A bomb aimed at a hardline former interior minister killed two of his bodyguards and injured at least 31 people in Bogotá’s uptown commercial district Tuesday, in the kind of attack not been seen in the capital for years. Former official Fernando Londoño suffered minor shrapnel wounds and was out of danger, authorities said. Video [...]
As recently reported in the New York Times, Honduras is the newest front in America’s drug war. Recent anti-narcotics operations in Mexico have forced over 90 percent of US-bound cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela through Central America. Over 30% of it passes through Honduras, which as a result now has one of the highest homicide rates on the planet. The [...]
2012 May 09 | Posted in
Agencies and Law Enforcement,
Agencies and Project,
Ajax,
Armed Forces,
Border and Regional Conflicts,
Colombia,
Counter Narcotics,
Drug Cartels,
DRUGS,
Hemispheric Security,
Honduras,
Illegal Drugs Trafficking,
Intelligence,
Mara Salvatrucha & other Gangs,
Mexico,
Migration Smuggling,
Money Laundering,
Narcoterrorism,
Plans of Action,
Police,
Policies,
Preventive Actions,
Security Issues,
Transnational Organized Crime TOC,
United States,
Venezuela,
Weapons Trafficking |
Read More »
During his trip to Colombia, Brazil and Chile this week, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta emphasized the role of those three neighbor countries as military partners in a region where U.S. influence is being challenged by China. And as the military relationships grow, defense officials say it can only help U.S. economic and political ties across the continent. Panetta’s meetings [...]
2012 Apr 30 | Posted in
Ajax,
Argentina,
Armed Forces,
Border and Regional Conflicts,
Brazil,
Chile,
Colombia,
Commercial Fraud,
Digital Forensics,
Hacking,
Hemispheric Security,
Information Technologies,
News,
Peru,
Plans of Action,
Policies,
POLITICS,
Preventive Actions,
Security Issues,
Terrorism Informatics,
United States |
Read More »
Spanish oil company Repsol-YPF announced it will demand over nine billion dollars from Argentina for nationalizing 51 percent of its YPF division, a price tag that has already been rejected by authorities in Buenos Aires. The Argentine government’s decision to take control of the company has sparked a diplomatic crisis between Argentina and Spain, while provoking [...]
In response to growing bilateral and multilateral dialogues on citizen security, Presidents Obama and Santos met today on the margins of the VI Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, and agreed to deepen coordination of ongoing security cooperation activities throughout the hemisphere and West Africa. Both presidents agreed to formalize this coordination in [...]
2012 Apr 18 | Posted in
Agencies and Law Enforcement,
Agencies and Project,
Ajax,
Armed Forces,
Border and Regional Conflicts,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Counter Narcotics,
Counter Terrorism,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Hemispheric Security,
Honduras,
Illegal Drugs Trafficking,
Institutions and Projects,
Intelligence,
Mutual Legal Assistance,
Narcoterrorism,
News,
Panama,
Plans of Action,
Police,
Policies,
Prevention,
Preventive Actions,
Security Issues,
STRATEGIC SECURITY,
Transnational Organized Crime TOC,
United States |
Read More »
Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) rebels on Monday abducted dozens of oil and gas workers in southern Peru but later released most while the Army sought to encircle their leader, sources in that nation’s Armed Forces have revealed. After several hours in the hands of leftist rebels, a group of workers from the Swedish firm Skanska was released leaving behind eight [...]
2012 Apr 11 | Posted in
Ajax,
Armed Forces,
Border and Regional Conflicts,
Counter Narcotics,
Drug Cartels,
Illegal Drugs Trafficking,
Kidnapping For Ransom,
Narcoterrorism,
News,
Peru,
Security Issues |
Read More »
Nearly 20,000 mobilized to guarantee security in Cartagena Careful background checks for every employee at each of the nine hotels hosting heads of state, especially the chefs responsible for their meals, are only one of the strict security measures being taken for the upcoming Sixth Summit of the Americas in Colombia. For the past year, that nation’s police and military have been [...]
2012 Apr 08 | Posted in
Agencies and Project,
Ajax,
Armed Forces,
Colombia,
Counter Terrorism,
Events,
Events,
Hemispheric Security,
Intelligence,
News,
Plans of Action,
Police,
Related Business and Market,
Security Issues,
STRATEGIC SECURITY,
United States |
Read More »
A crusading federal prosecutor in Brazil this week opened his second 20 billion real ($10.9 billion) lawsuit against U.S. oil company Chevron and driller Transocean, doubling the charges against both companies while drawing criticism from other Brazilians. The new lawsuit, the second filed by Eduardo Santos de Oliveira against the companies in less than five months, is related to an oil leak discovered [...]
2012 Apr 06 | Posted in
Agencies and Law Enforcement,
Ajax,
Arts,
Brazil,
Business,
Clipperton Island,
Corruption, Asset Recovery & Transparency,
Country Facts,
Criminal Investigation,
ECONOMICS,
Events,
Extradition,
French Guaiana,
Guyana,
Illegal Drugs Trafficking,
Institutions and Projects,
International Justice,
Judicial System,
Mutual Legal Assistance,
News,
Sectors,
Treatment Drug Addicts,
Witness Protection |
Read More »
And defends 2013 budget requests From congressional testimony by William R. Brownfield Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Statement Before the House Appropriations Committee Washington, DC March 29, 2012 The persistently high homicide and crime rates throughout Central America, the Caribbean, and the horrific violence inside Mexico, are symptoms of a broader [...]
2012 Mar 31 | Posted in
Agencies and Law Enforcement,
Ajax,
Armed Forces,
Border and Regional Conflicts,
Colombia,
Corruption, Asset Recovery & Transparency,
Counter Narcotics,
COUNTRIES,
Criminal Investigation,
Drug Cartels,
DRUGS,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Haiti,
Hemispheric Security,
Honduras,
Illegal Drugs Trafficking,
Institutions and Projects,
International Justice,
Judicial System,
Mexico,
Money Laundering,
Mutual Legal Assistance,
Narcoterrorism,
News,
Peru,
Plans of Action,
Police,
Policies,
Prevention,
Preventive Actions,
Security Issues,
Transnational Organized Crime TOC,
United States,
Wanted Criminals |
Read More »
Jaime Alberto Marín Zamora, a Colombian cocaine kingpin, has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to US drug trafficking charges. A judge in Miami imposed the sentence today on the 47-year-old, a former leader of Colombia’s North Valley cartel. He had faced up to 24 years, but prosecutors [...]
2012 Mar 28 | Posted in
Agencies and Law Enforcement,
Ajax,
Colombia,
Counter Narcotics,
Drug Cartels,
DRUGS,
Extradition,
Illegal Drugs Trafficking,
International Justice,
Judicial System,
Mutual Legal Assistance,
News,
Prison System,
United States,
Venezuela |
Read More »
