Brazilian and Paraguayan security forces have jointly dealt successive blows to narcotrafficking in recent weeks. On September 22, the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) dismantled a clandestine cocaine laboratory in the city of Villa Elisa. [caption id="attachment_40414" align="alignleft" width="338"] Brazilian and Paraguayan security forces concluded the 22nd phase [ … ]
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SPMAGTF Marines, JTF-Bravo donate critical supplies to Trujillo in Honduras
Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command and service members with Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo) donated boxes of single-use medical and reusable masks, wheelchairs, and kits for expecting mothers to Hospital Salvador Paredes in Trujillo, Honduras, on September 16. This joint service collaboration with the [ … ]
Panama Seizes 3 Tons of Drugs in 3 Days
The Panamanian Air and Naval Service (SENAN, in Spanish) seized about 3 tons of drugs, including cocaine and marijuana, in different operations conducted in Panamanian waters in late August. Authorities captured 13 people, Commissioner Ramón Nonato López, SENAN director, told Diálogo. On August 29, SENAN units, after receiving intelligence from [ … ]
US 4th Fleet and Ecuador Navy Prepare for UNITAS 2020
Maritime planners from U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. Fourth Fleet and the Ecuadorean Navy conducted a virtual Final Planning Conference (FPC) September 22-25 in support of the upcoming UNITAS LXI exercise, scheduled to occur November 2-11, 2020 in Ecuador. Ecuadorean Navy Rear Admiral Daniel Ginéz, commander of Naval Operations and [ … ]
60th CONJEFAMER Air Chiefs Discuss COVID-19, Air Operations, Space Domain
General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, and Major General Barry R. Cornish, commander of U.S. Air Forces Southern/12th Air Force, virtually joined air chiefs from 19 nations across the Western Hemisphere for the 60th Conference of American Air Chiefs (CONJEFAMER, in Spanish), September [ … ]
Colombian Air Force Receives First of 3 Hercules Aircraft Donated by US
The Colombian Air Force (FAC, in Spanish), on October 6, received the first of three C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft, delivered by the U.S. government as part of the countries’ bilateral cooperation, during a ceremony presided over by Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez. Colombian Foreign Affairs Minister Claudia Blum and [ … ]
Brazil Combats Drug Trafficking on the Border
The Brazilian government has increased patrol and surveillance on its border to stop the entry of drugs from neighboring countries. [caption id="attachment_40306" align="alignleft" width="300"] A-29 Super Tucano aircraft intercepted two aircraft carrying more than 1 ton of cocaine on the Brazilian border, on August 2, 2020. (Photo: Brazilian Federal Police)[/caption] One of [ … ]
Dominican Republic Strengthens Operations Against Organized Crime
The Dominican National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD, in Spanish) and the Dominican Armed Forces have strengthened operations against human trafficking, money laundering, and narcotrafficking. On September 16, 2020, the National Police led four simultaneous raids in different parts of the country to dismantle a human trafficking and money laundering network. [ … ]
Colombian Armed Forces Seize 8 Tons of Drugs
The Colombian Armed Forces seized 8 tons of drugs in several maritime and land operations, impacting the finances of criminals in the region. On August 21, the Colombian Military Forces’ General Command (CGFM, in Spanish) reported that authorities had detained a member of the National Liberation Army guerilla, who was [ … ]
Colombian Navy Seizes Nearly 3 Tons of Cocaine in 1 Day
The Colombian Navy dealt another harsh blow to transnational narcotrafficking by seizing 2,829 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride in four operations, carried out on August 5, 2020, in the departments of Antioquia, Chocó, and Tumaco. The Navy told the press that troops assigned to the Caribbean Naval Force had seized 1,814 [ … ]
Paraguayan Criminal Group Accused of Recruiting Minors and Kidnapping
The Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP, in Spanish) criminal group has been carrying out a series of crimes, mainly in the Northern region of the country. The small group was created in 2008, but some of its current members have been conducting clandestine and criminal activities since the 1990s, representing the [ … ]
Brazilian Police Operation Arrests More Than 400 People Linked to Narcotrafficking
On August 31, about 1,100 Brazilian Federal Police agents (PF, in Portuguese) launched the second phase of Operation Safe Box (Operação Caixa Forte), the country’s largest operation that has ever been carried out against criminal organizations. The operation, which was conducted in 72 cities, executed 422 arrest warrants and 201 [ … ]