Security
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AMERICAS
El Salvador’s Haiti Military Deployment: Missing Technicians, Expanding Missions, and Security Challenges
Four missing Salvadoran aviation technicians have drawn thousands of troops into Haiti’s gang war. President Nayib Bukele promises rescue and…
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ANALYSIS
Colombia Confronts Armed Groups: Esparta Offensive Seeks to Restore Sovereignty at Venezuela Border
Colombia’s Esparta offensive promises troops, river patrols and drone defenses to its Venezuelan frontier, where armed groups threaten commerce and…
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ANALYSIS
Colombian Crackdown Meets Cúcuta’s Border Economy, Where Criminals Collect Their Own Taxes
Cúcuta’s militarization follows a candidate’s murder and a bombing, but the violence reaches beyond Colombia. Armed groups exploit routes into…
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AMERICAS
Haiti’s Gang Crackdown: Can More Boots and Force Restore What the State Cannot?
Four missing Salvadoran soldiers have exposed the distance between Haiti’s security promises and its realities. Allegations of political protection for…
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Costa Rica’s 3D-Printed Guns: A New Criminal Blueprint Emerges
Four firearms with printed components, seized alongside cocaine in Costa Rica, reveal how digital manufacturing can complicate gun tracing. The…
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AMERICAS
El Salvador Reinforcements Confront Haiti Rescue Crisis, Exposing Limits of Tough Rhetoric
Four Salvadoran aviation technicians remain missing after a Haiti gang ambush, drawing reinforcements and threats from Nayib Bukele. Their disappearance…
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AMERICAS
Walls and Wounds: Medellín’s Megaprison and the City’s Unhealed Scars
Medellín’s planned megaprison feels symbolically fitting in a city shaped by cartel terror, urban warfare, and unfinished mourning. But its…
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ANALYSIS
Colombia’s Legal Aid for Accused Mercenaries Deepens Controversy in Haiti Assassination Case
Colombia’s promise of legal assistance for 17 veterans accused in Haiti’s presidential assassination exposes a difficult divide between defending citizens…
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AMERICAS
U.S. Drug Raids in Ecuador Under Legal Scrutiny After Eight Fishing Boats Sunk
Eight Ecuadorian fishing boats are gone, and 160 crew members face consequences ashore. Human Rights Watch is demanding the evidence…
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Uncategorized
Costa Rica Sends Seized Cocaine Packing but Cannot Ship Its Violence Away
A U.S. military aircraft carried 45 metric tons of seized cocaine out of Costa Rica for destruction. The remarkable cargo…
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