Two major earthquakes with magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela on June 24, leaving nearly 3,000 dead and over 16,000 injured, with more than 16,000 people homeless. Rescue teams and international responders continue search operations across multiple central and western states as aftershocks persist.
Jul 5, 2026Sanctioned entity: Sobhi Mahmoud FAYAD. Aliases: Sobhi Mahmoud FAYADH, Subhi Mahmud FAYYAD, Soubi Mamout FAYAD. Program: SDGT.
Jul 28, 2026Reports of physical assault in Asuncion [3 sources]
Apr 30, 2026Rancher applied coercive pressure in Gran Chaco [5 sources]
Apr 30, 2026Panama applied coercive pressure in Panama [10 sources]
May 1, 2026Colombian authorities identified the body of Yulixa Toloza, who disappeared on May 13 after undergoing laser lipolysis at an unlicensed aesthetic center in Bogotá's Tunjuelito district. The 40-year-old woman was found dead on a roadside in Apulo, Cundinamarca. Five suspects, including the unlicensed surgeon Eduardo David Ramos and aesthetics center owner María Fernanda Delgado Hernández, have been arrested in Venezuela on charges including forced disappearance, obstruction of justice, and destruction of evidence. Colombian authorities are pursuing extradition under the 1911 Bolivarian Extradition Treaty.
May 20, 2026"Socalj" for Borderland Beat The US military has killed the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in an airstrike, President Donald Trump has announced. "At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero," Trump wrote on social media. Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, was recognized as the longtime leader of Tren de Aragua.
Jun 13, 2026Venezuelan police have captured three Colombian citizens wanted by Bogotá authorities in the death of Yulixa Toloza, a woman who died after undergoing lipolysis at an unlicensed beauty clinic in the Tunjuelito district. The suspects—identified as clinic owners María Fernanda Delgado Hernández and Edinson José Torres Sarmiento, plus a third accomplice—were arrested in Maracay and Portuguesa states after security camera footage showed Toloza being removed unconscious from the facility and placed in a vehicle. Her body was later found on a roadside in Cundinamarca; Colombian authorities have formally requested extradition.
May 20, 2026