In late July 2022, the Secretariat for Citizen Security of Mexico City (SSC), in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office, carried out what it described as the largest cocaine seizure in Mexico City with the interdiction of two trailers containing 1.68 tons of cocaine from Colombia bound for the United [ … ]
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Colombian Armed Forces Dismantle Narcotrafficking Organization Linked to Mexican Cartels
The Colombian Military Forces, in a Navy-led operation, dismantled a transnational narcotrafficking organization that sent large drug shipments to Central America and Mexico from the Colombian Pacific coast, the naval institution said in late August. “We were able to capture and prosecute 12 alleged members of the criminal group, who [ … ]
New Strategic Approach to Ecuador’s Defense
Ecuadorian Defense Minister Major General (ret.) Luis Lara Jaramillo knows his country’s Armed Forces firsthand. During his 38-year military career he led several special operations groups and served as infantry commander and as defense attaché to the Ecuadorian Embassy in Chile, among other roles, until he reached the highest military [ … ]
Russia’s Wiper Attacks Cause Massive Cyber Damage
Russia is keeping up its attempts to turn cyberspace into a battlefield by attacking its adversaries with a type of malware known as wiper, which destroys the hard drive of infected computers, erasing all data and programs, and causing enormous damage to companies and organizations, Spanish cybersecurity firm S21sec says [ … ]
Bricomiles Raise Suspicions in Venezuelan Society
The Community-Military Brigades (Bricomiles) created by the Nicolás Maduro regime in late June to repair and refurbish the country’s public schools and health centers are raising suspicions that soldiers with the brigades may get involved in educational matters. Members of the Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB), the ruling United Socialist Party [ … ]
Suriname, Strengthening Border Protection from Illegal Activities
Opening lines of communication with neighboring countries to successfully fight against narcotrafficking and other crimes has been one of the focus of Colonel Werner Guiseppe Kioe A Sen, commander of the Suriname Armed Forces (SAF). Col. Kioe A Sen is set on keeping criminal international organizations away from Suriname. Col. [ … ]
The Evolution of PRC Engagement in Mexico
This article was first published in Global Americans on August 24, 2022 Overview Mexico, despite its integration with the economy of the United States, as well as its historic distrust for and structural competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is pursuing policies that are expanding options for that [ … ]
Top Clan del Golfo Leader Extradited to the US
Colombian criminal Juan José Valencia, alias Falcón, has been extradited to the United States. “Falcón, identified by [Colombian] authorities as the most senior narcotrafficker in the Clan del Golfo,” CNN reported, is wanted by the U.S. Southern District Court for the Southern District of Florida on charges of drug trafficking and [ … ]
Russia Eyes Sudanese Gold To Fund War
Soon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Russian cargo plane idled on a runway in Khartoum, Sudan. According to CNN, the plane’s manifest claimed it was loaded with cookies. When inspectors boarded the plane to confirm its contents, they found some cookies. But beneath the cookies, they also found one [ … ]
Nicaragua: Dictatorship and Collaboration with Extra-Hemispheric US Rivals
This piece was originally published on the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ website, August 29, 2022 On June 9, 2022, Nicaragua’s Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) government renewed the authorization of Russian military forces to operate in the country. In doing so, it reminded the United States and the [ … ]
Iran Deepens Trade Agreements with Nicaragua
In recent months, Iran and Nicaragua have increased cooperation agreements in the energy and agriculture sectors, as well as infood exports, medicines, and educational exchanges with universities. “Iran’s idea is to enter the United States [through the south], with the help of Cuba and Venezuela,” Fabián Calle, political analyst and [ … ]
NY Air Guard Airmen Train with Brazilian Counterparts
One hundred New York National Guard airmen — including 80 from the 106th Rescue Wing — were in Brazil participating in exercises with their Brazilian Air Force counterparts, which ran through August 31. The U.S. airmen were operating from the Brazilian Air Force base at Campo Grande in Brazil’s Mato [ … ]