Bolivia’s Special Force in the War on Drugs (FELCN) is intensifying security operations –“fighting organizations of organized crime throughout Bolivia’s Amazon,” in the words of FELCN chief Mario Centellas. Bolivia’s Special Force in the War on Drugs (FELCN) is intensifying security operations –“fighting organizations of organized crime throughout Bolivia’s Amazon,” [ … ]
In a joint operation, the Colombian Navy and Air Force recently seized a submersible vessel that terrorists were constructing in the Department of Nariño. In a joint operation, the Colombian Navy and Air Force recently seized a submersible vessel that terrorists were constructing in the Department of Nariño. The semisubmersible, [ … ]
By Lorena Baires Thousands of troops attached to the Zeus Command of the Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES) are patrolling the country’s 31 most dangerous municipalities to help the National Civil Police (PNC) provide public security. The 3,100 Zeus Command troops on patrol are helping the PNC fight violent [ … ]
Agents with Colombia’s Central Directorate of the Judicial Police and Intelligence (DIJIN), with the assistance of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), captured Rodolfo Orellana, also known as “El Gordo." Rodolfo Orellana’s days running from the law are over thanks to the work of Colombian security forces and international cooperation. [ … ]
The USS Vandegrift seized about 845 kilograms of cocaine during a recent six-week stretch off the coast of Central America as Operation MARTILLO continues to disrupt international drug trafficking in the Central American isthmus. The USS Vandegrift seized about 845 kilograms of cocaine during a recent six-week stretch off the [ … ]
Paraguayan military and police forces are using intelligence to try to locate and secure the safe release of Arlan Fick and police First Sergeant Edelio Morínigo, who were kidnapped by the terrorist group the Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP) in April and Ju Paraguayan military and police forces are using intelligence [ … ]
The Guatemalan government extradited Waldemar Lorenzana Cordón to the U.S. on November 13 to face international narco-trafficking charges in Washington, D.C., with the gratitude of the U.S. Justice Department. The Guatemalan government extradited Waldemar Lorenzana Cordón to the U.S. on November 13 to face international narco-trafficking charges in Washington, D.C., [ … ]
For more than a decade, Colombian Germán Alberto Pérez Ocampo has allegedly supplied cocaine to major international drug trafficking groups, including Los Cachiros in Honduras, the Clan Úsuga in Colombia, and the Sinaloa Cartel, La Familia Michocana, and For more than a decade, Colombian Germán Alberto Pérez Ocampo has allegedly [ … ]
Continual guerrilla attacks on oil infrastructure and civilians have led a group of agencies to take action on the matter. Social inclusion initiatives have been added to security projects in order to restore peaceful community life in the region. Panamá de Arauca is a town in the municipality of Arauquita, [ … ]
Over a thousand kilograms of recent cocaine seizures and a milestone drop in Colombian narco-flights mark big gains victories in the international fight against drug trafficking. Over a thousand kilograms of recent cocaine seizures and a milestone drop in Colombian narco-flights mark big gains victories in the international fight against [ … ]
Perú is taking bold steps to end to illegal logging, a practice that has led to deadly violence and is destroying the environment in the Amazon region, and costs the governments tens of millions of dollars a year in lost tax revenue and fees. Perú is taking bold steps to [ … ]
The government of Perú plans to hire four special prosecutors to investigate human trafficking in regions with high levels of gold mining and tourism – two areas where the crime is most prevalent. The government of Perú plans to hire four special prosecutors to investigate human trafficking in regions with [ … ]
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