Diálogo interviewed Colombian Army Major General Javier Alonso Díaz Gómez, Colombia’s Defense attaché to the United States, who recently visited U.S. Southern Command’s facilities in Florida. Diálogo: How important is it for the Colombian Military Forces to have a Defense attaché in the United States? Colombian Army Major General Javier [ … ]
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Brazilian Navy Seizes More than 4 Tons of Hashish
A sailboat carrying hashish was intercepted more than 360 kilometers off the coast of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, by a Brazilian Navy (MB, in Portuguese) ship, on June 16, 2021. The interagency operation between the MB and the Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) resulted in the seizure of more than [ … ]
Inter-American Technical Advisory Group Completes 6 Years of Operations in Colombia
On June 15, the Inter-American Technical Advisory Group in Colombia (GATI-CO, in Portuguese) celebrated its sixth anniversary with training and advisory missions for members of the Colombian Military Forces. GATI-CO was created from the Cooperation and Technical Advisory Agreement between the Colombian Military Forces’ General Command (CGFM, in Spanish) and [ … ]
US Coast Guard Ready to Partner with Nations in Battling IUU fishing
The United Nations declared June 5 an international day for the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in late 2017. Yet, on the fourth observance of the annual awareness campaign, the global challenges continue to grow. About 3.3 billion people — nearly half of the world’s population — [ … ]
Resolute Sentinel 21 Concludes in El Salvador for JTF-Bravo Medical Personnel
U.S. service members with Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo), Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, concluded Resolute Sentinel 2021, a two-week long medical readiness exercise, May 22. Approximately 65 service members deployed to El Salvador to provide joint training and improved readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals, [ … ]
China’s Global Predatory Fishing Plunders World’s Oceans
More than 100 miles from shore, near the coast of West Africa, I accompanied marine police officers from Gambia as they arrested 15 foreign ships for labor violations and illegal fishing over the course of a week in 2019. All but one of the vessels arrested were from China. At [ … ]
U.S. Air Force Southern will lead U.S. Southern Command’s upcoming exercise in Guatemala
The United States 12th Air Force (Air Force Southern, or AFSOUTH) will be leading U.S. Southern Command’s upcoming exercise in Guatemala – this exercise will provide joint training and improve readiness of U.S. and Guatemalan civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel in humanitarian assistance techniques from May until August [ … ]
Paraguay Destroys 346 Tons of Marijuana
In mid-April, Paraguay’s security forces dealt a severe blow to narcotrafficking in several operations, most taking place at the border with Brazil. Authorities destroyed nearly 346 tons of marijuana, including illegal crops and ready-to-consume drugs, the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) said in several statements. On April 22, [ … ]
Executing the US Colombia Action Plan Safely in the COVID-19 Environment
The U.S.-Colombia Action Plan (USCAP) will resume training in May 2021. USCAP training halted when the stakeholder nations’ implemented COVID-19 mitigation strategies to protect their populations. The combination of the threat to human health posed by COVID-19 and the implementation of mitigation strategies created a non-permissive environment for training. The [ … ]
Paraguay’s Most Wanted Narcotrafficker Arrested in Brazil
The Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese), in cooperation with the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Portuguese), arrested Jorge Teófilo Samudio González, Paraguay’s most wanted narcotrafficker. PF agents caught Samuldio González, known as Samura, on March 29, 2021, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. [caption id="attachment_46424" align="aligncenter" width="330"] [ … ]
Mexican Narcotrafficking Cartels Expand their Control in Colombia
Following the fall of the Medellín drug cartel and the death of its leader Pablo Escobar Gaviria in 1993, Mexican cartels began to control cocaine smuggling and distribution in Colombia. In recent years, Mexican narcotraffickers have started to invest in the production of Colombian cocaine. To counteract the arrival of [ … ]
US Donates 3 Hospitals, 2 Mobile Operations Centers to Dominican Republic
On April 20, the U.S. government, through U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), announced the donation of three mobile hospitals and two mobile operations centers, among other items, to boost the Dominican Republic government’s capability to quickly deploy personnel and medical equipment, and to care for those in need of emergency assistance [ … ]