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These figures represent the authors' best estimate of U.S. military trainees from Latin America in 1998, based on the FMTR and several other sources.
(Clicking on each country will reveal a list of units trained and locations where training took place.)
Country
|
IMET1 |
“Other
Security Assistance” |
Special
Forces Deployments |
Number of trainees |
|
Antigua
and Barbuda |
16 |
4 |
0 |
20 |
|
211 |
54 |
At
least 56 |
At
least 321 |
|
|
16 |
5 |
At
least 131 |
At
least 152 |
|
|
6 |
5 |
0 |
11 |
|
|
32 |
2 |
Unknown |
At
least 34 |
|
|
66 |
78 |
At
least 527 |
At
least 671 |
|
|
19 |
101 |
At
least 4 |
At
least 124 |
|
|
187 |
3 |
At
least 70 |
At
least 260 |
|
|
261 |
499 |
At
least 454 |
At least 1,214 |
|
|
101 |
2 |
At
least 71 |
At
least 174 |
|
|
7 |
0 |
28 |
35 |
|
|
47 |
23 |
At
least 271 |
At
least 341 |
|
|
141 |
26 |
1,188 |
1,355 |
|
|
241 |
51 |
From
198 to 253 |
At
least 490 |
|
|
10 |
0 |
From
8 to 18 |
At
least 18 |
|
|
83 |
1 |
From
0 to 90 |
At
least 84 |
|
|
17 |
97 |
From
0 to 35 |
At
least 114 |
|
|
107 |
5 |
Unknown |
At
least 112 |
|
|
Honduras |
197 |
2 |
At
least 125 |
At
least 324 |
|
Jamaica |
87 |
1 |
78 |
166 |
|
165 |
920 |
0 |
1,085 |
|
|
26 |
25 |
Unknown |
At
least 51 |
|
|
0 |
350 |
Unknown |
At
least 350 |
|
|
22 |
0 |
From 120 to 170 |
At least 142 |
|
|
99 |
284 |
At
least 353 |
At
least 736 |
|
|
8 |
0 |
From
0 to 34 |
At
least 8 |
|
|
8 |
0 |
Unknown |
At
least 8 |
|
|
7 |
0 |
Unknown |
At
least 7 |
|
|
18 |
0 |
Unknown |
At
least 18 |
|
|
18 |
2 |
From
33 to 45 |
At
least 53 |
|
|
72 |
0 |
From
60 to 180 |
At
least 132 |
|
|
92 |
163 |
At
least 1,002 |
At
least 1,257 |
|
| Total | 2,387 | 2,703 | At least 4,777 | At least 9,867 |
Sources:
1 United States, Department of State, Office of Resources, Plans and Policy, Congressional Presentation for Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2000 (Washington: March 1999): 1106-9.
2
United
States, Department of State, Department of Defense, Foreign Military Training
and DoD Engagement Activities of Interest in Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999
(Washington: 1999).
3 United States, Defense Department, U.S. Southern Command. "FY 98 Deployments." Slideshow document, date unknown, obtained August 1998.
United States, Defense Department, U.S. Southern Command. "FY 98 JCETs." Slideshow document, date unknown, obtained August 1998.
United States, Defense Department, U.S. Southern Command. "FY 98 CD Funded Deployments." Slideshow document, date unknown, obtained August 1998.
United States, Defense Department, U.S. Southern Command. "FY 98 -- 2697 SOF Personnel." Slideshow document, date unknown, obtained August 1998.
United States, Defense Department, "Report on Training of Special Operations Forces for the Period Ending September 30, 1998," Washington, April 1, 1999.
United States, Defense Department, State Department, "Foreign Military Training and DoD Engagement Activities of Interest In Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999: A Report To Congress," Washington, March 1999.