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. [ … ]
Transnational Threats
Zeus Command Troops Improve Public Safety in El Salvador
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 [ … ]
Operation MARTILLO: USS Vandegrift Seizes About 845 kilograms of Cocaine off Central American Coast
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 Joint Task Force Seeks to Free Two EPP Kidnapping Victims
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 [ … ]
U.S. Thanks Guatemala for Extradition of Alleged Narco-trafficker Waldemar Lorenzana Cordón
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., [ … ]
International cooperation leads to U.S. financial sanctions against alleged Colombian drug traffickers
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 [ … ]
Panamá de Arauca: an interagency consolidation project
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, [ … ]
Cocaine: Nicaraguan forces seize 308 kilograms of cocaine in Operation MARTILLO
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’s security forces fight illegal logging
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 [ … ]
Perú to add prosecutors to fight human trafficking
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 [ … ]
Guatemalan security forces capture gang members carrying improvised bombs
Guatemalan police are cracking down on gang members who use explosive devices to carry out their criminal schemes. In two separate operations, they captured three alleged gang members who were carrying improvised bombs before the weapons could be detonate Guatemalan police are cracking down on gang members who use explosive [ … ]
Is the attack against FUSINA spokesman a sign of desperation by criminals?
An attack by gang members against the home of a spokesman for the National Interagency Security Force (FUSINA) may have been in retaliation for the squad’s successful anti-crime efforts. An attack by gang members against the home of a spokesman for the National Interagency Security Force (FUSINA) may have been [ … ]