Colombia has been subjected to a long-standing US military campaign in the Caribbean and Pacific.

The Venezuelan president says his country is in possession of 5,000 Russian anti-aircraft missiles to counter US build up in the Caribbean.

Venezuelan has begun three days of military exercises in Caribbean waters amid increased US military activity in the region.

Mexico has said it shall never tolerate an “invasion” of its national sovereignty by the United States under the pretense of fighting drug cartels.

Ecuador deployed more than 22,400 soldiers to neutralize a campaign of terror waged by gangs that has claimed 16 lives, after its armed forces engaged in a savage deadlock with organized crime.

Authorities in Mexico have arrested a retired general and three other military officials for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico in 2014, a senior government official said on Thursday.

The mysterious killing of 17 people in Mexico’s Michoacán state has shocked people in the North American country, prompting local authorities to order an investigation into the gruesome incident.