Belize and Colombia Sign MOU to Combat Drug Trafficking

The Commander of the Colombian Air Force is in Belize. General Ramsés Rueda and his delegation visited Brigadier General Steven Ortega, Commander of the Belize Defence Force, at Price Barracks, Ladyville. The purpose of the visit was to discuss combating transnational organized crime and the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries’ armed forces that provides the framework for information sharing and collaboration in air surveillance and interdiction. The visit included a visit to the Joint Intelligence Operation Centre where the Colombian delegation met with senior members of the Belize Defense Force and representatives from the JIOC to discuss the implementation of the MoU.