Operation Agate: Ministry of Defense carries out actions in Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná

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Source: Republic of Brazil 2

Cascavel (PR), 09/28/2018 – Drug trafficking, smuggling of arms and ammunition, among other crimes that have as a gateway to the borders of the country, are combated every day. But under the responsibility of the Ministry of Defense (MD), action was taken that closed 3,500 km between the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná with neighboring countries. The operation, denominated in this initiative as Agate Graal, had which began on Monday (24) and was completed on Friday (28). The action involved military personnel from the three Forces and federal agencies. Vigorous surveillance throughout the week prevented large illicit attacks from occurring. For this, involved the involvement of 3,000 military personnel from the Navy, Army and Air Force, as well as members of public security and investigative bodies, 30 aircraft, 15 river vessels and 20 armored vehicles. The blockades in this border extension occurred with space patrol air, land and river. The results of the action were evaluated by Admiral Ademir Sobrinho, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces (EMCFA), in a visit to the military units that operated in the Paraná municipality of Cascavel. The Armed Forces carried out air, land and air patrols. fluvialEle pointed out that the proposal of the Agate operation has been to develop smaller, fast and sudden actions. Admiral Ademir considered that, following this operation, "the next activities will be developed. We had a lot of intelligence, confirmed others and got new ones, "he said. In the action, passing intelligence data were made through online medium. The use of different sensors and equipment was also tested. The head of the EMCFA said that Agate Graal pointed to the new system of joint actions. That is, when Navy, Army and Air Force work on the same mission. The Admiral explained that "there was a joint work in the strategic and operational part, but when the tactical part entered, each Force did its part in isolation." The new system of joint actions involves Navy, Army and Aeronautics in the same mission. is to give continuity to this last form of action. "The action was a great success. Now we are going to check how we can use this in the next actions and correct some points to improve more and more ", concluded the head of EMCFA.Por Júlia CamposPhotos: Tereza SobreiraAssessoria de Comunicação Social (Ascom) Ministry of Defense61 3312-4071

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