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The Bureau has more than 200 fixed wing and rotary wing aircraf (including OV-10, AT-802 and C-27 planes and Hueys, Blackhawk and K-Max helicopters) involved in INL counter-narcotics aviation programs in Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala, Pakistan, Costa Rica, and Afghanistan. About half of the aircraft are operating from Colombia and the rest ...
Intelligence Battalion Against Drug Trafficking and Transnational Threats (Batallón de Inteligencia Contra el Narcotráfico y Amenazas Transnacionales): tasked with information gathering activities. On its establishment, the command is part of the Air Assault Division [ 9 ] and it is led by Brigadier General Juan Carlos Correa Consuegra.
The illegal drug trade in Colombia has, since the 1970s, centered successively on four major drug trafficking cartels: Medellín, Cali, Norte del Valle, and North Coast, as well as several bandas criminales, or BACRIMs. [1] The trade eventually created a new social class and influenced several aspects of Colombian culture, economics, and politics.
One of the founders of the Medellin drug cartel has returned to Colombia after serving more than 20 years in jail in the US for drug trafficking. Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, now 67 years old, was ...
The State Department Air Wing (DoSAW), formally the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Office of Aviation (INL Air Wing or INL/A) is an office of the United States Department of State that supports diplomatic aviation needs falling outside the legal authority or scope of the U.S. Air Force.
Rising use, low production costs and logistical advantages could eventually lead drug producers to focus on fentanyl instead of cocaine, a high-ranking Colombian police official said, but for now ...
The National Police of Colombia (Spanish: Policía Nacional de Colombia) is the national police force of the Republic of Colombia.Although the National Police is not part of the Military Forces of Colombia (Army, Navy, and Aerospace Force), it constitutes along with them the "Public Force" [3] and is also controlled by the Ministry of Defense.
Colombia is the only country in the world that permits aerial-spraying of drug producing crops. [11] In many cases the spraying is carried out by American contractors, such as DynCorp. [12] [13] Colombia rejects threats of the United States of America after the threat to decertify the country as a partner in counter-narcotics efforts.