Operation Martillo

Coast Guard unloading captured drugs at Miami Beach, 2014
USCGC Hamilton crew next to 26.5 tons of cocaine, 2016

Operation Martillo is an ongoing multi-national anti-drug operation that began on 15 January 2012 which "aims to combat international drug trafficking, and promote peace, stability in Central and South America", according to the U.S. Southern Command.[1] It is a defense project led by the United States Southern Command with help of multi-national forces from Latin American and European countries. News coverage of their activities and results began in 2012, which was mainly from defense-focused media. [2] [3]

  1. ^ "Operation Martillo". www.southcom.mil. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ Staff, Seapower (2020-05-26). "Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba Returns Home after $60 Million Drug Bust". Seapower. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  3. ^ InfoDefensa, Revista Defensa. "La Operación Martillo permanecerá de forma indefinida en Centroamérica". Infodefensa - Noticias de defensa, industria, seguridad, armamento, ejércitos y tecnología de la defensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-20.

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