Mirror missions from Brazil and Paraguay stifle organized crime
Ponta Porã (MS) – Sharing information and integrating missions is one of the strategies used by Brazil and Paraguay to stifle organized crime on the border. Mirror operations, as Joint…
Operation Ágata Amazônia 2024 presents results
Combating cross-border and environmental crimes Manaus (AM) – Operation Ágata Amazônia 2024, Joint Command Upiara, ended its activities with expressive results, which demonstrate the strength of the joint use of…
Task Force reinforces sovereignty and protection in the Amazon
Ágata Amazônia Joint Command Vale do Javari (AM) – With a focus on protecting indigenous communities and preserving the environment, military personnel engaged in Operation Ágata Amazônia 2024 are working…
Integrated action to combat drug trafficking in the Amazon
Operation Ágata Amazônia 2024 Benjamin Constant (AM) – The Joint Command of Operation Ágata, in an operation to combat environmental and cross-border crime in the Triple Frontier region, collaborated from…
Brazilian army fights crime in the Amazon
Operation Ágata Amazônia Tefé (AM) – Members of the 16th Jungle Infantry Brigade, working to protect the Western Amazon and maintain Brazil’s sovereignty, achieved significant results in Operation Ágata Amazônia…
Brazilian Army reinforces sovereignty and national security in the Amazon
Operation Ágata São Gabriel da Cachoeira (AM) – The 2nd Jungle Infantry Brigade (2ª Bda Inf Sl), through the Rio Negro Border Command and the 5th Jungle Infantry Battalion (CFRN/5º…
New observation post reinforces surveillance on the Brazil-Paraguay border
Guaíra (PR) – A new observation post to reinforce surveillance on Paraná’s western border has been set up at Praia do Cascalho. The post is on the right bank of…
Brazilian army actions on the border strip achieve significant results
Brasília (DF) – Since November 2023, with the start of Operation Ágata Fronteira Oeste II, the Brazilian Army has been reinforcing its actions on the border strip. Over the course…
Commander of the Brazilian Army accompanies operation to control the Western Border
Campo Grande (MS) – The Western Military Command has completed four months of constant action in Operation Ágata Fronteira Oeste II. This week, the Army Commander, General Tomás, came to…
Special Border Platoon seizes 93kg of drugs on the Japurá River (AM)
Tefé (AM) – The 3rd Special Border Platoon seized 93 kg of skunk-type marijuana during a border reconnaissance mission in the channel of the Japurá River. The constant patrol of…
Brazilian army reinforces control on the country’s busiest border
Operation Ágata West Border II Foz do Iguaçu / Guaíra (PR) – Since last Wednesday, the 5th Army Division has reinforced the personnel of the 15th Mechanized Infantry Brigade working…
Brazilian army and government agencies seize R$118 million in drugs and contraband
Campo Grande (MS) – The Brazilian Army, in joint and integrated action with the other Armed Forces and government agencies, contributed to the seizure of more than R$118 million in…
Brazilian army reinforces security on the western border
Campo Grande (MS) – Members of the Brazilian Army have been reinforcing actions on the border since November 6, with the launch of Operation Ágata Oeste II. The operation takes…
Brazilian Armed Forces fight cross-border crime in the border region with Bolivia and Paraguay
By Laís Dornelas On Wednesday (20), the Ministry of Defense (MD) began Operation Ágata Oeste 2023, to strengthen the state’s presence in the border area between Mato Grosso and Mato…
Brazilian Army actions in Operation Ágata Norte contribute to the protection of the Eastern Amazon
Calçoene (AP) – From August 31 to September 6, the 22nd Jungle Infantry Brigade carried out Operation Ágata Norte 2023, in cooperation and coordination with national agencies, on the border…
Operation on indigenous land with the participation of the Brazilian Army culminates in the arrest of gold miners
Brasília (DF) – Ten people linked to illegal mining surrendered after an interagency action of Operation Ágata Fronteira Norte, with the participation of the Brazilian Army in the Homoxi region,…
Joint Operation Agata South presents its results in the fight against cross-border crimes
Porto Alegre (RS) – In ten days of Joint Operation Ágata South, more than 5 tons of drugs and 43 tons of illegal agricultural products were removed from circulation. Among…
Operation Ágata Guaicurus II is unleashed in Mato Grosso do Sul
Dourados (MS) – From June 26 to 30, troops from the 4th Mechanized Cavalry Brigade (4th Bda C Mec) will carry out Operation Ágata Guaicurus II, Operation of Cooperation and…
Radar SABER M200 Vigilante embarks to monitor the airspace in Parintins
Brasília (DF) – On June 20, the SABER M200 Vigilante radar, developed by the Army Technology Center (CTEx) and produced by Embraer Defense & Security, was embarked for the first…
Joint work of Operation Agate Fronteira Norte boosts historical record
Brasília (DF) – Operation Ágata Fronteira Norte, a joint effort by the Navy, Army, Air Force, Federal Police, IBAMA, FUNAI and state agencies, continues with humanitarian aid in the Yanomami…