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PANAMA CITY, Aug 12 - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed Colombia on Wednesday into a military-led counter-narcotics coalition of like-minded Western Hemisphere nations following the inauguration of its conservative president last week.
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PANAMA CITY, Aug 12 - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed Colombia on Wednesday into a military-led counter-narcotics coalition of like-minded Western Hemisphere nations following the inauguration of its conservative president last week.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will give remarks Wednesday afternoon at the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition forum, a U.S.-led multinational coalition envisioned to coordinate security and military efforts to counter transnational criminal organizations, notably drug cartels operating in Central and South America. Hegseth visited Panama last year as the Trump administration weighed attempting to take back...
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AIPROPX has consolidated 3 reports from 3 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Hegseth welcomes Colombia to counter-drug alliance after its election.” The covered outlets are based across 3 regions — Other, International, and US.
The earliest report in this entry came from The Hill (Aug 12, 2026, 19:10 UTC); the most recent came from The Straits Times (Aug 12, 2026, 20:20 UTC).
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