Brazil Deploys 9,000 Men from Armed Forces to Dissuade Foreign Threat
Brazil Deploys 9,000 Men from Armed Forces to Dissuade Foreign Threat
2012 - August 2012
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Wednesday, 08 August 2012 13:10
Brazil's Armed Forces have started a major deployment along its borders with Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia involving 9.000 troops from the three services with the purpose of testing border security against smugglers mainly of arms and drugs and organized crime, said the Ministry of Defense.
Operation Agata 5 is scheduled to last thirty days and besides 30 fluvial patrols along South America's mighty rivers the exercise involves F-5 fighter jets and the latest incorporation to the Brazilian arsenal, drones.
The exercises which have become annual since 2007 and also involve the Federal Police and other state security departments extend from the State of Rio Grande do Sul on the Atlantic, Santa Catarina, Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul in the heartland of South America.
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Agata 5 covers different areas and "we are working in three fronts: direct action against criminal activities; support and coordination with government agencies in the different states and good PR with the people in the area getting our forces involved in cultural, health and education activities", added the Brigade Commander.
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http://www.brazzilmag.com/component/content/article/113-august-2012/12918-brazil-deploys-9000-men-from-armed-forces-to-dissuade-foreign-threat.html
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