Soldiers carry Guatemalan and U.S. flags as they prepare for a ceremony to receive purchased U.S. military equipment after more than 40 years of a U.S.-imposed arms embargo on Guatemala over human rights violations in Guatemala City, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Prva pošiljka vključuje puške M4, mitraljeze, bombomete in opremo za nočne operacije. Foto: AP

Odprava več desetletij dolgega embarga: ZDA Gvatemali poslale vojaško opremo

ZDA so v ponedeljek prvič po letu 1977 poslale vojaško opremo Gvatemali, s čimer so odpravile embargo na omenjeno opremo, ki so ga uvedle zaradi kršitev človekovih pravic. Po navedbah gvatemalske vlade je oprema namenjena boju proti narkokartelom in zaščiti prebivalstva.

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Prva pošiljka vključuje puške M4, mitraljeze, bombomete in opremo za nočne operacije. Skupno bo vrednost vojaške opreme, ki jo bo prejela Gvatemala, znašala približno pet milijonov dolarjev (približno 4.36 milijona evrov), je sporočil predsednik države Bernardo Arevalo.

Dobavo vojaške opreme v Gvatemalo so ZDA prekinile leta 1977, v času, ko so v državi potekali nasilni spopadi med državnimi silami ter gverilskimi in paravojaškimi enotami.

V Gvatemali je med letoma 1960 in 1996 potekala državljanska vojna, v kateri je bilo ubitih najmanj 200.000 ljudi. Številne zločine in kršitve človekovih pravic, med drugim pokole in spolno nasilje, so zagrešili tudi vojaki, poroča dpa. V luči tega je Washington uvedbo embarga utemeljeval s kršitvami človekovih pravic.

*VIDEO AVAILABLE: info@covermg.com*This is the incredible moment the U.S. Coast Guard took out a drug smuggling boat's engine with a bullet. Footage shows warning shots strafing across the water in front of the fast-moving boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, before a marksman disabled the vessel's engine. It is thought that the warning shots from the helicopter would have been fired with a mounted M240 machine gun, while the disabling round would have come from a precision rifle. The scenes are among highlights of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton patrol boat as it returned to Coast Guard Island on 29 June after a 94-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. During the tour, The crew detected and interdicted five suspected drug smuggling vessels, detained 14 suspected drug smugglers and seized over 6,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated 3 million. The Stratton's advanced capabilities include a small unmanned aircraft system, an attached Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron MH-65 helicopter and aircrew, and an embarked Law Enforcement Detachment from the Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team. On June 27, Stratton's crew offloaded 3,720 pounds of marijuana seized in known drug-transit zones in early June by Coast Guard and U.S. Navy assets. The contraband and five suspected drug smugglers were transferred to the Department of Justice officials in San Diego for prosecution. Stratton's deployment began in late March as part of U.S. Southern Command's enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere to disrupt the flow of drugs in support of Presidential National Security Objectives.Where: East Pacific OceanWhen: 09 Jul 2020Credit: USCG/Cover Images**Editorial use only*VIDEO AVAILABLE: info@covermg.com***

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