Category archives for: Border and Regional Conflicts

US soldiers arrested in Mexican cartel hit squad sting

The Americas Post - You won't see Kevin Corley and Samuel Walker on any Army recruiting posters

A former US Lieutenant and an active duty Sergeant have been arrested with four other men in Laredo, Texas, for drug trafficking and an alleged murder-for-hire plot, according to federal officials. The arrests followed a federal sting operation in which the suspects allegedy planned to purchase weapons for drug cartel members in return for money and drugs. Kevin Corley, 29, and Samuel Walker, 28, [...]

Colombian forces kill 33 FARC guerrillas

The Americas Post - Latest score in Arauca stands at FARC 11, Colombian Army 33

A Colombian army attack against a FARC camp has left 33 guerrillas dead in an oil region bordering Venezuela, the sharpest blow struck by security forces against the rebel group in the last year, that government said Wednesday. The offensive against a column of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) took place  in the northeast department of Arauca, the same [...]

United Kingdom accuses Argentines of harassing Falklands

The Americas Post - Guess what the argument is really about?  Photo Credit:  Rockhopper

Britain denounced Argentina for intimidation against the people of the Falkland Islands on Friday, after Buenos Aires announced legal action against companies conducting oil exploration in the disputed South Atlantic protectorate. Tensions between the two countries have increased approaching the thirtieth anniversary of the Argentine invasion in the Falklands, a conflict that killed 650 Argentines and 255 British soldiers. The dispute has been revived by the discovery of [...]

Six thousand year jail sentence for Guatemalan soldier

The Americas Post - Remains of the Dos Erres massacre victims were recovered by archaeologists

A Guatemalan court on Monday sentenced a former special forces soldier to 6,060 years in prison for participating in a 1982 slaughter where 201 people were killed. Pedro Pimentel, 55, was deported last year from Los Angeles to Guatemala to face charges of murder and crimes against humanity.  He is the fifth soldier to be sentenced for [...]

Colombia extradites FARC jailer to the U.S.

The Americas Post - Pirinolo has now switched roles from being the jailer to being the prisoner

Colombia on Friday extradited another guerrilla to the United States, on charges of holding three kidnapped Americans in the jungle  for over 5 years until they were rescued in 2008. Alexander Beltrán Herrera, known as ”Pirinolo”,  is the latest rebel from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) extradited to the U.S., that nation’s main ally  in the fight against drug [...]

23 Reasons why not decriminalize drugs use.

The following is stated in the investigation made by the Norwegian Narcotics Governmental Committee  which members, more than 100 consultative bodies, has made a public statement in late February. The picture that emerges is the following: 1) the drug situation in Norway is improving, 2) law enforcement efforts should be reinforced, 3) amicable measures for [...]

Firefight erupts across US-Mexico border

The Americas Post - The US Border Patrol is "trained to deal with that situation"

A pitched gun battle was fought across the Rio Grande river this week between U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican drug traffickers, authorities announced on Friday. The U.S. Border Patrol said gunfire broke out on Wednesday when agents confronted a band of smugglers loading marijuana bales into two vehicles on the banks of the Rio [...]

Texas deploys gunboats to patrol Mexican border

The Americas Post - The Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico may soon look like a scene from Apocalypse Now

The State of Texas on Thursday unveiled the second of six new ‘interceptor’ gunboats, similar to the Navy swift boats deployed on rivers during the Vietnam War, to patrol the US/Mexico border. The Texas Department of Public Safety announced the 34-foot shallow water craft would be deployed on the Rio Grande and the Intercoastal Waterway, [...]

Peru to buy 10 Super Tucano light attack aircraft

The Americas Post - The Embraer Super Tucano is for those who need an airstrike on a budget

Peru is interested in buying 10 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to patrol its Amazon borders, the Brazilian Minister of Defense said Tuesday, opening a new market for Brazilian manufacturer Embraer in Latin America. The announcement was made by Defense Minister Celso Amorim in Brasilia after meeting with Peruvian counterpart Alberto Otarola to discuss the [...]

Argentine-British tensions put bilateral trade at risk

The Americas Post - New demand for undersea oil has made the Falklands a bone of contention again

Recent diplomatic tension between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands may affect growing bilateral trade which last year totaled 1.4 billion dollars, a new report indicates. Among Argentina’s 10 export markets under stress, the most significant is that of Great Britain, destination for 7.5 percent of Argentine sales to the European Union, says a [...]

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