Brazilian and Paraguayan security forces removed 673 tons of marijuana from circulation during the joint Operation New Alliance XXVII (Operación Nueva Alianza XXVII), which ended on September 3, 2021. During the 12-day operation, members of the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) and the Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in [ … ]
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Guatemala Asks UN for Strategy Against Narcotrafficking in Venezuela
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei urged Central American and other Latin American countries to implement a joint plan against illicit drug trafficking. More specifically, he referred to taking action against Venezuela, a distribution point for most drugs, much of which end up in the United States, President Giammattei said. “Drug trafficking [ … ]
Paraguay, US Capture Leader of International Money Laundering Network
On August 24, the Paraguayan and U.S. governments carried out a coordinated action against the money laundering network of Kassem Mohamad Hijazi, a Brazilian citizen of Lebanese descent involved in funding Hezbollah terrorism. In response to a U.S. extradition request, teams of the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) [ … ]
Colombian Army Has New Protection Capabilities
General Eduardo Enrique Zapateiro Altamiranda, commander of the Colombian Army, is committed to the fight against the country’s organized and remnant armed groups with international cooperation to confront transnational narcotrafficking threats. Diálogo spoke with Gen. Zapateiro about these issues at the Army Command headquarters in Bogotá. Diálogo: What are the [ … ]
Colombia Captures Alias Camilo 40, Leader of Los Contadores
The Colombian Army, in coordination with the Office of the Attorney General, arrested Mario Mauricio Morán, alias Camilo 40, head of the criminal group Los Contadores, a dissident faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, in Spanish). Authorities made the capture in Valle del Cauca, on September 3, [ … ]
WHINSEC Continues to Bridge Gaps
Some of the key pillars of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) are inter-service, inter-agency, and multinational integration as part of our educational process. To that extent, WHINSEC’s leadership is always seeking ways to continue to expand its reach across sister services, other governmental entities, and partner nations. [ … ]
Panamanian Public Force Conducts Exercises for Interoceanic Canal Security
Overseeing dangerous cargo in ports, boarding illicit smuggling vessels in Panamanian territorial waters, and responding to spills of toxic substances are some of the exercises that Panamanian security forces have carried out during PANAMAX Alpha 2021, an exercise held from mid-August to September. PANAMAX Alpha is an annual exercise led [ … ]
US Donates 4 Mobile Emergency Hospitals to Peru
The U.S. government, through its ambassador in Peru, Lisa Kenna, delivered four mobile hospitals to the Peruvian National Institute for Civil Defense (INDECI, in Spanish) for emergency and natural disaster response. The donation took place at the Peruvian Army Headquarters in Lima on August 27, 2021, said INDECI in a [ … ]
Brazilian Armed Forces Conduct Joint Operation Aboard NAM Atlântico
Between August 28 and September 4, the Brazilian Ministry of Defense (MD, in Portuguese) coordinated Operation Poseidon 2021, through which, for the first time, helicopters and crews of the three-Armed Forces operated jointly in an interoperability exercise aboard the Brazilian Navy’s (MB, in Portuguese) multipurpose aircraft ship Atlântico (NAM, in [ … ]
Sky-Fail
“The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives” In 1955 amidst the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force conceived a nuclear weapon project concept that involved a low-flying, nuclear-powered supersonic missile that carried a thermonuclear warhead. The Supersonic Low Altitude Missile, abbreviated as SLAM, was decades ahead of [ … ]
Navies of the Region Conduct Naval Exercise Transamerica XI
In mid-August, the navies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, the United States, and Uruguay — and Colombia as an observer country — took part in the Transamerica XI Maritime Traffic Naval Control Exercise. Ecuador organized and hosted the exercise. For two weeks, participating countries simulated tension, crisis, [ … ]
China Expands Pollution Footprint
Instead of honoring the “green promise” it made at the United Nations on September 22, 2020, to become a zero-emission economy, China has been increasing its pollution levels. The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is preparing to restart operations in Venezuela as soon as the Nicolás Maduro regime approves energy [ … ]