Despite the pandemic that has affected the global environment, U.S. Army South as the Army’s Executive Agent, has maintained its role of conducting bilateral staff talks with partner nations in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility to strengthen the command’s professional relationships and create training opportunities in the Western [ … ]
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Crashed Aircraft with 1.5 Tons of Cocaine Found in Guatemala
Guatemalan counternarcotics forces seized 1.5 tons of cocaine found in a crashed light airplane in the northern department of Petén, on the border with Mexico and Belize, the Office of the Attorney General (MP, in Spanish) reported on November 12. Authorities found the partially burned aircraft with several drug packages [ … ]
Colombia Seized More than 4 Tons of Cocaine and Destroyed 63 Labs
In the last two weeks of October, Colombian authorities seized 4.5 tons of drugs and dismantled 63 cocaine hydrochloride processing labs, in six operations carried out in different parts of the country. On October 28, the Colombian Navy reported seizing 2,085 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride, 24 nautical miles northeast of [ … ]
Nicaraguan Regime Keeps at Least 113 Political Prisoners
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) denounced in an October 15 press release that the Daniel Ortega regime in Nicaragua keeps at least 113 political prisoners and continues to systematically violate human rights. “We receive complaints from civil society actors, which obligate us to alert regional [ … ]
Military Health Personnel Provide Medical Care to Indigenous Population in Northeastern Brazil
The Brazilian Armed Forces provided medical care to some 37,000 indigenous people in the state of Maranhão, which the Amazon Forest covers for the most part. The mission, known as Operation Maranhão, took place in three phases, between September and November, bringing together 24 service members in each phase — [ … ]
Dominican Republic Seizes More than 2 Tons of Cocaine
A counternarcotics team of the Dominican National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD, in Spanish) and the Dominican Armed Forces seized more than 2 tons of cocaine in two operations. On November 7, troops of the Navy and the DNCD intercepted an artisanal vessel that was carrying 231 packages of cocaine off [ … ]
Colombian Forces Neutralize Alias Caín
On November 16, 2020, a 16-year criminal career came to an end for Emiliano Alcides Osorio, alias Caín, top leader of Los Caparros criminal group. Colombian authorities neutralized him after a confrontation in the town of La Unión, Tarazá municipality, Antioquia. The Colombian government was offering a $130,000 reward for [ … ]
Working with International Partners, US Coast Guard Offloads More than $411 Million Worth of Drugs
It doesn’t matter how many times you look at it: It’s always impressive to see 23,000 pounds of cocaine and nearly 8,800 pounds of marijuana. That’s the amount of drugs — with a street value of over $411 million, according to U.S. authorities — the crew of the U.S. Coast [ … ]
Costa Rica Seizes 2.9 Tons of Cocaine in Plantain Container
The Costa Rican Drug Control Police prevented the departure of a drug shipment hidden inside a plantain container in Moín, Limón province, on October 11, 2020. The shipment, which was bound for Antwerp, Belgium, totaled 2.9 tons of drugs, the Costa Rican newspaper AM Prensa reported. “Another blow to international [ … ]
Operation Green Brazil 2 Fights More than 7,500 Fire Outbreaks in the Amazon
The Brazilian government extended through April 30, 2021 Operation Green Brazil 2, which prevents and counters environmental crimes in the Amazon region. The Ministry of Defense (MD, in Portuguese) coordinates the initiative by deploying members of the Armed Forces and Public Safety and Environmental Protection agencies. Green Brazil 2, launched [ … ]
US Army Supports Reconstruction of Colombian Islands after Hurricane Iota
The U.S. Army deployed its amphibious landing ship USAV Chickahominy (LCU 2011) in Colombia to help the Colombian Military Forces transport humanitarian assistance to the San Andrés and Providencia archipelago, in response to the emergency caused by Hurricane Iota, which devastated much of the islands on November 16, 2020. The [ … ]
US Donates 2 Emergency Hospitals to Peru
In late November, the U.S. government delivered two mobile emergency hospitals to Peru to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospitals, valued at more than $780,000, have the capacity to treat 80 patients a day. “The goal is that these two modern, complete mobile hospitals […] will be used to their [ … ]