Though there is a current focus on the Northern Triangle countries of Central America ̶ Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras ̶ because of the positive results of the cooperation between the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies in reducing the violence stemming from drug trafficking and gang activity within their [ … ]
Transnational Threats
Costa Rican Security Officials and U.S. Border Patrol Train Together to Improve Security
Costa Rica’s Security Minister and the head of the country’s police school visited United States Border Patrol to observe its strategy and tactics.
Honduras’ National Police Evolve to Confront Transnational Organized Crime
Last May, General José Leandro Osorio Santos, who has been acting as the National Director of Criminal Investigation, also became the Director of Intelligence for Honduras’ National Police. Diálogo spoke with General Osorio when he attended a workshop on the problems faced by Northern Triangle countries, especially transnational organized crime, [ … ]
Reduction of Illegal Crops through Social Responsibility
In 1983, due to the expansion of drug trafficking in Peru’s Amazon region, the Peruvian government created the Special Project for the Control and Reduction of Illegal Crops in Alto Huallaga (CORAH) to control illegal coca-producing spaces and thereby reduce the drug supply.
U.S. Donates Equipment to Dominican Republic Anti-Drug Trafficking Agency
The U.S. government has donated computer equipment to the Dominican Republic National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) to help them fight Transnational Organized Crime that uses the island as a bridge for drug trafficking.
Salvadoran Navy Refines Drug Enforcement Strategy
With the support of the United States Southern Command, Salvadoran military authorities are attempting to reduce the amount of drugs being transported over their seas. The Salvadoran Navy (FNES) is using more effective tactics to take aim at drug vessels that attempt to transport drugs to the United States daily. [ … ]
FUSINA Repels Honduran Drug Gangs in Mosquito Coast Region
Agents from the National Inter-Agency Task Force (FUSINA), have recently targeted drug gangs who use people from the Miskito indigenous ethnicity of the Caribbean zone of Honduras to transport drugs. Agents with the Honduran National Inter-Agency Task Force (FUSINA) have made important inroads in the fight against transnational criminal organizations [ … ]
Paraguayan and U.S. Soldiers Train Together to Combat Drug Trafficking, Terrorism
Paraguayan Troops are training in their country with service members from the U.S. North Carolina National Guard Special Forces. Paraguayan Troops are training in their country this month with several service members from the U.S. Army Special Forces from the North Carolina National Guard to reinforce cooperation in the fight [ … ]
Honduran Combat Medics Help the Military, Police, and Civilians
Honduran authorities are training Army personnel to form the First Combat Medic Squadron to help injured Military service members and Police officers as well as civilians during operations against organized and common-place crimes. Honduran Army personnel are training to form the First Combat Medic Squadron, which will help injured Military [ … ]
Cooperation Between Honduras and the U.S. Proves Positive
Honduras is no longer a main transshipment country for smuggling cocaine to the United States - an considerable achievement accomplished by the country's intense battle against drug trafficking and organized crime. Efforts by the country's Military and police to shut down drug trafficking routes have effectively thwarted cocaine smugglers from [ … ]
Navies of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru Join Forces to Fight Drug Trafficking
The navies of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru will join efforts in Bracolper Naval 2015, a military operation to combat transnational crimes that are arising in the Amazon region shared by these three countries. The navies of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru will join efforts in Bracolper Naval 2015, a military operation [ … ]
Colombian Soldier Injured by Mine Helps His Wounded Comrades
Soldier Jesús María Izquierdo has not allowed the loss of his left leg to stop him, as he makes prostheses for comrades-in-arms who have also been injured in minefields. Colombian National Army Soldier Jesús María Izquierdo is one of about 6,000 uniformed service members injured by antipersonnel mines as a [ … ]