While Cubans struggle at home, the Castro family parties on yachts in the Mediterranean. Cuba, you are next....

Wilson Joseph, alias “Lanmò San Jou,” the leader of Haiti’s 400 Mawozo gang, has released videos directly challenging El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele In the clips, Joseph rejects threats he attributes to Bukele, declares that Haiti is not El Salvador, and dares the Salvadoran president to send troops into his territory. He is shown displaying weapons and large quantities of ammunition while claiming his group is ready and unafraid to confront Salvadoran forces. The messages come amid heightened security tensions in Haiti, including the disappearance of four Salvadoran personnel since October 18 after an ambush near Croix-des-Bouquets and Bukele’s subsequent announcement of a rescue operation.

Mexican Navy Raids Two Clandestine Meth Labs in Durango Mexican Navy personnel located and dismantled two clandestine methamphetamine production facilities near the town of El Destierro, Durango. Authorities seized approximately 1.5 tons and 3,000 liters of methamphetamine, along with chemical precursors, reactors, stills, and other drug-production equipment.

In Callao, Peru, hitmen killed Romario Cartagena, a performer and dancer with the musical group Guajiro y su Sello de Primera, during a celebration on block 9 of Jirón Loreto. The attack also killed 27-year-old Lizbeth Tamara Chávez Guerrero and left a third man injured. Peruvian National Police say Tamara was the intended target. Roughly a month earlier she had been present at the murder of Jonathan Bryan Márquez Huamaní (alias “Charlie Papa”), who was linked to a criminal organization in Callao. Authorities are investigating whether the double homicide was a reprisal for that killing. Romario Cartagena is believed to have been a collateral victim. Police have arrested a man known as “Piero,” who is under investigation for possible involvement in the attack.

Miguel Castellanos, former Secretary of Government of Cúcuta and a retired police officer, was murdered on the afternoon of Monday, October 26, in a shooting in the El Pórtico area along the Western Ring Road in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander. He was also the brother of former congressman Jairo Castellanos. Preliminary reports indicate he was shot in the head. A minor who was traveling with him in the vehicle was unharmed. Authorities have secured the scene and opened an investigation to identify the perpetrators and establish a motive. The government of Norte de Santander has offered a reward of up to 100 million pesos for information leading to the location and arrest of those responsible.

Multiple Homicide Under Investigation in Rural Suaza, Huila Authorities are investigating a suspected multiple homicide in the La Palma rural area of Suaza, Huila, where preliminary reports indicate that six people were killed. The incident is believed to be linked to an extortion attempt, though the exact circumstances remain unclear. Police, Army, and Criminal Investigation Unit personnel are working to establish what occurred, identify the victims, and locate those responsible.

Drug Lab Dismantled in Sinaloa: 100 kg of Methamphetamine Seized Mexican Navy personnel and federal authorities discovered and dismantled a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Los Brasiles, Sinaloa. During the operation, they seized 100 kilograms of methamphetamine, 32 liters of chemical precursors, and production equipment, which was destroyed on site. Authorities noted that more than 2,700 laboratories and production sites have been dismantled under the current federal administration.

Prison inmates filmed themselves on a cell phone enthusiastically celebrating Lula’s electoral victory.

Former Sinaloa Judicial Employee Found Shot Dead in Culiacán Jesús Roberto, 38, a former employee of the Supreme Court of Justice of the State of Sinaloa, was found shot dead Sunday evening near a gas station in the Ciudad Universitaria area of Culiacán. He was reportedly abducted hours earlier by armed men while outside a tire shop on Avenida Nicolás Bravo in the Morelos neighborhood. His body was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds.

“El Isra,” Key Los Rusos Operative, Arrested While Dining in Mexicali cartelwatch.net/2026/10/26/e…

Members of the Savien gang set fire to the home of a leader of a local self-defense group in the community of Chandèl, in Haiti’s Artibonite department.

On Sunday, October 25, 2026, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader made her first public appearance back on Venezuelan soil. Dressed in white and visibly moved, she entered the church dedicated to one of Venezuela’s most venerated Marian images. Supporters surrounded her with hugs, tears, applause, rosaries, and crucifixes. One woman, crying, summed up the moment: “The Virgin has performed a miracle for us.”

Early this morning in Guasave, Sinaloa: A convoy of 16 SEMAR (Mexican Navy) vehicles entered the city, accompanied by a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter with its navigation lights off. No ops reported, only personnel movement.

An armed ambush yesterday afternoon in Concepción, Bolivia, targeted the occupants of a pickup truck. Initial reports claimed that “narco” Júnior Trindade, leader of the ADE/TCP-GO faction from Goiás, Brazil, had been killed. He is alive but in serious condition at the hospital. Early reports of his death were incorrect. His wife was reportedly arrested in Concepción after attempting to arrange a plane to fly him to Santa Cruz de la Sierra. A second Brazilian who was with him was also injured. His identity has not yet been confirmed. Conflicting accounts continue about who carried out the attack. The incident is being linked by local authorities to organized-crime activity in the border region of the Chiquitanía.

Members of the Haitian gangs known as the Taliban and 400 Mawozo opened fire on United Nations helicopters, using possibly a M16A1 (Colt 603) and G3A3 assault rifles.

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October 24, 2026 - Salvadoran troops reported their first direct armed clash with Haitian criminal gangs in the Cul-de-Sac plain near Port-au-Prince. The confrontation occurred while the soldiers were conducting search operations in the area. At least one Salvadoran soldier was injured.