Southern Cone in April 2026: the most important developments in security
In April 2026, Argentina declared Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation on 1 April, joining the United States and other countries that have made the same designation. The announcement came amid continuing investigations into the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, which Argentina has long attributed to Iran and Hezbollah. Argentina also confirmed the departure of a senior Iranian diplomat.
A second theme was reported Russian activity. Secret documents revealed a Russian spying campaign targeting the government of President Javier Milei, and reports said a Kremlin agent who had infiltrated the governments of Argentina and Brazil was captured or neutralised. Argentina extradited a fraud suspect wanted by Russia.
A third theme was crime with links across borders. A Mexican rear admiral was arrested in Argentina over fuel theft, and a former Mexican soldier arrested there sought asylum. Chile uncovered criminal networks shipping millions of dollars of copper to Peru and China. A man was arrested in Buenos Aires in connection with the murder of a Colombian senator, and a Brazilian professor reported missing was found dead in Buenos Aires. After an attack at the Teotihuacan archaeological site in Mexico, the attacker was linked to a school crime in Argentina, and Buenos Aires province created a protocol for dealing with armed students in schools.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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