The Quincy Institute hosted a Tuesday discussion of the Trump administration’s fight against “narco-terrorism.” The post Expert Panel: Trump’s Latin America Policy Won’t Stop Drugs appeared first on The American Conservative .
Latin America Expert Panel: Trump’s Latin America Policy Won’t Stop Drugs The Quincy Institute hosted a Tuesday discussion of the Trump administration’s fight against “narco-terrorism.” Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration’s Latin America policies are too simplistic for the complicated problems facing the region, a panel of restraint-oriented foreign policy experts concluded Tuesday. The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft gathered Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, co-director of the Corruption, Networks, and Transnational Crime Research Center (CONTRA) at George Mason…Open
AI:The Quincy Institute recently hosted a forum featuring various restraint-oriented foreign policy experts who argued that the Trump administration's aggressive, militarized approach to fighting narco-terrorism in Latin America is too simplistic and destined to fail. Panelists Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Isabel Pereira Arana, and Lee Schlenker contended that focusing heavily on coercion and security measures neglects root causes like local poverty and corruption, potentially leading to a "balloon effect" where criminal networks simply adapt or displace their operations elsewhere. These academics suggested that instead of the administration's decisive stance against cartels, the United States should prioritize rural development, strengthening…Open
Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella wants to collaborate with the United States in joint military operations to combat narco-terrorism, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
Colombia’s new right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella has requested assistance from the United States in combating narco-terrorism, including joint military operations in the region. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella wants to collaborate with the United States in joint military operations to combat narco-terrorism, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. DETAIL: Following Espriella’s inauguration last week, the new President of Colombia declared that his administration would bring “the wrath of God” to drug traffickers, vowing to “end them like cockroaches, like rats.” On Wednesday in Panama, during a meeting of the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition, also known as Shield…Open
The deployment has been criticized by local officials as an infringement of their city’s autonomy and by Democrats who say it has militarized the streets at the public’s expense.
A murder mystery that deepens questions about President Daniel Noboa's cartel ties.
The Grayzone's Oscar Leon spoke with close colleagues and friends of Ecuadorian activist Monika Silva, whose killing has shocked the nation, and deepened questions about the government's ties to narco cartels. Monika Silva was one of Ecuador’s most tireless anti-corruption and environmental activists. On June 8, she was found dead in her home in Montañita, Ecuador. The government claims she was depressed, and had committed suicide. This was misleading at best. A recent postmortem investigation revealed that Silva had been killed by a blunt trauma to the head, and strangulation. In the months leading up to her death, Silva had repeatedly warned that her life was in danger. She also revealed that she had presented evidence to the US…Open
Vicente Garrido, Vice President of San Martin on Ecuador’s border with Colombia, speaks to The Grayzone’s Oscar Leon about the bombings of his community’s dairy farm by the Ecuadorian military.
After US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claimed credit for destroying a “narco-terror” training camp, local Ecuadorian media exposed the truth: Ecuadorian soldiers had bombed a farm, then abducted and tortured locals to cover up the attack. The Grayzone places this incident in the context of a pattern of crimes throughout the US “war on drugs” in the region, starting with the False Positives Scandal in Colombia during the 1990’s, when US-trained Colombian soldiers massacred hundreds of leftist opponents and community leaders, then branded them as narco traffickers. Under President Daniel Noboa, a close US ally demonstrably implicated in the international narcotics trade, Ecuador is using the drug war as cover for the consolidation…Open
Cartel violence and drug trafficking can’t be fixed with just bullets or explosives. The post Killing Cartel Bosses Won’t Solve Mexico’s Organized Crime Problems appeared first on The American Conservative .
Latin America Killing Cartel Bosses Won’t Solve Mexico’s Organized Crime Problems Cartel violence and drug trafficking can’t be fixed with just bullets or explosives. The Mexican Army on Sunday closed the net on Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the brutal Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of Mexico’s largest and most violent criminal organizations. Oseguera decided to go down fighting, and the operation turned into a vicious gunfight that left the kingpin mortally wounded and eight cartel members dead. The cartels responded aggressively to the Mexican government’s takedown of one of…Open