On July 3, the United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), donated a first shipment of 50 brand-new, state of the art ventilators to Ecuador to assist its fight against COVID-19. The LTV 1200 ventilators, produced in the United States, have leading edge and in demand [ … ]
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Brazilian Air Force Officers Receive Awards in the US
Brazilian Air Force (FAB, in Portuguese) Major Julio Cesar Noschang Junior received the Outstanding Academy Educator award for his exceptional work as an instructor at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). Maj. Noschang teaches at USAFA’s Department of Foreign Languages. He is responsible for the coordination and instruction of [ … ]
Colombian Navy Offensive Against ELN Labs in Chocó
The Colombian Navy’s Pacific Naval Force reported the destruction of three cocaine hydrochloride labs, each capable of producing 2 metric tons per month, in an offensive against the narco-guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN, in Spanish). The operations took place in Chocó department, May 11-22. “Delegations of this war front, [ … ]
Honduran Security Forces Deal Blow to Narcotrafficking amid Pandemic
Despite the COVID-19 crisis and the measures imposed by the Honduran government to prevent the spread of the virus — including mandatory confinement, border closings, and the deployment of service members and police officers to carry out new tasks — Honduran law enforcement agencies continue to deal a heavy blow [ … ]
Honduras Fights Maritime Narcotrafficking with High Tech
Honduras is fighting narcotrafficking and transnational crime at sea with cutting-edge satellite technology from the Maritime Information Center (CIM, in Spanish) of the Directorate General Merchant Marine (DGMM, in Spanish) within the Honduran National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA, in Spanish). This technological connection center collects, analyzes, and evaluates large amounts of [ … ]
US Donates Ventilators to Colombia to Combat COVID-19
On July 1, the U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), delivered 200 portable ventilators to Colombia for intensive care units. The U.S.-manufactured ventilators are highly specialized, cutting-edge, compact medical equipment to treat COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms. The USAID donation also includes training for the correct [ … ]
Honduras Shuts Spaces to Venezuelan Narcotrafficking
Cooperation mechanisms among Honduras, the United States, and Venezuela’s interim government have become stronger to halt Venezuelan narcotrafficking mafias connected to the Nicolás Maduro regime, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. To strengthen military operations against drug trafficking and crime throughout the region, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández inaugurated the Combined Interagency [ … ]
Coast Guard, Colombia Navy Interdict 7.5 Metric Tons of Suspected Drugs In Western Caribbean Sea
The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies interdicted approximately 1,500 packages testing positive for cocaine on a motor vessel approximately 74 kilometers northeast of Panama, June 8, 2020. While on routine patrol, a Coast Guard HC-130 Maritime Patrol Aircraft crew detected a suspect motor vessel traveling northeast of Panama. The [ … ]
Chilean Navy Deploys Hospital Ship Amid COVID-19 Crisis
The Chilean Navy’s multipurpose ship LSDH-91 Sargento Aldea deployed in mid-June as a hospital ship off the coast of Valparaíso in central Chile to provide health care to non-COVID-19 patients. The ship’s mission is to free up beds at local hospitals so that they can focus on the most urgent [ … ]
Two Illegal Drug Labs Dismantled in Catatumbo, Colombia
During military operations carried out to neutralize logistics and financial activities of criminal groups in Colombia’s Catatumbo region, Norte de Santander department, and under the Freedom Heroes Campaign Plan, troops of the Colombian Army’s Vulcano Task Force located two laboratories for drug processing in the rural area of Convención and [ … ]
Costa Rica Increases Cocaine Seizures in Caribbean Coast Ports
Improvements in port control, intelligence work, and coordination with partner nations are yielding significant results for Costa Rica’s drug seizures at its ports, especially on the Caribbean coast. By the second week of May, Costa Rican authorities had carried out four major cocaine seizures, totaling more than 8 tons. In [ … ]
Brazil: Federal Police Cracks Down on Narcotrafficking
The Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) has increased operations against narcotrafficking in different parts of Brazil in the last few weeks. On May 19, the PF launched Operation Alias to dismantle a criminal organization that specializes in international drug trafficking. The organization operated from Guajará-Mirim city, Rondônia state, on [ … ]