where the goal is to enter and take over Venezuela."

Maduro on the tuna boat seizure: "They were looking to turn a minor incident into a major incident." "It would have been the military incident that extremists who want a war in the Caribbean are seeking."

Maduro: "Regarding the alleged attack on a supposedly Venezuelan vessel, which the US president presented in a video. The first thing that must be said is that the first person who has to investigate is the US president. The video deserves an investigation at the highest level of the White House."

Maduro in a press conference with national and international media: "I have not been, I am not, and I do not want to be a magnate or a multimillionaire. I have not had, I do not have, and I do not want to have any fortunes. As a leader, I am not inspired by accumulating hotels, casinos, or wealth. We are inspired by accumulating millions of consciences here and around the world."

Maduro calls Secretary Marco Rubio "the lord of death and war." "Wherever he goes, there is death, there are bombs, there are murdered children," he stated.

Maduro: "If life puts us on the path of having to take up arms to begin an armed struggle against imperialist aggression, our people will do so with serenity, confidence, and joy because they will be defending the most sacred cause, which is this land."