Operation Southern Spear Lead Inspector General Quarterly Report to Congress, April 1, 2026–June 30, 2026

Overseas Contingency Operations

This report describes the activities of the U.S. Government in support of OSS and presents OSS-related planned, ongoing, and completed oversight work conducted by the DoW OIG, State OIG, USAID OIG, and our partner oversight agencies. This report covers the period April 1 through June 30, 2026.

State, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and other U.S. Government agencies manage programs in Central and South America to strengthen local counternarcotics capacity and regional stability.25 While these assistance programs and diplomatic engagements are not specifically designed in support of OSS, they actively reinforce broader, interagency U.S. counternarcotics and counterterrorism operations.

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