Overview

• Since October, Mexico’s federal forces have arrested nearly 1,500 suspects in Sinaloa, seized over 3,000 firearms representing more than 20% of national confiscations, dismantled 91 clandestine labs and intercepted 53 tonnes of narcotics.
• Security officials report that fractured Sinaloa Cartel factions known as Los Chapitos and Los Mayos have lost the capacity to mount armed convoys or exert previous levels of territorial control.
• The federal Security Cabinet has begun biweekly on-site reviews in Sinaloa under a new intelligence law designed to align military, naval, national guard and civilian security operations.
• Argentina activated high-level alerts after the SIDE flagged unregistered Iranian entries and strengthened protection at Jewish community sites along the Triple Frontera.
• A tri-national base at Puerto Iguazú with Brazil, Paraguay and FBI participation has been established and more than 300 federal agents deployed to bolster frontier intelligence and border patrols.