At this moment, on the other side of distant South America.
Brazil!
In the slums, on those cheap TVs with poor signals and cracked screens, sudden interruptions of urgent news bulletins.
President Armando Benedetto of Colombia and the President of Brazil were facing the camera with a stern, somewhat rigid expression, declaring in an announcing tone:
"Based on our shared responsibility for regional security and a deep concern over the rampant threat posed by transnational crime groups, the Republic of Colombia, the Federative Republic of Brazil, and Mexico have reached a preliminary consensus on establishing a trilateral joint law enforcement and security framework. This framework aims to coordinate actions, share intelligence, and integrate resources to eradicate drug cartels, terrorist organizations and organized criminal forces entrenched within our shared borders and territories..."
