The destruction of tropical rainforests in Venezuela continues due to illegal mining. Venezuelan criminal groups, paramilitary groups, and Colombian guerrillas, have destroyed close to 2,821 square kilometers of forests under the protection of the Nicolás Maduro regime, according to the report Illegal Mining in Venezuela: Death and Devastation in the [ … ]
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Peruvian Police Seizes Nearly 1.5 Tons of Cocaine
On June 19, the Peruvian National Police Anti-narcotics Special Operations Division seized 1,466 kilograms of cocaine in La Convención province, in Cusco, and arrested 15 people who carried the drug in backpacks to the Urubamba River valley to be shipped via air, the Peruvian Ministry of the Interior reported. “Intelligence [ … ]
Bolivia Scores Great Success Against Illicit Drug Trafficking in the Last 7 Months
The Bolivian Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (FELCN, in Spanish) seized, eradicated, and destroyed more than 374 metric tons of drugs in the last seven months. From November 13, 2019, to June 22, 2020, agents carried out operations that resulted in the seizure of 8,043 kilograms of cocaine and [ … ]
Chilean Police Disrupts Gang Smuggling Drugs from Peru
Chile’s Investigations Police (PDI, in Spanish) dismantled a criminal organization that smuggled cocaine from Tacna, Peru, using specially modified vehicles. The ring disassembled the vehicles and removed the drugs at a car repair shop in the Chilean city of Arica. Then, they would hide the drugs in countainers from a Peruvian [ … ]
Paraguay: Narcotics Agents Destroy More than 9 Tons of Marijuana Bound for Brazil
The Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) has strengthened operations against narcotraffickers who send drugs to Brazil. On June 19, agents raided a rural property in Yby Yaú, Concepción department, and destroyed more than 9 metric tons of marijuana bound for the neighboring country. [caption id="attachment_38529" align="alignright" width="355"] In [ … ]
Brazilian Defense Ministry Helps Indigenous Communities Combat the Coronavirus
In Brazil, indigenous peoples are among the populations with the highest coronavirus mortality rate, which is 150 percent higher than the country’s average. The infection rate of the disease is also 84 percent higher among these communities, affecting 759 indigenous people per 100,000 inhabitants, while the average in Brazil is [ … ]
Colombia Offers Rewards for the Capture of Assassins of Social Leaders
“The Colombian Security Forces will continue to work to capture those most wanted for the killings of social leaders and former FARC [Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia] members, in cooperation with citizens,” Colombian Minister of Defense Carlos Holmes Trujillo García told Diálogo. “Our commitment is to confront these criminal structures [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Venezuelan Service Members Rule Gasoline Black Market
On May 18, a commission of Venezuela’s General Military Counterintelligence Directorate (DGCIM, in Spanish) arrested eight service members belonging to units of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, in Spanish) and the Bolivarian Navy, stationed in Bolívar state. According to the Infobae news agency, Military Prosecution representatives stated during the first [ … ]
Peruvian Navy Determined to End Illegal Mining
In the early morning hours of June 11, on the Madres de Dios River of the department of the same name in the Peruvian Amazon, the Peruvian Navy’s Captaincy of Puerto Maldonado, with the support of the National Police and the Office of the Attorney General, dealt a significant blow [ … ]
Colombian Army Deals Blow to Illegal Mining
In mid-May, in a joint operation with the Colombian Navy, Air Force, and the National Police, the Colombian Army dealt a hard blow to illegal mining in the Chocó department. The operation led to the destruction of three engines, three backhoes, and two mining production units that helped finance the [ … ]
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 [ … ]