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US creates anti-drug office in Paraguay to coordinate operations in the Southern Cone
The US government will also send a counterterrorism advisor to Asunción and allocate millions of dollars to fight cartel financing in the region.
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The essentials of this story
- What happened
- The United States announced the opening of an anti-drug office and the dispatch of a counterterrorism advisor to Paraguay.
- Who is affected
- Governments in the Southern Cone region, Paraguayan authorities, and security forces involved in the fight against drug trafficking.
- What changes
- Paraguay will host a regional anti-drug coordination center and receive $5.5 million to combat terrorist financing.
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Sources
- EUA anunciam escritório antinarcóticos no Paraguai para coordenar operações no Cone Sul — O Globo
- EUA vão criar escritório antidrogas no Paraguai para coordenar operações no Cone Sul — Estadão — internacional
- EUA anunciam escritório antidrogas no Paraguai para ampliar operações no Cone Sul — Folha de S.Paulo — em cima da hora