The time is now to take the fight to the enemy. Today at the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition (AC3) forum in Panama, #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan spoke to defense and security leaders from 19 countries as they gathered to discuss ways forward to collectively combat cartels and narco-terrorists in the Western Hemisphere. "This is our chance to decide. Are we willing to take the fight to the enemy? I believe we are. These are networks... that are really ravaging our own societies. We have to attack these networks. We have to apply total systemic friction on these networks." @DeptofWar @SecWar @WHAAsstSecty @USEmbPAN @USAenEspanol @MinSegPma

US Southern Command Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan told defense and security leaders from 19 countries at the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition forum in Panama that the United States and allied nations must intensify military and security operations against cartel and narco-terrorist networks across the Western Hemisphere. Donovan stated that applying "total systemic friction" on these networks through coordinated action was essential to combat organizations ravaging societies in the region.