Transnational Threats
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Mafia Hideout with $2.3 Million in Cash Found in Colombia
Colombian authorities seized cash equivalent to $2.3 million from narcotraffickers linked to dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces...
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Paraguay’s SENAD Seizes More than 10 Tons of Marijuana Bound for Argentina
On October 23, agents of the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) intercepted a truck carrying 10,039...
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Crashed Aircraft with 1.5 Tons of Cocaine Found in Guatemala
Guatemalan counternarcotics forces seized 1.5 tons of cocaine found in a crashed light airplane in the northern department...
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Colombia Seized More than 4 Tons of Cocaine and Destroyed 63 Labs
In the last two weeks of October, Colombian authorities seized 4.5 tons of drugs and dismantled 63 cocaine...
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More than 700 Members of Transnational Organized Crime Groups Arrested in Central America in US Assisted Operation
On November 27, senior law enforcement officials from the United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras announced criminal...
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Nicaraguan Regime Keeps at Least 113 Political Prisoners
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) denounced in an October 15 press release that...
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Dominican Republic Seizes More than 2 Tons of Cocaine
A counternarcotics team of the Dominican National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD, in Spanish) and the Dominican Armed Forces...
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Colombian Forces Neutralize Alias Caín
On November 16, 2020, a 16-year criminal career came to an end for Emiliano Alcides Osorio, alias Caín,...
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Working with International Partners, US Coast Guard Offloads More than $411 Million Worth of Drugs
It doesn’t matter how many times you look at it: It’s always impressive to see 23,000 pounds of...
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A Living Wage for Health Care Workers in Venezuela
Venezuela’s legitimate Interim President Juan Guaidó is helping doctors and nurses fight COVID-19 — and survive the pandemic...
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Costa Rica Seizes 2.9 Tons of Cocaine in Plantain Container
The Costa Rican Drug Control Police prevented the departure of a drug shipment hidden inside a plantain container...
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Peruvian Armed Forces Destroy Marijuana Plantations and Clandestine Labs
In late October, the Peruvian Armed Forces, in coordination with the National Police, destroyed thousands of marijuana plants...
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Treasury Sanctions CEIEC for Supporting the Illegitimate Maduro Regime’s Efforts to Undermine Venezuelan Democracy
On November 30, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated China National...
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Narcotrafficking Threatens Atlantic Forest in Paraguay
Four protected areas in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest (BAAPA, in Spanish), in eastern Paraguay, are threatened by...
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Colombian Navy Intercepts Semisubmersible with 2 Tons of Cocaine
In late October, the Colombian Navy intercepted a semisubmersible with more than 2 tons of cocaine, the Colombian...
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Iran, Illegitimate Maduro Regime in Venezuela Threaten Latin American Security
The illegitimate Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela is deepening its relations with Iran, opening the doors to the...
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Colombian Navy, National Police Disrupt Narcotrafficking Ring in the Caribbean
In mid-October, through Operation San Jerónimo, the Colombian Navy and the National Police dismantled a narcotrafficking organization that...
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The United States, European Union, and Lima Group Reject Fraudulent Venezuela’s Legislative Elections
Following the December 6 vote, which saw the illegitimate Nicolás Maduro regime win a majority in the parliamentary...
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Iran May Be Providing Military Equipment to Venezuela, Report Warns
“Iran may have begun providing military equipment to the Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela,” says a November 19...
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Uruguay Dismantles Narcotrafficking Organization
On October 22, the Uruguayan National Police, with the support of the Uruguayan Air Force (FAU, in Spanish),...
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