Western Hemisphere Regional

• Aaron Mehta, “State Official Predicts Us Weapon Sales Increase in 2019” (DefenseNews, September 12, 2018).
  

  The U.S. has signed $46.9 billion in weapons sales to foreign partners and allies, smashing past the $41.9 billion figure from all of fiscal 2017

Argentina

• “Former Argentine President Acquitted of Arms Smuggling” (Associated Press, The New York Times, October 4, 2018).
  

  “The same judicial branch that processed the case for 22 years without a firm sentence, now declares Menem innocent because too much time has passed”

Colombia

• Luis Jaime Acosta, “Colombia Will Delay Purchase of Anti-Aircraft Missile System: Minister” (Reuters **, October 3, 2018).
  

  “We are not going to invest 1.1 trillion pesos ($367.4 million) in anti-aircraft defense for the time being, because among other reasons, we do not have the budget,” Defense Minister Guillermo Botero said

• “Gobierno No Tiene Plata para Invertir en Defensa Antiaerea” (El Tiempo (Colombia), October 2, 2018).
  

  Botero admitió este martes que aunque “hay otras razones” para descartar la compra de nuevo armamento, la falta de plata es “suficiente”

• Luis Jaime Acosta, “Colombia May Purchase New Anti-Aircraft Missiles: Sources” (Reuters **, September 28, 2018).
  

  Three armed forces sources told Reuters that manufacturers from the United States, France and Israel were in the running to provide the system

Mexico

• Paris Martínez, “Alemania Enjuicia a Fabrica de Armas Usadas Contra Normalistas; En Mexico, el Ejercito Destruye Evidencias” (Animal Politico (Mexico), October 5, 2018).
  

  El caso de los normalistas de Ayotzinapa es pieza clave en el juicio que se sigue en Alemania contra Heckler & Koch

• Lisa Marie Pane, “As Immigrants Flow Across the U.S. Border, American Guns Go South” (Associated Press, The Chicago Tribune, October 1, 2018).
  

  Once in Mexico, the weapons end up in the hands of drug cartels or get shipped to gangs in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador

Nicaragua

• Elízabeth Romero, “Regimen Busca Aumentar la Capacidad de Armamento de la Policia Orteguista” (La Prensa (Nicaragua), September 27, 2018).
  

  Jaentschke alega en la entrevista a EFE que “nuestra policía, que era una policía muy tranquila y que caminaba en las calles sin mucho armamento, tiene que ajustarse a los embates del crimen organizado que se han mostrado en estas protestas”