Joint Interagency Task Force South

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Joint Interagency Task Force South is a U.S.-led, multi-agency and multinational task force responsible for detecting, monitoring, and supporting the interdiction of illicit trafficking and transnational threats in the Western Hemisphere, particularly in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific regions.

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Joint Interagency Task Force South canonical 3

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instanceOf joint interagency task force
multinational task force
abbreviation JIATF-S
coordinatesWith Department of Homeland Security
Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Navy
linked to: United States Navy

partner nation security forces
country United States
domain aerial surveillance
maritime security
focus air domain awareness
counter-narcotics operations
maritime domain awareness
goal disrupt illicit trafficking networks
enhance regional security cooperation
reduce flow of illegal drugs to the United States
hasParticipationFrom multiple U.S. federal agencies
multiple foreign partner nations
headquartersLocation Key West, Florida
Naval Air Station Key West
isLedBy United States
legalAuthority U.S. counterdrug legislation
U.S. national security directives
locatedIn Monroe County, Florida
operatingArea Caribbean Sea
Eastern Pacific Ocean
Western Hemisphere
partOf United States Southern Command
primaryMission countering transnational threats
detection and monitoring of illicit trafficking
support to interdiction of illicit trafficking
regionServed Caribbean Basin
linked to: Caribbean

Eastern Pacific transit zone
Latin America
shortName JIATF South
supports law enforcement interdiction operations
partner nation interdiction operations
task fusion of intelligence from multiple agencies
real-time operational coordination
targeting of suspect vessels and aircraft
typeOfCollaboration interagency
multinational
uses information sharing networks
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets
maritime patrol aircraft
surface vessels

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U.S. Southern Command subordinateUnit Joint Interagency Task Force South
JIATF South abbreviation Joint Interagency Task Force South
JIATF-S fullName Joint Interagency Task Force South