Tag: LatinAmerica
U.S. Boat Strikes Fail to Dent Cocaine Supply
Since September, U.S. forces have attacked at least 67 suspected drug-trafficking vessels and killed at least 221 people under Operation Southern Spear. Yet internal assessments by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Pentagon officials found that the campaign has not reduced the price, availability or purity of cocaine in the United…
Paraguay Links EPP to Deadly Police Attack
Paraguay's government has linked the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) and an organized-crime group to the deadly attack on a police post in Naranjito, Ybyrarobaná district, Canindeyú department, on the night of July 21.Between 20 and 30 armed attackers opened fire on Police Post No. 4 with 5.56mm rifles before burning the…
