In late October, the Peruvian Armed Forces, in coordination with the National Police, destroyed thousands of marijuana plants in operations carried out in the Anco district, Ayacucho region. At that location, service members also destroyed clandestine drug labs, the Peruvian Armed Forces Joint Command (CCFFAA, in Spanish) reported. “Five labs [ … ]
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Narcotrafficking Threatens Atlantic Forest in Paraguay
Four protected areas in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest (BAAPA, in Spanish), in eastern Paraguay, are threatened by narcotrafficking, marijuana crops, and logging, the environmental journalism platform Mongabay Latam said in its October 14 report Illegal Marijuana Crops Destroy Atlantic Forest. The BAAPA is an ecoregion shared by Argentina, Brazil, [ … ]
Colombian Navy Intercepts Semisubmersible with 2 Tons of Cocaine
In late October, the Colombian Navy intercepted a semisubmersible with more than 2 tons of cocaine, the Colombian Military Forces’ General Command (CGFM, in Spanish) said in a press release. The operation, which units of the Tumaco Coast Guard Station carried out off the coast of Nariño department, will likely [ … ]
Brazilian Naval Peacekeepers Conclude UNIFIL Mission After a Decade
After almost a decade-long service with United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon’s (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force (MTF), assisting Lebanese Navy in securing the country’s vast territorial waters, Brazilian peacekeepers concluded their mission with UNIFIL before returning home December 2, 2020. Also concluding the UNIFIL mission, together with more than 200 [ … ]
Brazilian Air Force Installs Radar Station to Strengthen Border Monitoring
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB, in Portuguese) is strengthening surveillance and monitoring capabilities to control trafficking along the Brazilian border with Paraguay and Bolivia with the installation of new radar stations in the cities of Corumbá, Porto Murtinho, and Ponta Porã, in Mato Grosso do Sul state. Launched on August [ … ]
Colombian Navy, National Police Disrupt Narcotrafficking Ring in the Caribbean
In mid-October, through Operation San Jerónimo, the Colombian Navy and the National Police dismantled a narcotrafficking organization that held a monopoly on cocaine transport in La Guajira department on the border with Venezuela, the Navy said in a statement. During several raid operations carried out in the departments of Atlántico, [ … ]
Uruguay Dismantles Narcotrafficking Organization
On October 22, the Uruguayan National Police, with the support of the Uruguayan Air Force (FAU, in Spanish), dismantled a criminal group engaging in narcotrafficking that planned to smuggle cocaine from Bolivia by air, Uruguay’s Ministry of the Interior said in a statement. Nine people, seven Uruguayans, a Bolivian, and [ … ]
Brazil: Armed Forces Carry Out Anti-Aircraft Shield Joint Training Operation
More than 500 service members from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB, in Portuguese), Brazilian Army, and Brazilian Navy participated in the Anti-Aircraft Shield Joint Training Operation, October 27-30, to improve defense systems against enemy aircraft. FAB’s Aerospace Operations Command (COMAE, in Portuguese) coordinated the training, monitoring the development of the [ … ]
Brazilian Navy Conducts PASSEX Exercise and Other Activities with the US Navy
On November 4, training ship Brasil docked at Mayport Naval Base, in Jacksonville, Florida. After two weeks at sea, sailing from Brazil to the United States, the stop at the American port was the first planned by the Brazilian Navy (MB, in Portuguese) ship, which is carrying out its 34th [ … ]
Chile Seeks to Boost its Space Program
The Chilean government is boosting its space program with a new National Satellite System. The project, which Chilean President Sebastián Piñera announced in October, will include the launch of three satellites and will also have three ground stations to receive data and information. The initiative, led by the Chilean Air [ … ]
JTF-Bravo Concludes Disaster Relief Efforts
After nearly a month of supporting foreign humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (FHA/DR) operations under authorities granted by the U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense, at the request of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo) concluded immediate response missions for hurricanes [ … ]
ELN Leader Alias Uriel Neutralized in Colombia
During a joint operation, the Colombian Military Forces and the National Police neutralized on October 25, 2020, Andrés Felipe Vanegas Londoño, alias Uriel, a leader of the National Liberation Army (ELN, in Spanish) who was identified as the third commander of the western war front. “One of the most visible [ … ]