LLC Registered · EIN Issued · Houston, TX
30+ Years LATAM Field Experience
Independent Advisory — No Cargo Operations
FMC · TSA IAC · CBP Expertise
Maximum 4 Active Clients
U.S. to Latin America trade corridors
U.S. — Latin America Trade Corridors
Strategic intelligence
from origin to destination.
Active Advisory · Houston, TX
International Logistics Advisory · Houston, Texas

Where knowledge
moves markets.

Strategic advisory for U.S. freight operators expanding into Latin America. City-level intelligence across Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and Central America — built on 30 years of field operations, not desk research.

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30
Years of field intelligence
6
Active trade corridors
90
Days — LACE Framework
The Only Combination That Matters

30 years on the ground.
The power of AI. No one else has both.

30 Years on the Ground
Commercial relationships built face to face. Cultural nuances learned the hard way. Market intelligence that no algorithm has ever indexed.
+
Power of AI
Real-time trade data, port statistics, regulatory tracking, and competitive intelligence — validated and accelerated by field knowledge.
=
Intelligence No One Else Has
The operator who knows that the real bottleneck in Bogotá is a customs official — not a form — wins. Every time.
AI Alone — What Everyone Can Do Today
30 Years + AI — What Only Jumama Group Delivers
Generate a LATAM market report in 10 minutes. Accurate-sounding. Generic. No one in Bogotá will recognize it.
A market analysis grounded in 30 years of real operations — validated and accelerated by AI-powered trade data. Actionable, not decorative.
Recommend agents in Medellín — without knowing which ones actually perform, which are related, and which will disappear after the first shipment.
Agent recommendations from a personal network built over three decades — cross-validated with current performance data. Names you can trust.
Identify "regulatory requirements" for a corridor — without knowing that the real obstacle is a customs official relationship, not a form.
Regulatory intelligence that combines field-learned compliance knowledge with real-time statutory updates. No surprises at the border.
Build a strategy for entering Guatemala — without understanding that the business culture there is completely different from El Salvador, two hours away.
Cultural precision that AI cannot replicate — amplified by tools that map it against current trade flows, competition, and timing.
The Problem

Most LATAM expansions fail before they start.

U.S. freight operators expanding into Latin America consistently make the same mistake: they treat LATAM as one market. It is not. Bogotá and Medellín operate differently. Guatemala City and San Salvador are culturally distinct despite their proximity. Brazil is its own world entirely.

The second mistake is geographic: they build a Miami presence and expect it to capture LATAM freight. But under FOB terms — dominant in U.S.-to-LATAM flows — the importer at origin selects the forwarder. Miami never reaches that decision.

"The freight decision is made in Bogotá, not in Miami. The operator who understands this wins the contract before it ever reaches a U.S. port."

Jumama Group exists to close that gap — with city-level intelligence built over 30 years in the field, not assembled overnight from public databases.

The Solution

Origin-control intelligence. City by city.

01
City-Level Diagnostic
Every market analyzed at the city level — infrastructure, regulatory environment, competitive landscape, and cultural decision-making patterns.
02
Origin-Control Strategy
Freight decisions happen at origin. Your strategy is built where your clients make decisions — not where your U.S. office is located.
03
Conflict-Free Advisory
Jumama Group does not move freight. No commissions. No operator relationships. Pure advisory counsel — the recommendation that is right for you, not for us.
04
C-Suite Intelligence
Delivered at the executive level — with the context, framing, and strategic clarity that a board or ownership group requires to act.
What We Do

Advisory services built
for operators who move fast.

01
Market Development
Identification of LATAM expansion opportunities for U.S. operators. Corridor analysis, trade volume validation, competition mapping, and entry positioning — before committing a dollar.
02
LACE Framework Engagement
The proprietary 90-day methodology: Landscape, Architecture, Connections, Execution. From diagnostic to operational network in three months — with a named deliverable at every phase.
03
Cultural & Commercial Intelligence
City-level intelligence on business culture, decision-making hierarchy, relationship protocols, and commercial timing. The knowledge that separates operators who close from those who keep visiting.
04
Logistics Corridor Design
Route and modality structuring across FCL, LCL, air, ground, crossborder, and project cargo. Includes perishables export corridors and Central America crossborder routes.
05
Regulatory & Compliance Advisory
FMC, TSA IAC, CBP, and country-specific regulatory frameworks. Cold chain certification, customs classification, and tariff structuring for complex corridors.
06
C-Suite & Board Advisory
Strategic counsel for ownership groups, boards, and executive teams evaluating LATAM expansion. Scenario modeling, risk framing, and investment sequencing — at the decision level.
LACE
Proprietary Methodology

90 days from strategy
to first operation.

LACE is not a market study. It is a process of operational transformation in four phases — each with a concrete deliverable, a named responsible, and a closing date.

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Phase 01
Landscape
Full diagnostic of the client's current operation, LATAM position, compliance state, and real market opportunities — before any recommendation is made. The advisor who arrives with answers before asking questions is a salesperson, not an advisor.
Deliverable
Landscape Report
Days 1–30
A
Phase 02
Architecture
Design of the strategic structure: entity model, market sequencing, partner typology, regulatory framework, and financial architecture. Built on what was learned in Phase 01 — not on assumptions.
Deliverable
Strategic Blueprint
Days 31–60
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Phase 03
Connections
Activation of the commercial network: agents, partners, institutions, and key accounts — introduced with context, not just a list of names. Three decades of relationships, curated for your specific corridor and cargo type.
Deliverable
LATAM Operational Network
Days 61–75
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Phase 04
Execution
Translation of strategy into operational reality: pricing structures, SLA frameworks, commercial agreements, and first-shipment protocols. The phase where plans become operations.
Deliverable
6–12 Month Roadmap + Day 90 Presentation
Days 76–90
"LACE is not a market study. It is a process of operational transformation in four phases — each with a concrete deliverable, a named responsible, and a closing date."
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Why Jumama Group

The market has consultants.
Jumama Group has been there.

The Market Today
Jumama Group LLC
Generic LATAM reports assembled from public data — no field validation
City-level intelligence built over 30 years of operations, not desk research
Operators who also earn commissions from the agents they recommend
Pure advisory — no cargo operations, no commissions, no conflicts of interest
One-size-fits-all LATAM strategy that treats the region as a single market
City-by-city precision: Bogotá ≠ Medellín · Guatemala ≠ El Salvador · Brazil is its own world
50+ client rosters that spread attention thin across every engagement
Maximum 4 active clients — every engagement receives full attention and senior counsel
Delivered at the analyst level — valuable but not decision-ready
C-suite and board-level delivery — structured for the decisions that matter
Geographic Coverage

Markets we know
city by city.

🇲🇽
Mexico
Crossborder corridors, nearshoring infrastructure, Monterrey–Laredo–Houston axis, cold chain perishables, and automotive logistics.
Primary Corridor
🇨🇴
Colombia
Bogotá, Medellín, Barranquilla, Cartagena. Export / import freight capture at origin. Venezuela reconstruction gateway via land border.
Primary Corridor
🇧🇷
Brazil
São Paulo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro. The market that requires its own regulatory and commercial architecture. FCL, project cargo, and industrial equipment.
Strategic Market
🌎
Central America
Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama. Crossborder ground logistics, agribusiness export, and distribution network design.
Active Corridors
🇻🇪
Venezuela
Reconstruction corridor — gradual re-entry into regional trade. First-mover position for Houston operators in oil field services, industrial equipment, and construction materials.
Emerging Now
🇵🇪
Peru
Lima, Callao port. Mining logistics, cold chain for agri-exports, and Pacific coast distribution corridors connecting to U.S. West Coast operators.
Active Market
🇦🇷
Argentina / Cono Sur
Buenos Aires, Rosario. Agri-bulk, refrigerated exports, and positioning for operators who want to capture Southern Cone freight before the market normalizes.
Positioning
🇺🇸
Houston Corridor
The U.S. end of every Latin America corridor. Port of Houston, energy logistics, petrochemical exports, and the U.S. Gulf Coast–LATAM axis.
Base of Operations
Emerging Corridors

The operators who position now
own the corridors that open next.

Now
Venezuela — Reconstruction Corridor
Venezuela's gradual re-entry into regional trade is creating a first-mover corridor via the Colombia land border. Houston is the natural origin for oil field services, industrial equipment, and construction materials. This window does not announce its closing date. The operators positioned in Colombia today capture the freight before competition organizes.
Positioning
Argentina / Cono Sur — Normalization Window
Argentina's economic normalization is creating freight opportunities in agri-bulk, refrigerated exports, and industrial imports that U.S. operators have largely ignored. The positioning window is open — but it closes as the market becomes obvious. Southern Cone freight infrastructure is being rebuilt, and the early relationships determine the long-term positions.
Market Timing

Why the operators who move
into LATAM now win the decade.

Nearshoring Wave
$170B
Manufacturing relocating to Mexico & Colombia
U.S.–China trade friction has permanently redirected supply chain investment. Mexico alone captured over $50B in nearshoring FDI in 2023. That manufacturing needs freight infrastructure — and the operators already in those corridors are capturing the contracts being signed today.
FOB Window
72%
LATAM imports move under FOB terms
Under FOB, the importer selects the forwarder at origin — in their city, through their relationships. A Miami-based strategy never reaches that decision. The operator with origin presence captures the freight before it ever arrives at a U.S. port.
Venezuela Corridor
Now
The reconstruction corridor is open — briefly
Venezuela's gradual re-entry into regional trade creates a first-mover corridor via Colombia. Houston is the natural origin for oil field services, industrial equipment, and construction materials. This window does not announce its closing date.
"The operators who will dominate LATAM freight in 2030 are making their positioning decisions right now — not when the market is obvious, but when it requires the intelligence to see it first."
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Alejandro Valencia — Founder, Jumama Group LLC
Alejandro Valencia
Founder — Jumama Group LLC
About

30 years.
One region.
City by city.

Alejandro Valencia has spent 30 years building logistics operations across Latin America — not from a headquarters, but in the field. Bogotá, Medellín, Guatemala City, San Pedro Sula, São Paulo, Buenos Aires. The relationships, the regulatory knowledge, and the cultural intelligence were built one corridor at a time.

His career spans multimodal logistics, maritime and rail operations, cold chain infrastructure, project cargo, and digital transformation of freight operations across six countries. He has founded, scaled, and sold logistics companies in the region — and he understands what it means to build from zero in markets where the rules change at the border.

"Independent advisory means I have no freight to move, no agents to protect, and no commissions to earn. My only interest is your success in the market."

Jumama Group LLC was founded on a single principle: U.S. operators expanding into Latin America deserve counsel that is fully independent — free of the conflicts that operators, freight forwarders, and commission-based consultants inevitably carry.

Colombia Brazil Mexico Guatemala Costa Rica Honduras Venezuela Argentina Peru Panama Cold Chain Project Cargo Crossborder
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Ready to enter
Latin America?

Jumama Group accepts a maximum of four active clients at any time. If you are evaluating LATAM expansion and want counsel that is independent, city-level, and executive-grade — this is the conversation to start.

Email a.v@apg3215.com
Location Houston, Texas · USA
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