The Siona community, located on the banks of the Putumayo River in Colombia and in the Sucumbíos province in northeastern Ecuador, risks extinction due to the presence of armed groups, paramilitaries, and narcotrafficking, according to the December 3, 2020 report Narcotrafficking Violence Destroys Forests and Corners the Siona People on [ … ]
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One of Brazil’s Main Animal Traffickers Arrested in Federal Police Operation
On December 4, 2020, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) arrested one of Brazil’s main wildlife traffickers, rescuing some 200 animals bound for the black market. These results were achieved under the second phase of Operation Urutau, which was carried out in five Brazilian states, with investigations launched in [ … ]
Last Brazilian Frigate Returns Home Following a 9 Year Peacekeeping Mission in Lebanon
The Frigate Independência docked at the Rio de Janeiro Naval Base on December 26, 2020, completing one of the most important international participations in the history of the Brazilian Navy (MB, in Portuguese). The vessel, with some 200 service members, was part of the 20th and last contingent of the United [ … ]
DOD Rewards Program Continues Successful Operations in 2020
Despite a year marred by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Rewards Program in Colombia continued to be successful. In 2020, the program enabled Colombia’s security forces to conduct 14 operations against the narcoterrorist organizations of the Clan del Golfo, dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of [ … ]
Mafia Hideout with $2.3 Million in Cash Found in Colombia
Colombian authorities seized cash equivalent to $2.3 million from narcotraffickers linked to dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, in Spanish) who did not join the peace process, the Office of the Attorney General reported on November 12. Authorities found the money in boxes and in “two buildings” [ … ]
US Acting Defense Secretary Seeks to Strengthen Hemispheric Partnership
U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller stressed the need to strengthen partnerships in the Western Hemisphere during the virtual Conference of the Defense Ministers of the Americas, which was held on December 3. The conference — hosted by Chile — marks 25 years of meetings. The ministers discussed the [ … ]
Operation Green Brazil 2 Fights More than 7,500 Fire Outbreaks in the Amazon
The Brazilian government extended through April 30, 2021 Operation Green Brazil 2, which prevents and counters environmental crimes in the Amazon region. The Ministry of Defense (MD, in Portuguese) coordinates the initiative by deploying members of the Armed Forces and Public Safety and Environmental Protection agencies. Green Brazil 2, launched [ … ]
Frigate Independência Returns to Brazil After Concluding its Mission in Lebanon
On December 2, 2020, the Brazilian Navy (MB, in Portuguese) announced that the frigate Independência has began its return trip to Brazil after completing its mission with the Maritime Task Force (FTM, in Portuguese) of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Brazil will continue operating with the FTM [ … ]
Brazilian Air Force Installs Radar Station to Strengthen Border Monitoring
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB, in Portuguese) is strengthening surveillance and monitoring capabilities to control trafficking along the Brazilian border with Paraguay and Bolivia with the installation of new radar stations in the cities of Corumbá, Porto Murtinho, and Ponta Porã, in Mato Grosso do Sul state. Launched on August [ … ]
Iran May Be Providing Military Equipment to Venezuela, Report Warns
“Iran may have begun providing military equipment to the Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela,” says a November 19 report by the Critical Threats Project, an initiative of the Washington D.C.-based think tank American Enterprise Institute, which tracks and analyzes security threats to the United States and partner nations. The report [ … ]
Uruguay Dismantles Narcotrafficking Organization
On October 22, the Uruguayan National Police, with the support of the Uruguayan Air Force (FAU, in Spanish), dismantled a criminal group engaging in narcotrafficking that planned to smuggle cocaine from Bolivia by air, Uruguay’s Ministry of the Interior said in a statement. Nine people, seven Uruguayans, a Bolivian, and [ … ]
Illegitimate Constituent Assembly Confers Extraordinary Powers to Maduro
In early October, Venezuela’s illegitimate National Constituent Assembly (ANC, in Spanish) handed dictator Nicolás Maduro a law that enables him to omit or “disregard” compliance with other laws for the purpose of circumventing sanctions imposed by the international community and bolstering foreign investment. The so-called Anti-blockade Law for National Development [ … ]