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Security & Strategic Review - January 2014 (ISSN 1741-4202)
CIA & DEA covert actions in Colombia and Mexico revealed
Two major reports published by newspapers in the US and Mexico have revealed details of covert US operations in Colombia and Mexico — run by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the former and by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the latter. In Colombia the CIA acted with the full knowledge of the government; in Mexico, apparently not. In the case of Colombia it has confirmed Ecuador’s suspicions about US involvement in the 2008 strike against a Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) camp in its territory; in that of Mexico it has added substance to repeated claims that the Sinaloa drug trafficking organisation (DTO) has enjoyed special treatment.
- CIA & DEA covert actions in Colombia and Mexico revealed
- MEXICO: Federal halt to autodefensa expansion
- MEXICO: Fewer deaths; other indicators less encouraging
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- COLOMBIA: Appraisal of Farc’s post-truce situation
- VENEZUELA: High-profile murder and a new anti-crime plan
- CHILE: Anarchists behind attacks in Mapuche heartland?
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- CENTRAL AMERICA: Military no panacea in Northern Triangle
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