Armies of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru Conduct Expansive Joint Operation in the Amazon

May 18, 2016

Colombia Targets Criminal Corridors Along Its Caribbean Coast

September 11, 2026

Recent Colombian Army operations in northern Colombia underscore the Caribbean’s strategic importance to the criminal organizations operating in the country. Controlling coastal corridors, transportation […]

Special Report

For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]