The US South­ern Com­mand (SOUTH­COM) has es­tab­lished an Au­tonomous War­fare Com­mand (SAWC) to sup­port US na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty and de­fence strat­e­gy pri­or­i­ties and work more close­ly with US al­lies and part­ners in the re­gion in ad­vanc­ing shared goals, in­clud­ing dis­rupt­ing nar­co car­tels and re­spond­ing to crises caused by large-scale nat­ur­al dis­as­ters.

This coun­try, in March, joined the US’s Amer­i­c­as Counter Car­tel Coali­tion along with 10 Latin states and Guyana. TT has been a strong al­ly of the US in its an­ti-car­tel mis­sion launched in the re­gion last Au­gust.

The an­nounce­ment of SOUTH­COM’s Au­tonomous War­fare Com­mand (SAWC) came on Tues­day.