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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Predicate Object
instanceOf joint interagency task force
multinational task force
abbreviation JIATF-S
coordinatesWith United States Department of Homeland Security
surface form: Department of Homeland Security

Drug Enforcement Administration
United States Coast Guard
surface form: U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Customs and Border Protection
United States Navy
surface form: U.S. Navy

partner nation security forces
country United States of America
surface form: 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
U.S. Naval Air Station Key West property
surface form: Naval Air Station Key West
isLedBy United States of America
surface form: United States
legalAuthority U.S. counterdrug legislation
U.S. national security directives
locatedIn Monroe County, Florida NERFINISHED
operatingArea Caribbean Sea
eastern Pacific Ocean
surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean

Western Hemisphere
partOf U.S. Southern Command
surface form: United States Southern Command
primaryMission countering transnational threats
detection and monitoring of illicit trafficking
support to interdiction of illicit trafficking
regionServed Caribbean
surface form: Caribbean Basin

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