The fight against narcotrafficking and organized crime continues unabated in Colombia, and the Military Forces are proving increasingly efficient in their operations. As such, in mid-June, through two operations, Army and Navy troops attached to the Titán Joint Force destroyed 20 cocaine laboratories, dealing a hard blow to the finances [ … ]
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Honduras Hosts Senior Leadership Seminar
Honduras hosted U.S. Southern Command-(SOUTHCOM) sponsored Senior Leadership Seminar, Special Operations Challenges and Capabilities in the Face of Emerging Threats in Conventional Scenarios. The event, held in conjunction with exercise Fuerzas Comando 2022, was held in Tegucigalpa, June 13-24. The seminar brought together military, Defense, and academia officials from 22 [ … ]
Joint Task Force Bravo Veterinary Team Nurture Animals and Partnerships
It’s 7 a.m. on the farm. The air is thick with dust from the hooves of a herd of Brahman cows crossing the dirt-covered pastures. A boy with bright eyes and calloused hands is roping and wrangling the 2,000-pound cattle with no help from an adult and with all the [ … ]
Ecuador Strengthens Security Near Border with Colombia
Organized crime groups, urban gangs, bandits, and common thieves are threatening security in Ecuador, Voice of America reported. To confront these criminals, the Ecuadorian government deployed 4,500 members of its security forces to its border with Colombia in the first week of June. A total of 2,100 soldiers, 2,400 police [ … ]
China’s Digital Advance in Latin America
This article has been initially published in the Revista Seguridad y Poder Terrestre (Vol. 1 N.º 1 [2022]: July – September) of the Peruvian Army Center for Strategic Studies (CEEEP)https://ceeep.mil.pe/2022/06/30/chinas-digital-advance-in-latin-america/?lang=enDOI: https://doi.org/10.56221/spt.v1i1.5 Abstract This work examines activities by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and its companies in digital technologies and associated economic sectors in Latin America, [ … ]
More Human Rights Abuses in Venezuela, NGOs warn
According to recent reports from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), human rights violations in Venezuela continued throughout 2021, resulting in a high number of victims, despite international scrutiny. “Police and service members caused the death, throughout the national territory, of 1,414 people between January and December 2021,” said Venezuelan human rights NGO [ … ]
Cyberattacks Threaten Security in Ecuador
Ecuador joins Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru among the Latin American countries hardest hit by cybercrime, and more specifically malware attacks. According to the latest Global Cybersecurity Index of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations agency, Ecuador ranks 119th out of 182 countries for vulnerability to cyberattacks. [ … ]
Argentine Navy Strengthens Fleet to Combat Illegal Fishing
The Argentine Navy took delivery of the last of four ocean patrol vessels recently acquired to control illegal fishing on June 2, 2022. The ARA Contraalmirante Cordero ship joins surveillance and control tasks in the South Atlantic, to deter Chinese fishing fleets that trespass Argentina’s maritime boundaries to exploit its [ … ]
Costa Rica: Chinese Company’s Road Project Threatens Residents and Ecosystem
China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), a subsidiary of China Communication Construction Group (CCCC), which has been involved in fraudulent practices in several countries, is carrying out design, rehabilitation, and expansion work on 107 kilometers of National Route 32 (Río Frío-Limón) in Costa Rica, creating challenges that threaten the country’s social, [ … ]
Colombian Navy Strikes Illegal Mining in Chocó
The Colombian Navy continues its offensive against illegal mining throughout the national territory, reaffirming its commitment to preserving the nation’s resources and curbing the actions of transnational criminal organizations. As such, in late May, through a joint operation with the Army and the National Police, Navy units dealt a heavy [ … ]
Powerful Mexican Cartel Expands in Guatemala
On December 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of State (DoS) announced a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Juan Carlos Valencia González, an alleged high-level member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The DoS considers the CJNG to be one [ … ]
US, Colombia Reaffirm Holistic Counternarcotics Partnership
Colombian President Iván Duque, U.S. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary James Walsh, and U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Philip Goldberg reaffirmed the comprehensive holistic U.S.-Colombia counternarctics strategy, the Colombian government announced April 26. “This new approach seeks to overcome the drug problem, but at [ … ]