Security

Search Continues for Four Missing Salvadoran Airmen in Haiti as U.N. Council Hears Calls for Their Return

GSF air/ground search operations for four missing Salvadoran airmen ongoing following Sunday’s Haiti ambush. At the U.N., Ambassador Waltz said all four are believed alive — vowing to bring them home

By Dionys Duroc Oct 21, 2026 3 min read

Security

Peru Dismantles Tren de Aragua Extortion Cell in Lima as Fujimori Launches Crime Command

Peruvian police arrest six Venezuelans in Lima’s Puente Piedra district, accused of running a Tren de Aragua extortion cell targeting bus companies & construction workers. The raid is part of President Keiko Fujimori’s new crime command

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Colombia Seizes 7.6 Tons of Cocaine Hidden in Panela at Cartagena Port

Colombian police seize 7.6 tons of cocaine mixed with powdered panela at the port of Cartagena, the biggest seizure there in a decade. U.S. Embassy credits weeks of DEA-police intelligence sharing

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Costa Rica: How a State With No Army Looks to Wage War Against Crime

Costa Rica abolished its army in 1948. After opening a Bukele-style mega-prison, President Laura Fernández toured El Salvador’s CECOT & floated U.S. ground operations to fight record violence

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Four Salvadoran Soldiers Ambushed & Missing in Haiti, Tests Bukele’s Foreign Security Push

Four Salvadoran soldiers with the GSF are missing after an ambush near Port-au-Prince. The incident could test El Salvador’s expanded role in Haiti & Bukele’s bid to project his security model internationally

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