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Monday, 07 September 2026
Monday, 07 September 2026
COLOMBIA: Court rulings deal blow to gov’t military strategy
On 5 September Colombian media reported that a regional court had ordered the temporary suspension of military airstrikes in areas where the presence of minors is suspected.
Monday, 07 September 2026
BRAZIL: Pressure on attorney general over Banco Master case
On 5 September Brazil’s national association of federal police commissioners (ADPF) called for the attorney general, Paulo Gonet, to removed from the high-profile Banco Master fraud investigation, amid recent media reports regarding his alleged ties to suspects in the case.
Monday, 07 September 2026
MEXICO: Authorities hail drug busts
On 4 September Mexico’s federal public security minister, Omar García Harfuch, announced that authorities had seized 16 tonnes (t) of methamphetamine in Sinaloa state in “one of the most significant blows to synthetic drug production” of the administration of President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Monday, 07 September 2026
ARGENTINA: Milei keeps up pressure on Falklands
On 4 September Argentina’s foreign ministry launched sanction procedures against 45 individuals and firms. The government is investigating them for allegedly violating Argentine law by participating in unauthorised oil and gas exploration and exploitation in waters close to the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
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