The cameras will help police agents on patrol view possible criminal activities from different angles. The cameras will also allow police commanders to review the actions of police agents to ensure they are adhering to the highest law enforcement standards.
Transnational Threats

Coca cultivation in Peru falling
The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation on May 27 signed an agreement in Huamanga, the capital of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, with 15 coca-growing organizations from VRAEM to decrease the number of hectares for coca cultivation.

Chile: A Regional Leader in Civil-Military Cooperation
An interview with the Chief of Staff of the Chilean Armed Forces, Rear Admiral José Miguel Romero.

Army soldiers and officers of the National Police helped earthquake victims in Guatemala
The major earthquake damaged more than 9,000 living quarters in western Guatemala, leaving nearly 2,900 of those homes uninhabitable, according to a July 14 press release from the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED.

Colombia Army and police shut down illegal mining and fuel refining operations
The Colombian Army on June 12 dismantled a clandestine fuel refinery in the department of Nariño, in the municipality of Barbacoas.

USS Ingraham Disrupts Cocaine Shipment in Eastern Pacific
Operation MARTILLO: Go-fast intercepted and 3 suspects arrested in Ingraham’s third successful interdiction.

Security forces of Guatemala and Mexico cooperate to fight drug traffickers
Members of the Mexican Federal Police (FP) trained 42 members of the Guatemalan National Police (PNC) and agents from the Directorate of Civil Aviation, the Public Ministry, and the Ministry of Defense.
Operation MARTILLO: UK Royal Navy Argyll rejoins mission
The Plymouth-based warship will look for continued success in the counter-narcotics fight.
Police seizes 1.2 tons of cocaine in the Pacific

Honduran Congress approves rewards for information leading to criminal suspects
The legislation calls for the Department of Security to develop a list of “most wanted” criminals and to disseminate photos of the suspects through the press. The department would offer a reward for information leading the capture of each suspect.

Costa Rican authorities arrest Augustin Reyes Aragon, alleged leader of ‘Los Tarzanes’
Agents of Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Body (OIJ) arrested Agustin Reyes Aragon, 40, on June 12. They arrested Reyes Aragon during a series of raids in the Caribbean coastal province of Limon.