nytimes.com reported militants for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have traveled to Mexico and are just miles from the United States. They plan to cross over the porous border and will “imminently” launch car bomb attacks. And the threat is so real that federal law enforcement officers have been placed at a heightened state of alert, and an American military base near the border has increased its security. As the Obama administration and the American public have focused their attention on ISIS in recent weeks, conservative groups and leading Republicans have issued stark warnings like those that ISIS and other extremists from Syria are planning to enter the country illegally from Mexico. But the Homeland Security Department, the F.B.I. and lawmakers who represent areas near the border say there is no truth to the warnings. Read Article
diario.mx reported Distrito Federal- The Attorney General of the Republic (PGR), through the specialized attorney in investigation of organized crime (SEIDO), with the support of the Agency’s Criminal investigation and in coordination with the Federal Police dismantled in Nogales, Sonora, a network dedicated to United States from high-powered arms. In a statement the PGR explained […]
colombiareports.com reported a bi-national committee has concluded that Colombia can fumigate coca crops closer to Ecuador’s border, Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported on Friday. The technical committee, composed of both Colombian and Ecuadorian government officials, said that the current 10-kilometer buffer zone in place since 2005 can be reduced by half to 5 kilometers. The […]
care2.com reported the Islamic State extremists have discussed infiltrating the U.S. through its southern border with Mexico, a U.S. official said. Francis Taylor, under secretary for intelligence and analysis at the Department of Homeland Security, told a Senate committee today that the Sunni militants have been tracked discussing the idea on social-media sites such as […]
latino.foxnews.com reported Brazilian immigration authorities denied Wednesday that they are blocking the entry of African immigrants due to fears that they might be carrying the Ebola virus, which has killed nearly 2,300 people in West Africa since March. The Federal Police, who are responsible for border control, responded to press accounts that their agents are […]
eluniverso.com reported Costa Rica police found 27 undocumented citizens of Nepal in an area of Paso Canoas, border with Panama, joining other intercepted seven Nepalese weekend, in operations against the trafficking, officials said Monday. The regional director of the police in the South, Commissioner José Domingo Cruz, pointed out that the undocumented were found in […]
Human Trafficking from Southern Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala: Why These Victims are Trafficked into Modern Day Florida by Timothy Adam Golob ABSTRACT Florida is ranked as one of the United States’ top three destination states for human trafficking; many of those victims originate from Mesoamerica—Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Human trafficking […]
Border Militarization and Health: Violence, Death and Security in Mexico and the United States bepress.com ABSTRACT: Key Words: Violence, Trauma, Border Security, Migration Despite proposed increases in spending on personnel and equipment for border enforcement tied to the amended version of the U.S. Senate’s current immigration reform bill, the public health impacts of border militarization […]
patriotsinformationhotline.com/ reported from Cadena Noticias…. SHUT IT DOWN! September 20, 2014 We are but a small representation of Americans who are unsettled and deeply concerned with our current Administration, in all branches of Federal and State governments. Our mission is to Shut Down, every United States’ Port of Entry on the Southern Border, until our […]
elnuevoherald.com reported a worker of the border Customs Office of the Mexican city of Piedras Negras, with United States, died and five others were injured by an explosion in the building of tax inspection, reported authorities Sunday while the causes of the incident are investigated. “My condolences to the family of our colleague at the […]
telegrafo.com reported Ecuador announced there will be a 47% reduction of its military posts by the year 2017. However, there will remain military units along the border shared with Colombia. Currently, there are 11,000 troops assigned to the border territory. The Defennse Minister stated that some military installations will be relocated. The goal for these […]
lainfor.es reported Peruvian Foreign Minister Gonzalo Gutierrez said Sunday his Ecuadorian counterpart Ricardo Patiño on the location of two members of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces missing in the border area. Sergeant Roberto Greza Reasco and Wellington Chihuango conscript lost contact with their units since 18 August. Both belong to the Ecuadorian military post “Cononaco”. Read […]
Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade disqualified statements by Texas Governor Rick Perry, who warned about the entry of terrorists into the United States through the Mexican border, it was reported on Sunday. Prior to the official visit that President Enrique Peña Nieto will begin on Monday to California, the United States, Meade said, “there are […]
portafoloio.co reported according to Venezuelan authorities, seizures in less than a week were 96 tonnes of food and almost 300,000 litres of diesel oil, petrol and lubricants Venezuelan. The Government of Venezuela said that in the past five days seized a volume of products seeking to be removed from smuggling to Colombia which outclasses all […]
ccffaa.mil.ec reported the armed forces seized large amount of explosives (Anfo) that were found abandoned in a boat, during a border control operation executed by members of the operational command no. 1 ”, on Saturday, August 09, in the sector of Conejo-Riveras, rio San Miguel, province of Sucumbíos, on the border with Colombia. The explosive, […]
bbc.com reported Venezuela says it has deployed 17,000 troops along its border with Colombia, which was closed on Monday for the first time as part of an anti-smuggling operation. Up to 40% of goods Venezuela subsidises for its domestic market are smuggled to Colombia, where they are sold at much higher prices, the authorities say. […]
eltiempo.com reported with two fragmentation grenades guerrillas harassed police of highways and tax customs who were bet on the international bridge José Antonio Páez, which connects to the populations of El Amparo, Venezuela Apure State and the Department of Arauca. Confirmed the Commander of the police institution, Colonel Camilo Ernesto Álvarez Ochoa, in action that […]
infobae.com reported the Government of Nicolás Maduro informed that controls will be strengthened during the night to prevent the entry of products such as gasoline or food. “Starting from this Monday will be a scheduled closing” “Starting from this Monday will be a scheduled closing of the border with Colombia, between the 10:00 pm and […]
Breitbart.com reported about half of the nation’s federal criminal cases last year were filed in regions near the U.S.-Mexico border, according to an alarming annual report from the Obama Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ). During FY 2013, U.S. Attorney’s offices filed a total of 61,529 criminal cases against defendants, according to the DOJ. Regions along […]
borderlandbeat.com reported the overwhelming corruption in Coahuila allows organized crime to prevail. Corruption from municipal city hall to the governors office, throughout the state, assure the narco business will comfortably flourish. During his governorship “Bert” Moreira and his gang of thieves have purchased luxury properties in San Antonio, and businesses in the area extending to […]
biobiochile.cl reported in an unusual event, in step border Ollague, in the Antofagasta Region, staff of the national customs service surprised two young Bolivians transporting drug in ovoid in their stomachs and their clothes. Subjects were travelling in an inter-provincial bus and were selected among the passengers for a more thorough review by officials of […]
elcomercio.pe reported more than 800 illegal gallons of oil were seized once members of a same family were operated in their attempt to enter the city of Sullana transporting fuel from Ecuador. The family, dedicated to the smuggling, was part of the band “Los Menas” and was intercepted when it crossed the bridge Isaiah Garrido, […]
infobae.com reported agents of the National Institute of migration (INM) were accused of participating in a criminal network in a season of Acayucan, Southern State of Veracruz, to the detriment of illegal Central American origin. The complaint figure who is blackmailed to relatives of immigrants, collection of fees to free undocumented intercepted vehicles and the […]
CARGO EXTORTION THREAT IN MATAMOROS, MEXICO OSAC.gov reported on July 29th at approximately 0900, an overland cargo company contracted by an OSAC constituent was targeted for extortion in Matamoros, Mexico. A truck delivering supplies to Saltillo via the FINSA industrial park was stopped by a group of individuals claiming to be Gulf Cartel members. The […]
Theguardian.com/Damian Carrington reported…Amazon tribe makes first contact with outside world Indigenous people crossed from Peru into Brazil looking for help to combat illegal loggers and drug traffickers, researchers say. Footage released by Brazil’s National Indian Foundation shows isolated indigenous people coming forward for outside assistance after fleeing attacks in Peru Indigenous tribesmen living deep in […]
bbc.com reported that Guatemala, Mexico and the United States have reached a deal to try to prevent migrants from jumping onto a freight train in an attempt to reach the US, according to Guatemalan officials. Tens of thousands of migrants stow away on the train, known as La Bestia (The Beast), every year. Hundreds are […]
dailymail.co.uk – The dead bodies of illegal immigrants are turning up in south Texas as Central Americans pour across the U.S.-Mexico border, and a veterinarian who ranches cattle 70 miles from ground zero has the photos to prove it. Dr. Mike ‘Doc’ Vickers of Brooks County, Texas showed some of the grisly images to MailOnline, […]
lahora.com.ec reported the Governments of Ecuador and Peru will hire a study to determine the potential development of an oil-border area in the Amazon, the Ecuadorian Ministry of non-renewable natural resources said yesterday. The announcement was made as part of ‘Binational workshop’ which brings together since yesterday Thursday to energy authorities of the two countries […]
Elcomercio.com reported the border between Ecuador and Colombia has 62 clandestine passages that are used for the traffic of drugs, military ammunition, medicines, cement, firearms, chemicals, goods and smuggling of fuel and gas tanks. Thus the military have determined in their research. In the villages of El Carmelo, Chicał, Maldonado and Tufiño, in Carchi, an […]
andes.info reported Quito, Jul 28 (Andes).- The Ecuadorian Minister of Security, Fernando Cordero, announced this past Sunday the investment of USD $112 million destined to the purchase of radars for border surveillance. “The purchase of radars for USD $112 million has been authorized. In a few months, we will have a whole radar-system in Ecuador”, […]
In an apparent challenge to calls for alert on the environmental situation of Putumayo – full border with Ecuador – by systematic spills of crude oil on the roads, front 48 of FARC guerrillas yesterday stopped the March of two tanker trucks and forced drivers to open cisterns for spilling oil transporting, via the Alea […]
RINCON PENINSULA, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents on the American side of the Rio Grande were forced to take cover Friday night when high-caliber weaponry was fired at them from the Mexican side of the river, sources told FoxNews.com. The weapons were fired at the U.S. side of the riverbank in the area of […]
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theatlantic.com/William Wheeler reported In 2008, Ecuador’s National Assembly approved a new constitution that recognizes unfettered mobility across borders as a basic human right, advocating “the principle of universal citizenship, the free movement of all inhabitants of the planet, and the progressive extinction of the status of alien or foreigner as an element to transform the […]
examiner.com reported on Monday, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Guatemalan president Otto Perez Molina held a joint press conference in Playas de Catazaja, Mexico, to officially announce an agreement to make it easier for those making the illegal journey to the United States from Central America, to cross into Mexico. The Southern Border Program […]
unomasuno.com.mx reported Ecuador announced greater military control on the border with Colombia, to lower levels of violence arising from actions of illegal armed groups, illegal mining and smuggling. The Ecuadorian Deputy Defense Minister Carlos Larrea, said in statements that reproduce Ecuadorian media, one of the measures that will raise the military patrols, both on land […]
ansa.it reported as many as 100 young Ecuadorians have been taken from their families by Italian authorities, he added. Landazuri De Mora said the problem has only been encountered in Italy. “We are grateful for the welcome that Italy offers our immigrants, giving them opportunities, but we ask for transparency and a greater exchange of […]
theblaze.com reported U.S. law enforcement officials have been finding “cheat sheets” along the border used by illegal immigrants to try to stay in the United States and not get deported after they’ve been caught. The notes, believed to be supplied by human trafficking groups, give pointers in Spanish on what immigrants should say when confronted […]
tucsonnewsnow.com reported a Mexican law enforcement helicopter crossed the U.S. border southwest of Tucson and fired shots on the morning of Thursday, June 26, according to a statement from U.S. Border Patrol. The release said the helicopter crossed approximately 100 yards into Arizona, about eight miles southwest of the village of San Miguel on the […]
ecuadortimes.net reported in accordance to the commitments of the Peace Agreement between Ecuador and Peru since 1998, three roads were concluded and the fourth is being executed. This was announced yesterday by Vicente Rojas, Executive Director of the Binational Plan. Rojas explained that the highway that connects Saramiriza (Peru) with Loja (Ecuador) advances by direct […]
NPR.org reported Venezuelans in need of U.S. dollars are restricted by government controls in the amount they can purchase legally. So many head across the border to Colombia. Hundreds of money-changers are at work in the border town of Cucuta, which also sets the exchange rate for the black market in Venezuela. Read Article
fronterasdesk.org reported in recent months there’s been a notable uptick in Central American families and unaccompanied children coming across the U.S.-Mexico border. The largest share of migrants are coming through Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. For the first time in 16 years, that sector has surpassed Border Patrol’s Tucson sector as the busiest location for apprehending […]
Brazil began deploying over the weekend some 30,000 troops to secure its borders as it prepares to host the World Cup that kicks off next month. The operation involving the army, navy and air force will extend over the 16,900-kilometer frontier separating the South American giant from its 10 neighbors. The internationally coordinated effort is […]
Nathalie Cely/Ecuador’s Ambassador to the U.S. wrote: In March, a little girl died scared and alone in a shelter in Mexico, lost on a perilous journey from the mountains of Ecuador to join her family in New York, more than 3,000 miles away. The death of 12-year old Noemi Alvarez Quilloy puts a tragic, human […]
martinoticias.com reported in Guayaquil, a port city of Ecuador, police arrested five Cubans with passports and false identities, waiting to travel to the United States. The first of them had been captured overnight on Tuesday, in the Guayaquil airport, and their track led to the other four Cubans, who were in a hotel awaiting his […]
lubbockonline.com/AP reported Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter said in the letter that Afghanistan war veteran Andrew Tahmooressi had just moved to San Diego from Florida and had all his belongings in his truck, including his pistol, shotgun and rifle, when he missed the last U.S. exit on April 1, forcing him to cross the border. Road […]
ndtv.com reported..In March, a month after she left home, the police picked up Noemi and a coyote in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The authorities took her to a children’s shelter. She was described as crying inconsolably after being questioned by a prosecutor. A few days later, she was found hanged from a shower curtain rod in […]
LATINO.FOXNEWS.COM REPORTED…Colombia’s leftist FARC guerrillas blew up a portion of the main road linking their country with neighboring Ecuador, authorities said Tuesday. The explosives were apparently hidden in a sewer pipe, Temistocles Ortega, governor of the southwestern province of Cauca, told Blu Radio, as was the case in an April 1 FARC attack at another […]
Elpais.com reported five percentage points of taxes are measured in money but also in time and distance. The industry know it well because, from January 1, not only pay more expensive good part of products that are no longer encumbered with a reduced 11% VAT but with 16% that affects the rest of the country. […]
Interpol reported…Two organized crime networks involved in fuel smuggling across Peru and Ecuador have been dismantled following an INTERPOL-coordinated operation targeting illicit trade and counterfeiting. More than 60 interventions were carried out as part of Operation Alisuyo, targeting the criminal gangs known as ‘culebras’ or ‘snakes’ because of the way they move across borders. One […]
ElComercio.com reported….They offered invitation letters, certificates of false identity and other documents. Therefore, the criminal organization charged them up to USD 1 500 to those affected so that could travel to the United States and Europe. Thus ended the unity of organized crime and transnational of the prosecution, after investigating a criminal network that was […]
laht.com reported that more than 332,000 undocumented Mexican migrants, of whom nearly 16,900 were minors, were deported by the United States in a “safe, humane and orderly” fashion in 2013, the National Migration Institute (INM) said on Tuesday. Some 16,853 deportees, or 5% of the total, were minors, of whom “2,834 were met by a […]
gidj.blogspot.com reported As you may have surmised from the title, we went from Expats legally residing in Ecuador, to Illegal Aliens living in Ecuador. How? We went over our T-3 Visa time and had not gotten our residency visas started. This can be a very unnerving feeling for someone who resides overseas. I will tell […]
dw.de reported…Not many experts in Mexico are willing or brave enough to discuss the country’s recently amended anti-money laundering laws, designed to hamper the drug cartels from trying to legitimize their ill-gotten gains. Banned transactions, in national or international currencies, include the sale of real estate or property valued at more than 520,000 pesos ($40,000). […]
Plenglish.com reported the number of Guatemalans deported from the United States in the first 11 months of the year totaled to 46,198, which was 23 percent more than the same period last year, the National Immigration Office said. Of the total deported this year so far, 41,965 are men, 3,941 are women and 292 were […]
bloomberg.com reported…. Criminal gangs are shipping the equivalent of 60 to 100 tankers of subsidized Venezuelan fuel per day into Colombia, much of it paid for with cocaine, according to the Colombian government. Between 10 percent and 15 percent of fuel used by Colombian drivers is smuggled from neighboring countries, Juan Ricardo Ortega, the head […]
lahora.com.ec reported that International editorial action, apparently committed by the front 48 of the FARC in the border with Ecuador, killed the patrol police, Jesus David Gaona. Early indications are that a sniper of the guerrilla shot him from the Ecuadorian side and killed him. The incident took place in the San Miguel international bridge, […]
Crossing the border from Colombia to Ecuador took about two days. From Bogota we took a bus to Ipailes which took 24 hours. It would have been shorter if it wasn’t for the constant stops by the police. We left Bogota terminal around 10pm to avoid getting into Ipiales by night, but still manage to […]
US authorities have shut a sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel recently dug under the US-Mexican border. The tunnel – said to be 2.4 miles long – linked a warehouse in Tijuana to another in San Diego, California. Derek Benner, head of Homeland Security Investigations in San Diego, said it was equipped with lights, ventilation and an […]
bbc.co.uk reported that the Dominican Republic has denied that a ruling by its highest court which says that the children of undocumented migrants are not eligible for Dominican nationality is discriminatory. Human rights groups have warned that it could leave tens of thousands of people of Haitian descent stateless. Read Article
aljazeera.com reported….the secrecy surrounding a friendly settlement in a case that Ecuador brought against Colombia in the International Court of Justice for damage caused by anti-drug spraying along the border has further angered those affected by the fumigation. Ecuador dropped the lawsuit filed in 2008 in The Hague-based Court, as a result of the agreement […]
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theguardian.com reported…It might be a strip of sand without even a jetty but a small stretch of the Pacific coast now harbours Bolivia’s dream of regaining a coast and becoming a maritime nation. The landlocked Andean country has won access to a desolate patch of Peru’s shoreline, fuelling hopes that Bolivia will once again have […]
Military wounded during attack on the northern border Yesterday afternoon, there was an attack on a helicopter of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE), on the border of Ecuador and Colombia. A soldier was injured during the incident. According to an official statement, which referred to newspaper El Comercio, the fact was in the village of […]
The Armed Forces of Ecuador seized about 9,000 rounds 5.56 from Peru and apparently were intended for Colombia’s illegal groups, military spokesmen said Wednesday. Part of ammunition found on Tuesday in a raid on the seaside town of Huaquillas (southwest and bordering Peru), were within drums, told reporters the officer Marcelo Montalvo, a member of […]
Eluniverso.com reported Forces, yesterday morning was the military ceremony of change of command, in which Brigadier General Edison Narvaez Rosero, who ran the command of the 4th Division Amazon was appointed commander of the Operational Group 1 Norte. Narvaez, unlike his predecessor, Gen. Fernando Proaño, who ran the detachments of the provinces of Esmeraldas, Carchi, […]
VIDEO IN SPANISH DOES YOUR FIRM NEED HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED MEDIA MONITORING SERVICES FOR LATIN AMERICA? – GO HERE mundinews.com reported In the Colombian Guajira are clandestine, tolerated by the Colombian authorities, as used by rebel groups to drug trafficking and weapons to Venezuela, said Sunday the journalist and politician José Vicente Rangel in section The […]
At 1pm on Monday, Rocio Hernandez Perez and 29 other young people will walk in a convoy across the bridge over the Rio Bravo and head for the Nuevo Laredo border crossing between Mexico and the US. Dressed uniformly in graduation caps and gowns in the style of American students, which most of them once […]
ecuavisa.com reported that the ministers of Colombia, Juan Carlos Pinzon, and Ecuador, Homer Arellano , with defense officials, security and military, yesterday visited the border area to contain growing coca (the raw material for cocaine) and determine the action to follow. The heads walked a stretch of 10 kilometers from the Colombian side, where aerial […]
globalpost.com reported that Ecuador and Colombia summoned senior security officials Thursday for a meeting on how to fight crime along their dense jungle border. The two-day session begins in the southern Colombian city of Cali. On Friday officials will travel to an area of the 700-kilometer (420 mile) frontier where coca plantations have been detected […]
Globo on September 26, 2013 reported that the Brazilian Army in Oiapoque, Amapá launched an operation along the border of French Guiana in attempt to fight cross-border crimes. Operation “Curare” will work to combat environmental crimes, human trafficking, and illegal mining. 550 soldiers were used, including boats and helicopters. The Operation, continuing into October of […]
Fes.sott.net reported that some 15,000 tourists, mainly Chileans, take two days blocked by the closure of the Cristo Redentor tunnel, because of the snow, to local authorities. According to the National Highway Argentina , the tunnel, which connects Chile and Argentina, was closed on Saturday because of a storm of wind and snow. The regional […]
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acritica.uol.com.br reported on September 20, 2013 that the Federal Police with the help of the Peruvian police closed eight cocaine-producing laboratories on Peruvian territory. The laboratories were 1 kilometer from the Brazilian border. One seizure involved confiscating 240 kilos of cocaine. In addition, the police seize 5,920 gallons of gasoline on a Peruvian vessel traveling […]
Startling new numbers show that despite valiant efforts to show the dangers of crossing the border, hundreds are chancing it and dying. This year is proving deadlier than last year. As U.S. Border Patrol has more success catching crossers in urban areas, coyotes are taking the migrants farther out into rougher terrain. Through Wednesday, the […]
Globo reported on September 15, 2013 that actions to address and combat the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents will be the focus of attention as the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. Borer security will strengthen between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina as a means to educate the population and tourists on ways to […]
bbc.co.uk reported that Nicaragua has launched legal action against Colombia in the International Court of Justice, claiming potentially oil-rich areas in the Caribbean. Last year the court in The Hague ruled that a group of small islands belonged to Colombia, but expanded disputed maritime limits in favour of Nicaragua. In the new case, Nicaragua asked […]
Terra reported on September 13, 2013 that the Brazilian Federal Police and the National Police of Peru agreed to join forces to find and remove cocaine production laboratories in the Peruvian Amazon. Police report “Operation Trapeze” will discover 15 hidden laboratories that can produce up to 10 tons of cocaine a year. Last year, the […]
Operating in the military conducted Angasmayo destroy the bridge that connects Carchi, Ecuador, with Carlosama sector in Colombia, people have thrown stones and fired against the military to prevent this is collapsed. The destruction of illegal steps that authorities agreed bilaterally Colombia and Ecuador in June, began last Tuesday in different areas of the northern […]
READ THIS BOOK BEFORE MOVING TO ECUADOR latino.foxnews.com reported Colombia and Ecuador have settled the suit Quito filed five years ago with the International Court of Justice over the effects on Ecuadorian citizens, crops and livestock of Bogota’s aerial fumigations of coca near the two countries’ shared border, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday. […]
milenio.com reported the seizure occurred when two men tried to enter the United States with 14 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a van. Nuevo Laredo • Agents Customs and Border Protection arrested two people in possession of more than 14 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine valued at nearly a million dollars, they tried to enter the […]
milenio.com reported tThis year, there have been in Matamoros, a total of 418 cases of dengue, of which 131 are related to bleeding, also this week, were recruited 24 new cases reported, Victor Garcia Fuentes, head of the Third Sanitary District in this border. These cases have been laboratory confirmed state of dependency on the […]
Colombiareports.co reported that the United Nations Refugee Agency will launch a plan to aid child refugees from Colombia who are residing in Ecuador. The regional representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, John Fredrikson, stated over the weekend that he will soon launch a plan to allow easier access to a normal education for […]
UK Border Agency expert Bernard Ley was in Quito from 26 to 30 August to train migratory control staff from the Quito International Airport and the northern border. He then travelled to Guayaquil from 2 to 7 September, where he trained staff from the Guayaquil International airport and other control centres on the coast and […]
info7.com.mx reported the government recommended “Ecuadorian citizens who plan to travel by land to the neighboring country, avoid doing so until the situation returns to normal.” The suggestion takes into account the “difficult situation facing Colombia because of the national strike” and has also had an impact on the international bridge Rumichaca, the main border […]
From lainformacion.com on August 25, 2013- The leader of the FARC’s 57th Front, known only as “Silver” was killed in a Colombian military operation against a rebel camp near the Panamanian border. During the operation authorities seized 15 rifles from the guerrillas’ camp. Authorities noted that “Silver” was a key leader for drug trafficking from […]
On August 24, 2013 Globo reported that the meeting of the Integrated Management Office in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná discussed border security action to monitor river and lakes as a means to control trafficking and smuggling. Speedboats supplied with 12 police officers will intercept any illegal vehicles in the water. Information from a survey revealed […]
On August 23, 2013 Terra reported that the governments of Peru and Brazil signed an agreement in Lima, Peru to help increase development and improve border control in the region as an effort to promote trade. Issues among discussion included human and drug trafficking. Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Patriota will visit Peru this […]
From lainformacion.com on August 20, 2013- Guatemalan security forces seized 40 barrels (8338 liters) of chemical precursor for synthetic drugs in the northern part of the country. The seizure occurred at the Six Islands farm in the city of San Andrés, Petén Department, along the Mexican and Belizean borders. Authorities arrested José Antonio Galdámez in […]
On August 19, 2013 Globo reported that the Federal Highway Police in Mato Grosso do Sul have confiscated R$19 million worth of contraband goods this year, more than half being cigarettes. In total, 400 vehicles have been seized over the past two years for either smuggling or embezzlement. As police have tightened the border between […]
From lainformacion.com on August 14, 2013- The Drug Control Police of Costa Rica (PCD) arrested a Guatemalan who was attempting to transport 202 kilos of cocaine to Nicaragua. The drugs were hidden in a “double wall” in the container of a truck. The drugs were discovered during a routine inspection at the Penas Blancas border […]
From lainformacion.com on August 15, 2013- Units from the Colombian Army and Navy seized 1,558 kilos of high purity cocaine, ready to ship to Panama, in the border town of Rio Sucio, Choco. The operation occurred on the Salaqui River, in the Embera Katio reservation, where Front 57 of the FARC operates, who according to […]
odiario.com reported on August 14, 2013 that 70 federal police officers participated in Operation “Caturra” designed to combat drug trafficking in the region of Londrina near Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul. The investigation, which began in February of this year, has arrested 12 people in total while seizing 600 pounds of marijuana, 60 pounds […]
Globo reported on August 14, 2013 that the issue of illegal mining and exploitation of gold by Brazilians (Gendarmes) along the border area of Amapá, Brazil and French Guiana was one of the issues of concern discussed at the VII Meeting of the National Strategy for Border Security (ENAFRON). According to officials, illegal mining raises […]
From Terra on August 12, 2013- A total of 58 kilos of marijuana, equivalent to 116 thousand doses valued at 58 million pesos was seized by customs officials at the Cardinal Antonio Samoré Border Complex. The drugs were discovered in a truck that had been in Argentina for week. The drugs were found in 77 […]
eLCOMERCIO.PE reported that at least $ 50,000 in illegal fuel daily across the border. PNP recognizes that should get 100 agents there is a change. At least fifteen gangs involved in the gas contraband business. At least seven border crossings involved. Aguas Verdes, Tumbes , 6:35 pm The traffic flow that is born in the […]
From lainformacion.com on August 8, 2013- Paraguayan agents seized 26 tons marijuana in the Itakyry District in the department of Alto Parana near the border with Brazil. The drugs were hidden in three clandestine camps in a wooded area. The seized drugs estimated value was $13 million in the Brazilian market, where 80% of Paraguayan […]
Elcomercio.com reported that the Ministry of Defence confirmed that six people were killed and one was wounded during a clash reported this morning between the military and alleged Colombian rebel groups in Puerto Mestanza (Sucumbios). At a press conference, authorities c onfirmaron that one of the deceased ‘s Lt. Diego Maldonado, 28. In addition there […]
Globo reported on August 7, 2013 that the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice and Public Security of Amapá will host a national event between August 13 and August 15 in Oiapoque to present ENAFRON; a program designed to combat crimes in states along the border with fellow South American countries. The meeting […]