News Links tagged "Drug Seizures"
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Friday, April 26, 2013
| Location: | Caribbean Regional |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Coast Guard offloads $27 million of seized cocaine |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber offloaded 2,200 pounds of cocaine, seized during Operation Martillo, worth an estimated value of $27 million at Base Miami Beach, Fla., April 26. |
Friday, April 12, 2013
| Location: | Dominican Republic |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Interceptan 500 kilos de cocaina y muere uno de los implicados |
| Author/Source: | Ramon Urbaez Listin Diario (Dominican Republic) |
| Brief: | Por tercera vez en menos de quince dias, las autoridades antinarcoticos dominicanas decomisaron un alijo superior a los 500 kilogramos de cocaina colombiana |
Monday, April 8, 2013
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Border Security, Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Border agents seeing more meth from Mexico |
| Author/Source: | Angela Kocherga WFAA Dallas/Fort Worth |
| Brief: | "A good 80 percent of the seizures involving narcotics here in the passenger environment, passenger vehicles, deal mostly with methamphetamine" |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, Public Security |
| Title: | Militares destruyen cuatro 'narcolaboratorios' en Zacatecas |
| Author/Source: | Manuel Chacon Milenio (Mexico) |
| Brief: | Informes oficiales indican que los centros donde se procesaba la droga se localizaron en tres predios rusticos de 450 metros cuadrados en el municipio de Nochistlan |
Monday, April 1, 2013
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Public Security |
| Title: | Arrestan a siete presuntos delincuentes en Zacatecas |
| Author/Source: | Manuel Chacon Milenio (Mexico) |
| Brief: | En el operativo de la Division de Inteligencia de la Comision Nacional de Seguridad tambien se aseguro un importante arsenal de fusiles de asalto y cientos de dosis de cocaina |
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
| Location: | Costa Rica |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Decomisan mas de 1,000 kilos de cocaina en el oceano Pacifico |
| Author/Source: | AFP El Faro (El Salvador) |
| Brief: | Los operativos fueron posibles gracias al apoyo de patrulleras estadounidenses. |
Monday, February 4, 2013
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Border Security, Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Se aseguro droga por 350 mdd en la frontera Mexico-EU durante 2012 |
| Author/Source: | Notimex Animal Politico (Mexico) |
| Brief: | Durante 2012, en los ocho cruces internacionales de esta jurisdiccion, se aseguraron mas de 59 mil 874 kilogramos de narcoticos |
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
| Location: | Central America Regional |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | USS Gary Seizes $22 Million of Narcotics During Operation Martillo, Sinks Drug Boat |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Gary is homeported in San Diego and is currently deployed to Central and South America in support of Operation Martillo and U.S. 4th Fleet's mission, Southern Seas 2012 |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Militares aseguran dos laboratorios clandestinos en Jalisco |
| Author/Source: | Notimex Milenio (Mexico) |
| Brief: | La Sedena informo que solados al realizar un reconocimiento terrestre en los municipios de Tlajomulco de Zuniga y Chiquilistla, encontraron dos estancias encubiertas para elaborar droga sintetica |
Thursday, January 17, 2013
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, Public Security |
| Title: | Incautan cocaina en Honduras |
| Author/Source: | Prensa Libre (Guatemala) |
| Brief: | El enfrentamiento se registro en la madrugada de ayer, en La Mosquitia, departamento de Gracias a Dios, donde fueron incautadas 771 libras de cocaina |
Monday, January 7, 2013
| Location: | Bolivia, Paraguay |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Capturan nave boliviana con cerca de 300 kilos de cocaina en San Pedro |
| Author/Source: | ABC (Paraguay) |
| Brief: | Una avioneta boliviana que transportaba cerca de 300 kilos de cocaina fue incautada ayer a poco de aterrizar |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Colombia Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Incautan mas de una tonelada de marihuana en Cienaga (Magdalena) |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La Policia Antinarcoticos se incauto de 1,2 toneladas de marihuana tipo rojo tras el desmantelamiento de un centro de acopio |
Thursday, January 3, 2013
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Woman, baby and 12 boys caught with drugs, guns |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press CBS News |
| Brief: | Mexican marines say they have detained an unlikely band of drug traffickers that includes 12 boys and a woman with a baby who possessed rifles, grenade launchers and drugs |
Thursday, December 20, 2012
| Location: | Bolivia |
| Category: | Drug Policy, Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Felcn se incauta de $us 32,8 millones en ‘narcobienes’ |
| Author/Source: | Marco Chuqumia El Deber (Bolivia) |
| Brief: | Se realizaron 13.065 operativos y se detuvo a 4.200 personas |
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Colombia Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | El 2012, con record en incautacion de cocaina |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La exitosa cifra plantea nuevos retos, pues los calculos de la ONU senalan que el potencial de produccion de coca ronda las 350 toneladas |
| Location: | Colombia, Mexico |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Colombia Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Decomisan 1.5 toneladas de cocaina en Colombia destinadas a Los Zetas |
| Author/Source: | Univision |
| Brief: | De las 185 toneladas de cocaina incautadas en 2012, aproximadamente el 50 por ciento tenia como destino el mercado mexicano |
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
| Location: | Nicaragua |
| Category: | Drug Seizures |
| Title: | Destruyen 19,000 plantas de marihuana |
| Author/Source: | Francisco Mendoza El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) |
| Brief: | Manifesto que durante el operativo se detuvo a dos personas, una de las cuales fue remitida al municipio de Siuna, porque la droga fue decomisada en la comunidad Chilamate Kum. |
Monday, December 3, 2012
| Location: | Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Colombia y Costa Rica incautan mas de una tonelada de cocaina en el Pacifico |
| Author/Source: | AFP El Faro |
| Brief: | La semana pasada, en Honduras las autoridades decomisaron 15 toneladas de cocaina, lo que constituye el alijo mas grande incautado en la historia reciente. |
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
| Location: | Ecuador, Honduras |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Decomisan media tonelada de cocaina que tenia como destino Honduras |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse El Faro |
| Brief: | Ocho personas fueron capturadas en la pista clandestina donde fue encontrado el alijo, en una provincia costera del Ecuador. |
Monday, November 12, 2012
| Location: | Brazil, Paraguay |
| Category: | Border Security, Drug Seizures, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Paraguay seizes more cocaine along Brazil border |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | Paraguayan officials say they have arrested a Bolivian drug lord and seized more than a ton of cocaine in a northern city along the border with Brazil. |
| Location: | Paraguay |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Paraguay captura a narco boliviano |
| Author/Source: | Ponte Al DIa |
| Brief: | El narcotraficante boliviano Marco Antonio Rocca Ali fue capturado junto con otros dieciocho individuos por agentes paraguayos antidrogas durante un operativo en la frontera noreste con Brasil. |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
| Location: | Bolivia |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Destruyen fabrica y laboratorio de cocaina |
| Author/Source: | Ivan Condori La Razon |
| Brief: | En dos operativos realizados entre el fin de semana y ayer, la policia antidrogas destruyo un laboratorio de cristalizacion y una fabrica de pasta base de cocaina. |
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Politics And Security, Relations With Neighbors |
| Title: | Militares venezolanos hallan droga en frontera con Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Semana |
| Brief: | La Guardia Nacional Bolivariana (GNB, policia militarizada) descubrio un alijo de 2,7 toneladas de droga en el estado Tachira, fronterizo con Colombia. |
Monday, November 5, 2012
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Venezuelan authorities seize large cocaine shipment hidden in cargo truck |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press The Washington Post |
| Brief: | Venezuelan National Guard troops have seized a shipment of 1.4 metric tons (1.5 tons) of cocaine stashed in a compartment in a cargo truck. |
Friday, October 19, 2012
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security |
| Colombia Category: | Drug Seizures |
| Title: | En tres dias, Armada incauto cerca de 2 toneladas de coca en el Caribe |
| Author/Source: | Redaccion Justicia El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Autoridades vigilan el Golfo del Morrosquillo y el de Uraba, donde bandas han aumentado las rutas. |
| Location: | Costa Rica |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Policia encuentra drogas en 65% de inspecciones a colegios |
| Author/Source: | Irela Fornaguera O. La Nacion |
| Brief: | Los rastreos caninos son parte del Programa Regional Antidrogas (PRAD) del Ministerio de Seguridad Publica, para prevenir el consumo y trafico de sustancias ilicitas en entidades de secundaria tanto publicas como privadas. |
Monday, October 1, 2012
| Location: | Nicaragua |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Incautacion de cocaina en Nicaragua llega al menos 8,5 toneladas durante 2012 |
| Author/Source: | DPA La Tercera |
| Brief: | El Ejercito y la Policia Nacional de Nicaragua han incautado al menos 8,5 toneladas de cocaina de marzo a septiembre de 2012. |
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Colombia Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Decomisan semisumergible de narcotraficantes |
| Author/Source: | EFE ABC Color |
| Brief: | La Armada de Colombia se incauto, en aguas del Pacifico cerca de Ecuador, de un semisumergible que al parecer servia a una banda de narcotraficantes para transportar cocaina hacia Centroamerica. |
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Argentina Seizes Over $1Mn of Crystal Meth |
| Author/Source: | Edward Fox InSight |
| Brief: | Due to its growing role in the methamphetamine trade, Argentina has seen increased activity from Mexican cartels. |
Monday, August 13, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US Coast Guard cutter nabs suspected smugglers, two tons of cocaine |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | "These very large seizures at-sea are the most effective way to keep cocaine off the streets of America," said Capt. Gregory Burg, Commanding Officer aboard the Morgenthau. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Colombian police seize cocaine bound for Mexican cartel |
| Author/Source: | EFE Fox News Latino |
| Brief: | The shipment belonged to the Oficina de Envigado, a drug gang created in the 1980s by late Medellin cartel boss Pablo Escobar. |
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
| Location: | Peru |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, News Email |
| Title: | Antes mochileros, hoy transportistas |
| Author/Source: | Romina Mella IDL Reporteros |
| Brief: | La droga habria sido desembarcada y puesta en un centro de acopio temporal antes de ser llevada a Bolivia. |
Monday, July 23, 2012
| Location: | Nicaragua |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Naval hunde lancha narco |
| Author/Source: | Edith Pineda, Gilberto Artola El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) |
| Brief: | Embarcacion salio de Panama y su destino era Honduras. Iban cuatro ocupantes, tres costarricenses que lograron huir, y un capturado. |
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | USS Nicholas Brings Home 4 Tons of Drugs from Operation Martillo |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) delivered more than four tons of cocaine and marijuana to Naval Station Mayport, Fla., seized from drug interdictions conducted in support of Operation Martillo. |
| Location: | Central America Regional |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, News Email, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Aumenta 30% el decomiso de drogas en Centroamerica |
| Author/Source: | Notimex Animal Politico |
| Brief: | El decomiso de drogas en America Central aumento 30% en lo que va del ano respecto al mismo periodo de 2011, debido a la "Operacion Martillo", afirmo hoy el jefe del Comando Sur. |
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
| Location: | Caribbean Regional |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | USS Elrod, Coast Guard Disrupt Drug Flow in the Caribbean |
| Author/Source: | Michael D. Wimbish U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | A U.S. Customs and Border Protection P-3 initially detected the "go-fast" vessel. The drug traffickers then began to jettison the contraband as the P-3 turned over tracking of the vessel to Elrod. |
| Location: | Nicaragua |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Ejercito decomisa un lote de cocaina |
| Author/Source: | Prensa Libre (Guatemala) |
| Brief: | El Ejercito de Nicaragua decomiso cerca de dos mil libras de cocaina en aguas del Caribe norte, y se enfrento a balazos a cuatro narcotraficantes que se dieron a la fuga. |
Monday, July 16, 2012
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Colombia Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Colombian navy arrests 4, seizes cocaine in Caribbean |
| Author/Source: | EFE Fox News Latino |
| Brief: | The drug smugglers were using a lobster boat to transport the cocaine. |
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
| Location: | Caribbean Regional |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Navy, Coast Guard seize $13 Million of Cocaine in the Caribbean |
| Author/Source: | Michael D. Wimbish U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | A U.S. Navy maritime P-3 Orion patrol aircraft spotted the "go-fast" vessel and the Elrod moved to intercept. |
| Location: | Ecuador |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, News Email |
| Title: | La Policia incauto una tonelada de droga y desmantelo laboratorio |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse El Universo (Ecuador) |
| Brief: | Segun uniformados, en una de las viviendas de la urbanizacion Lagunas del Daule funcionaba un minilaboratorio. |
Monday, June 25, 2012
| Location: | Colombia, Nicaragua |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Drug Seizures, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S., Nicaragua and Colombia Fight Drug Trafficking Together |
| Author/Source: | Latin American Herald Tribune |
| Brief: | In two separate actions, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard personnel recently joined forces with the Nicaraguan navy and the Colombian navy to recover large quantities of cocaine. |
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Mexico seizes over 16 tons of drug precursors |
| Author/Source: | EFE Fox News Latino |
| Brief: | The U.S. drug market has seen declining demand for cocaine and a simultaneous rise in demand for synthetic drugs. |
Thursday, June 7, 2012
| Location: | Caribbean Regional |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Pages: USS-Elrod Seizes 3,790-Pounds of Drugs in the Caribbean |
| Author/Source: | Michael D. Wimbish U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Operation Martillo (Spanish for 'hammer') is a U.S., European, and Western Hemisphere partner nation effort targeting illicit trafficking routes in coastal waters along the Central American isthmus. |
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Emerging Criminal Groups, Narcotrafficking |
| Colombia Category: | Drug Seizures, Emerging Criminal Groups, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Capturan a 16 presuntos integrantes de los 'Urabenos' |
| Author/Source: | EFE El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Las autoridades colombianas incautaron 2,5 toneladas de cocaina, una considerable suma de dolares, y capturaron a 16 presuntos integrantes de la banda criminal los 'Urabenos'. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Drug Seizures, Emerging Criminal Groups, Recent Violence |
| Colombia Category: | Drug Seizures, Emerging Criminal Groups, Recent Violence |
| Colombia Region: | Sucre |
| Title: | Confiscan 2.5 toneladas de cocaina en el pacifico colombiano |
| Author/Source: | Milenio |
| Brief: | El jefe de Estado, en dialogo con periodistas, indico que en una primera labor de inteligencia conjunta entre la Armada de Estados Unidos y la policia se incautauron 2.5 toneladas. |