The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is an agency that reports to the

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within the Department of State. Under the umbrella of its general mission of developing policies and programs to combat international narcotics and crime, INL plays an important role in the training of partner nation security forces. INL programs support two of the Department of State's strategic goals: (1) to reduce the entry of illegal drugs into the United States; and (2) to minimize the impact of international crime on the United States and its citizens. Counternarcotics and anticrime programs also complement counterterrorism efforts, both directly and indirectly, by promoting modernization of and supporting operations by foreign criminal justice systems and law enforcement agencies charged with the counter-terrorism mission. The head of the Bureau is the

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, Todd D. Robinson. The bureau manages the Department of State's Narcotics Rewards Program and Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program in close coordination with the

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(ICE), the

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(DEA),

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(FBI), and other interested U.S. agencies. INL is not a law enforcement organization but it specializes in managing large law enforcement training programs, e.g. in

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Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, and

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. The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Aviation (INL/A), is the aviation service provider in support of counter-narcotics, law enforcement, and overseas missions operations. The Bureau has more than 200 fixed wing and rotary wing aircraf (including OV-10,

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and C-27 planes and Hueys,

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and K-Max helicopters) involved in INL counter-narcotics aviation programs in Colombia,

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, Costa Rica, and

. About half of the aircraft are operating from Colombia and the rest are in Bolivia, Peru, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Actual operations and support are provided by

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, as a contractor for the U.S. government.The U.S. State Department Has Its Own Sprawling Air Force, Here's What's In Its Inventory
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* INL Drug policy of the United States Government agencies established in 1978 1978 establishments in the United States {{US-gov-stub

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