In their constant efforts to deceive counter-narcotics agents, drug traffickers have found another way to camouflage cocaine: diluting it. The method recently was exposed in Bolivia, where agents from the Special Force in the Fight Against Drug Trafficking (FELCN)...
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Colombian National Navy Getting New Coastal Patrol Boat
The ARC 11 de Noviembre, the National Navy’s new coastal patrol boat, which will reinforce maritime interdiction and search-and-rescue operations in the Colombian Caribbean, has left the port of Berne, Germany
U.S. Army Producing Enhanced Stryker With Double-V Hull
By this summer, Soldiers in Afghanistan will be riding in new Stryker armored combat vehicles that have an improved hull design to protect them from improvised explosive devices and roadside mines.
Interview with Air Force Gen. José Bonilla, Head of the Uruguayan Defense General Staff
Air Force Gen. José Bonilla was named the first Chief of the Uruguayan Joint Staff in October 2010, coinciding with the creation of the country’s Joint Staff as an institution. As his chief responsibility in his new post, General Bonilla must submit a report on the modernization and restructuring of [ … ]
Haiti’s MINUSTAH Downsizes Mission as President-elect Martelly Takes Office
In December 1972, Edmond Mulet, a cub reporter for the weekly Guatemalan newspaper Alerta, arrived in Managua the day after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake devastated Nicaragua’s capital city.
‘Green Bullet’ As Effective As M855 Round—Consistently
Since June, the Army has fielded about 30 million of its new 5.56mm M855A1 “Enhanced Performance Rounds” in Afghanistan. The cartridge, sometimes called the “green bullet” because it has an environmentally-friendly copper core instead of the traditional lead, has been getting mostly good reviews in the 11 months since it [ … ]
Guatemalan President Names New Defense Minister
Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom dismissed his defense minister, Abraham Valenzuela, due to the end of his military career, and named Brigadier General Juan José Ruiz in his place, the president announced at a press conference.
New Countertrafficking Command Center Is First of Its Kind
A new, high-tech command center in Key West will move the fight against illicit traffickers to a new level, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said.
U.S. Southern Command Funds New Costa Rican Coast Guard Station
In the hot, rugged central Pacific beach towns of the Puntarenas province in Costa Rica, improved maritime security is a welcome thing. As Costa Rica and much of Central America amp up their efforts to combat drug-trafficking throughout the region...
President-elect Michel Martelly Promises “A New Era” in Haiti
On 5 April, Michel Martelly promised the arrival of “a new era” in Haiti, the day after his victory in the presidential election, but his rival, Mirlande Manigat, said that she was “indignant” about the result of the balloting.
Drug Traffickers in Rio Used Crocodiles to Sow Terror in Slums
During an operation in a Rio de Janeiro slum on 6 April, the city’s police found two captive crocodiles allegedly used by drug-trafficking gangs to strike fear into neighbors and rivals, the local press reported.
Colombian Vice Defense Ministers Review New Lines Of Cooperation With United States
Vice Defense Ministers Yaneth Giha and Rafael Guarín travelled to Washington, D.C., where they are attending the Eighth Meeting of the U.S.-Colombia Defense Bilateral Working Group, to review security and defense policies between the two countries and define new lines of international cooperation.