Satellite Data Reveals How the U.S. Navy Is Deployed Near Venezuela

The Times identified nearly 100 locations traversed by naval vessels across a two-and-a-half-month period to determine what the military pressure campaign against Venezuela looks like at sea.

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U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.

An official U.S. government exercise during President Trump’s first term forecast turmoil and potential violence in a post-Maduro Venezuela.

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Police Found $1 Million in a Tub Under a Garage. The Government Gets to Keep It.

A court ruled that the hidden cash, which the police found while searching for an illegal gun in Ontario, did not lawfully belong to the man living on the property.

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F.B.I. Hunt Intensifies for Ryan Wedding, Snowboarder Accused of Being a Drug Kingpin

Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic athlete said to be a major cocaine trafficker, is accused of ordering the murder of a witness who was set to testify against him.

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Henry Todd, LSD Kingpin Turned Everest Guide, Dies at 80

He helped make and distribute millions of LSD tablets in the 1970s. After seven years in prison, he ran mountain climbing expeditions in the Himalayas.

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Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think.

Venezuelans coined a figure of speech for the phenomenon of generals corrupted by drug money: “Cartel de los Soles.” Then the United States started talking about it as a literal organization.

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U.S. Military Threat Puts Spotlight on Venezuela’s Allies

American adversaries are unlikely to help President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela fend off a concerted attack. But they have made toppling him harder.

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Trump Gives Mixed Messages About Military Action Against Venezuela

President Trump said that he was open to talking with President Nicolás Maduro but that the United States has “to take care of Venezuela” as the U.S. builds a military force in the Caribbean.

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3 Charged With Trying to Bribe Juror in Boxer’s Drug Smuggling Case

The defendants contacted a man on the jury and arranged to meet him on Staten Island, where they offered $100,000 for an acquittal, prosecutors say. A new jury will be anonymous.

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Trump Administration Escalates Pressure on Venezuela

The Trump administration on Sunday placed an aircraft carrier in the Caribbean and announced it would designate a Venezuelan group as a foreign terrorist organization.

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