On the night of June 3, units of the Colombian Navy’s Coast Guard Station Buenaventura intercepted a type of go-fast boat speeding in the Pacific along the coast of the Valle del Cauca department. After a 30-minute chase and with the support of the ARC Corvette Nariño and a Colombian [ … ]
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Guatemala Combats Forest Fires Caused by Narcotrafficking
Forest fires caused by organized criminal groups have destroyed thousands of hectares of Guatemalan forest. The fires are concentrated in Petén department, on the border with Belize and Mexico. On July 6, José Cal, a historian and researcher at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala, told Diálogo that the [ … ]
US Donates Ventilators to Colombia to Combat COVID-19
On July 1, the U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), delivered 200 portable ventilators to Colombia for intensive care units. The U.S.-manufactured ventilators are highly specialized, cutting-edge, compact medical equipment to treat COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms. The USAID donation also includes training for the correct [ … ]
Honduras Shuts Spaces to Venezuelan Narcotrafficking
Cooperation mechanisms among Honduras, the United States, and Venezuela’s interim government have become stronger to halt Venezuelan narcotrafficking mafias connected to the Nicolás Maduro regime, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. To strengthen military operations against drug trafficking and crime throughout the region, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández inaugurated the Combined Interagency [ … ]
US to Donate 2 Field Hospitals for Chile to Battle COVID-19 Pandemic
The United States announced a forthcoming donation to Chile, which includes two field hospitals in July to support the capacity for patients hospitalized due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP), an additional investment of $750,000, will be made and forwarded to institutions such [ … ]
US Navy – Coast Guard Team: 4 Interdictions in 4 Days
The Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) and the Freedom Variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) teams disrupted a combined 112 bales of suspected contraband worth over $79.6 million, May 24-27. While on routine patrol, the Lassen [ … ]
US Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant Interdicts Approximately 3,000 kilograms of Cocaine near Costa Rica
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC-617) crew seized a total of 122 bales of cocaine, June 22, in back-to-back interdictions of go-fast vessels just off the coast of Limon, Costa Rica. The forward-deployed Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew aboard the Vigilant successfully disabled the first go-fast vessel and [ … ]
Hemispheric Security Conference Discusses Women, Peace, and Security
Ambassador Jean Manes, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) civilian deputy to the commander and foreign policy adviser, led a discussion on “Women, Peace, and Security in the Hemisphere" during Florida International University’s (FIU) fifth annual Hemispheric Security Conference (HSC) on May 19. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Cristina Rodriguez-Acosta, assistant director for Institutional [ … ]
Coast Guard Offloads $5.6 Million in Seized Cocaine
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Donald Horsley (WPC-1117) offloaded approximately 150 kilograms of seized cocaine and transferred custody of three suspected smugglers to federal law enforcement authorities on June 13. The seized drug shipment is estimated to have a wholesale value of more than $ 5.6 million. The [ … ]
USS Preble Interdicts 2,000 Kilograms of Cocaine
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) team seized 100 bales of suspected cocaine worth over $40 million, June 2. After a U.S. Navy maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), assigned to the “Tridents” of Patrol Squadron VP 26, first spotted [ … ]
Cyber Criminals Exploit Pandemic to Carry Out Attacks in Latin America
The pandemic is the perfect opportunity for cybercrime groups, which take advantage of the increase in people working from home due to the lockdown. The weak digital security measures that many companies and users have create an ideal environment for data theft and fraud. “COVID-19 is causing an unprecedented increase [ … ]
US Boosts Salvadoran Response Capacity in the Fight against COVID-19
The United States is leading humanitarian assistance efforts for the Salvadoran people, by providing biosecurity equipment for health professionals, supplies for families affected, and medical equipment to save lives. “We are proud to have delivered more than 80,000 care products, meals, sheets, clothes, masks, gloves, gallons of hand sanitizer, and [ … ]