Trump Administration Partners with Central American Leaders to Address Health, Safety and Border Security Issues

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of Public Affairs Trump Administration Partners with Central American Leaders to Address Health, Safety and Border Security Issues Ministerial Continues Cooperation with Southern Neighbors WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security convened a virtual version of the XIII edition of the Meeting of Ministers and Secretaries of Security of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama and the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America otherwise known as the Regional Security Conference (RSC).  The meeting, originally scheduled to occur in person in Costa Rica in May 2020, was postponed and converted into a virtual meeting due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This virtual iteration focused on the unique challenges the pandemic poses to the region and how it has impacted the traditional roles and missions normally executed by the Security Ministers. "We were delighted to host this critically important regional security conference," said Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad F. Wolf.  "Our partnership with Central American countries are critically important to building safe and secure communities in each of our respective nations. Working together, we can more effectively address the challenges in meeting our economic and security goals during a pandemic environment." The video conference, which was hosted by Acting Secretary Wolf, included the participation of: the Minister of Public Security of the Republic of Costa Rica, Mr. Michael Soto Rojas; Minister of Security of the Republic of Honduras, General (R) Julián Pacheco Tinoco; the Vice Minister of Public Security of the Republic of Panama, Mr. Ivor Pitti; the Minister of Justice and Public Security of the Republic of El Salvador, Mr. Rogelio Rivas Polanco; and the Minister of Government of the Republic of Guatemala, Mr. Oliverio García Rodas. Initiated in 2018 by the Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, the RSC (formerly known as the Northern Triangle Ministerial) is a high-level migration and security policy dialogue attended by the Security Ministers.  During the meeting, the six ministers discussed the unique operational challenges posed by COVID-19 in addressing irregular migration as well as the lessons learned in having to address both the ongoing health emergency while continuing to focus on law enforcement and border security operations to control migration issues and combat transnational criminal organizations.  The six ministers reiterated their commitment to continued regional cooperation to better address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in our region and to continue progress on the 2020 Action Plan agreed upon during the February 2020 edition of the RSC held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras once the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided. Costa Rica has agreed to host the next iteration of the RSC, either virtually or in-person sometime before the end of 2020. While the RSC is a high-level policy dialogue, the RSC also integrates some technical discussions with respect to policy, operations, intelligence, and other items. Accordingly, it is usually attended by the migration, intelligence, and police directors of the attendee countries. # # #

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