page_title: Operation Martillo
section_title: Colombia
hierarchical_section_title: Operation Martillo / Command / National forces / Colombia
caption_attribution_description: The medium endurance cutter USCGC Forward (WMEC 911) approaches Naval Station Mayport, Fla., Sept. 20, 2013, as part of Operation Martillo. The crew transported more than 2,000 pounds of cocaine seized by a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment embarked aboard the guided missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) about 260 nautical miles north of the Galapagos Islands. Operation Martillo is a joint, interagency and multinational collaborative effort to deny transnational criminal organizations air and maritime access to the littoral regions of the Central American isthmus. (DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony L. Soto, U.S. Coast Guard /Released)
context_page_description: Operation Martillo is a multi-national anti drug operation that began on 15 January 2012 and aims to combat international drug trafficking, enhance regional security, and promote peace, stability and prosperity throughout Central and South America.
context_section_description: The world’s largest production country for cocaine. A DH-8 aircraft employed in Operation Martillo crashed in Colombia in October 2013 resulting in the death of three Americans and one Panamanian operatives.
  In May 2015, Colombia announced it was stopping using a controversial herbicide to destroy plantations of coca following a warning by the World Health Organization (WHO) that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic".
caption: USCGC Forward approaches Naval Station Mayport, 2013
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