Armed Force Joint News Today

Lima, Mar 5 (EFE).- Five Peruvian soldiers remain missing after having been dragged by the current of a river on Sunday while fleeing a group of anti-government protesters in the southern Puno region in an incident in which one soldier was killed, military sources said. The soldiers were part of a patrol travelling from the …

Ecuadorian Defense Minister Major General (ret.) Luis Lara Jaramillo knows his country’s Armed Forces firsthand. During his 38-year military career he led several special operations groups and served as infantry commander and as defense attaché to the Ecuadorian Embassy in Chile, among other roles, until he reached the highest military position as head of the Armed Forces’ Joint Command, between 2019 and 2021.