The Brazilian Ministry of Defense (MD, in Portuguese) celebrated the results of the first edition of Joint Exercise Meridian, which culminated on November 14, 2021, with the third phase of the exercise, Meridiano-Ibagé, under the leadership of the Brazilian Army. The objective was to evaluate and support the troops’ joint [ … ]
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Brazilian Police Dismantles International Drug and Arms Trafficking Groups
In less than a week, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) dismantled two organizations involved in international drug trafficking and money laundering. On December 7, 2021, during Operation Geminus, agents disrupted a group that transported cocaine between Mato Grosso do Sul, which borders Bolivia and Paraguay, and Rio Grande [ … ]
Operation in Panama Captures 56 People Involved with Colombian Drug Trafficking Group
Panamanian authorities captured 56 people on charges of associating with the Clan del Golfo international criminal network, one of Colombia’s leading narcotrafficking organizations. According to the DW news site, the Clan del Golfo has a presence in 28 countries, with Panama as a gateway for Central American narcotrafficking. Among those [ … ]
Brazilian Federal Police Operation Shows Link Between Narcotrafficking and Mines in the Amazon
On November 4, 2021, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) launched Operation Narcos Gold to decapitalize and dismantle a criminal group that operated in the state of Pará for at least three years, promoting money laundering from narcotrafficking and using gold mining as a front. The operation involved more [ … ]
Brazil: Federal Police Dismantles Group that Shipped Cocaine to Europe
On November 18, 2021, during Operation Calvary, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) dismantled an organization that was shipping cocaine to Europe by sea. About 150 PF agents served 36 search and seizure warrants, six arrest warrants and four temporary arrest warrants in several states, including São Paulo and [ … ]
Brazil: Police Seizes Nearly 10 Tons of Marijuana in a Single Day
On October 22, 2021, Brazilian security forces seized nearly 10 tons of marijuana in three operations. In the first, Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) agents seized 5.5 tons of marijuana in a shed in the city of Ponta Porã, Mato Grosso do Sul state, on the border with Paraguay. “There [ … ]
Criminals Plan Attacks on Colombia from Venezuela
Some 1,900 Colombian criminals are allegedly living in Venezuelan border cities, where they plan criminal activities against Colombia and in favor of narcotrafficking, General Luis Fernando Navarro Jiménez, commander of the Colombian Military Forces, told the Chilean newspaper La Tercera in September 2021. Gen. Navarro estimated that around 1,200 members [ … ]
Maduro’s Ally Faces 20 Years in Prison
On November 1, two weeks after the extradition of Alex Saab, businessman and alleged financier of the Nicolás Maduro Venezuelan regime, from Cape Verde in Africa, to the United States, federal prosecutors in Miami dismissed seven of the eight money laundering charges against him. According to media outlets, such as [ … ]
Paraguay Incinerates Record Seizure of 36 Tons of Marijuana
On September 17, 2021, agents of the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) incinerated 36 tons of marijuana in Concepción department. “It was the largest drug incineration ever carried out in our country,” SENAD said in a statement. The previous record was in 2014, after the seizure of 26 [ … ]
Whose Rights Are They, Anyway?
Modern international law came into existence at the end of the Thirty Years’ War in Europe.1 Horrified by the unprecedented destruction of a series of wars over religion, European negotiators at Westphalia coined the phrase “cuius regio, eius religio.”2 Literally translated, it means “whose realm, his religion.” It could be loosely translated [ … ]
Brazil Strengthens Relationship with Partner Nations in Meetings with Military Attachés
Brazil currently has 55 defense attachés. To strengthen its relationship with the nations in which these service members are advisors, as part of the diplomatic corps, the Brazilian Ministry of Defense (MD, in Portuguese) held the Symposium Update for Partner Nations Defense Attachés. “Attachés play a fundamental role in pursuing [ … ]
Iran in Latin America: Malign Alliances, “Super Spreaders,” and Alternative Narratives
Executive Summary Iran’s ability to shape the information environment and spread the narrative of the United States as an imperialist force—perpetrating violence and instability in Latin America—has grown in recent years. These ongoing and multifaceted campaigns of disinformation and care- fully curated messages are coordinated with Russian and Venezuelan state [ … ]