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TUCSON -- The following information was released by the office of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords issued the following statement after the announcement that the first National [...]

(From GAO Reports) GAO-10-835 Drug Control: DOD Needs to Improve Its Performance Measurement System to Better Manage and Oversee Its Counternarcotics Activities July 21, 2010 Congressional Committees The global drug [...]

7/4/2010 1:25:55 PM Afghan officials say security forces, with the support of Nato troops, have broken up an alleged drug-smuggling ring after a series of joint raids against narcotics traffickers [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Pacific Fleet Forces Command: By John J. Kruzel American Forces Press Service A month into a maiden voyage that has seen [...]

GUATEMALA CITY, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Guatemala's military is on alert as anti-narcotic enforcement agencies find the number of airstrips facilitating drug smuggling to the United States by heavily armed […]

Monterrey, Mexico, Jun 9, 2009 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Federal police and soldiers arrested seven police officers out of a group of more than 100 who staged a protest in [...]

Lima, May 7, 2009 (EFE via COMTEX) -- A man and a pregnant woman were killed by suspected members of the Shining Path guerrilla group in a coca-growing region in [...]

Lima, May 4, 2009 (EFE via COMTEX) -- The Shining Path guerrilla group has doubled its firepower, acquiring sophisticated arms and gaining the ability to shoot down helicopters, the La [...]

Bogota, Sep 7, 2008 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Eleven alleged members of a well-known criminal band working for drug traffickers were killed Sunday in a Colombian army operation in the [...]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A recent news story added important evidence to issues raised in recent 'Military Matters' columns. It concerns a fourth-generation war taking place on America's doorstep [...]

Byline: Phyllis D. Osabutey Jul 17, 2008 (Ghanaian Chronicle/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- THE NEWLY outdoored Flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, […]

Byline: Phyllis D. Osabutey Jul 16, 2008 (Ghanaian Chronicle/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- THE NEWLY outdoored Flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, […]

Mexico City, Jun 14, 2008 (EFE via COMTEX) -- The operation launched a month ago in Sinaloa state, breeding ground of Mexico's drug trade, has netted 800 arrests and the [...]

Lima, Mar 19, 2008 (EFE via COMTEX) -- A high-level Shining Path guerrilla commander was captured by the army in the Alto Huallaga jungle region, Peruvian media reported. Felix Mejia [...]

BOGOTA, Nov 16, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Colombia's armed forces seized one of the largest submarines designed for drug trafficking through the Pacific to Central America, Navy officials said […]

Bogota, Sep 3, 2007 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Eds: updates throughout ).- The man said by the Colombian government to be in charge of managing the proceeds of the FARC [...]

BANGKOK, Apr 16, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Two drug traffickers were shot dead and more than four kg of heroin seized before dawn Monday in a fight with Thai […]

BOGOTA, Sept 11, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Colombian and Peruvian air forces on Monday began a series of joint military exercises to boost their coordination against drug trafficking. […]

Carlos E. Torres was stumped when the Navy wanted to reserve his farm in a bucolic valley in the southwestern part of the island for a radar antenna to snag […]

Byline: ISABEL VINCENT Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL -- BY ISABEL VINCENT South America Bureau Rio de Janeiro IT was an image that shocked even Rio's most hardened crime watchers and [...]

Byline: Isabel Vincent Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL -- Isabel Vincent RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's armed forces began a military operation yesterday afternoon to wipe out drug trafficking in Rio de [...]

Byline: ISABEL VINCENT Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL -- BY ISABEL VINCENT South America Bureau RIO DE JANEIRO President Itamar Franco is calling for full-scale military intervention in Rio's shantytowns to [...]

COUNTRY BRIEFING FROM THE ECONOMIST BOGOTA AND CARACAS: For years, it has been claimed that Colombia's conflicts are spilling over its borders, threatening the stability of its neighbours. But hitherto [...]

Byline: JOHN D. HARBRON BY JOHN D. HARBRON PRIME Minister Brian Mulroney has applied his dismal tactics of bravado and expediency again in hastily deploying three Canadian warships to the [...]

LEAD: Vice President Dan Quayle said today that the United States does not intend to send American soldiers to Peru to fight drug traffickers. Vice President Dan Quayle said today […]

(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser). An ISA-Israel Police investigation has recently revealed that two Israeli Arab brothers - Muhammad Shamali, 22, and Ahmad Shamali, 24 - from Ghajar [...]

The Pentagon needs to seriously rethink its battle techniques and strategy in order to deal with the irregular warfare being used by insurgents today. A former Marine Infantry instructor in his book has discussed how ill equipped America is to handle drug smuggling and communist expansion in Latin America.

The Governors of five Gulf Coast states met here today and called for the Defense Department to try to halt the growing drug traffic in their region. In a resolution […]

The House of Representatives voted last week to deploy the military against civilian drug smugglers, notwithstanding the strong opposition of civil libertarians and Defense Department officials who don't like the […]

Narco-terrorists, as the White House called them last week, have been winning big in Bolivia, a world-class producer of coca leaf. With hundreds of millions of dollars in cash flow, […]

Washington DC -- Associated Press WASHINGTON Colombia's Justice Minister and Attorney-General Richard Thornburgh yesterday discussed extradition of Colombian drug traffickers wanted in the United States and tighter security for judges [...]

Bogota COLOMBIA -- Associated Press BOGOTA Colombian soldiers seized a 9,000-hectare cattle ranch and hundreds of show horses belonging to one of the country's most notorious drug traffickers, military officials [...]