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 [ … ]
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Brazilian Air Force Officer Takes On Deputy Director Role at U.S. Southern Command
In late January 2020, upon bidding farewell to faculty and students of the Brazilian Air Force Academy, where he acted as commandant, Major General David Almeida Alcoforado knew that it also meant saying goodbye to his country, as he was about to assume the role of deputy director of Strategy, [ … ]
Disrupting the Illicit Economy that Sustains the Maduro Regime
Nicolás Maduro and his cronies remain in control in Venezuela despite intense diplomatic pressure to move to a democratic transition, economic sanctions, and international recognition of Juan Guaidó as the acting president of Venezuela since January 23, 2019. The Maduro regime oppresses the population, destroyed the legitimate economy, engages in [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Panama: Security Forces Intensify Fight Against Narcotrafficking
Panamanian security forces have dealt successive blows to narcotrafficking. In August alone, the Panamanian Air and Naval Service (SENAN, in Spanish) carried out 10 counternarcotics operations, seizing 3,516 packages of cocaine and 248 of marijuana, SENAN said in a press release. Authorities captured some of the packages 10 miles off [ … ]
Peruvian Navy Seizes More Than 1 Ton of Marijuana
On August 23, the Peruvian Navy (MGP, in Spanish), through the Iquitos Port Captaincy, seized more than 1 ton of marijuana in a riverine operation on the Napo River, Loreto department. During the operation, the MGP said in a press release, a confrontation took place with armed individuals, leaving one [ … ]
Ecuador Combats Narcotrafficking with US Support
The U.S. government assigned $7 million to Ecuador on September 3, 2020 to improve the infrastructure of the justice and security department, to strengthen the fight against narcotrafficking and transnational organized crime. The Ecuadorean National Police has been keeping up the fight against narcotrafficking, and has seized more than 9.6 [ … ]
Operation Horus Seizes More Than 33 Tons of Marijuana
Brazilian Military Police from the Border Operations Department (DOF, in Portuguese), with support from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security’s Secretariat of Integrated Operations (Seopi/MJSP, in Portuguese), carried out Operation Horus in Mato Grosso do Sul state on August 26, resulting in the largest drug seizure in Brazil’s history. [ … ]
USAID to Allocate $1.17 Million to Support Venezuelans
On August 27, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that it will grant $1.17 million to five institutions that will directly benefit Venezuelans in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The money is part of a partnership between USAID and the Inter-American Development Bank that seeks to identify, [ … ]
Argentine Naval Prefecture Seizes More than 8 Tons of Marijuana
The Argentine Naval Prefecture (PNA, in Spanish) seized more than 8 tons of marijuana in Corrientes and Entre Ríos provinces and different areas of Misiones province, during several operations carried out on the Argentine-Paraguayan border in late July and early August. Authorities carried out the main drug seizure in early [ … ]