# Joint Interagency Task Force South **Aliases:** JIATF-S **Entity class:** Joint interagency and international operational fusion organization ## Definition The **Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S)** in Key West is a mature “all-resource fusion” organization integrating military, law-enforcement, Intelligence Community, Coast Guard, and international-partner information against illicit trafficking and transnational threats. Its reported operating area spans approximately 42 million square miles. ## Importance JIATF-S is an essential scale comparator for the newer JIATF-CC. It already performs multi-sensor, multiagency, and multinational fusion across an enormous theater. Its J7 innovation-and-technology directorate works on data visualization, fusion, access, and sharing. It is therefore a mature operational network, while El Paso/Fort Bliss is an emerging high-density regional convergence node. ## Relationships - **reports through:** [[wiki/United States Southern Command|USSOUTHCOM]]. - **method:** [[wiki/All-Resource Fusion|all-resource fusion]]. - **northern comparator:** [[wiki/Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel|JIATF-CC]]. - **partners include:** defense, intelligence, law enforcement, Coast Guard, and foreign nations. ## Sources / Provenance - [JIATF-S — About Us](https://www.jiatfs.southcom.mil/About-Us2/) - [JIATF-S — Directorates](https://www.jiatfs.southcom.mil/About-Us/Directorates/)