Masismo and narcotrafficking | Masismo y narcotráfico

By Humberto Vacaflor Ganam, El Dia:

Expanding Mafias

The Chilean government has identified four border towns with Bolivia that have been taken over by mafias involved in drug trafficking and migrant smuggling.

Argentina is also facing similar problems on its border with Bolivia, not to mention the presence of Hezbollah terrorists in Bolivian territory, as denounced by Minister Patricia Bullrich.

From Brazil, the complaint remains that Bolivia has not activated the radars that could detect the small planes carrying drugs from Chapare to mafia-controlled posts in Brazilian, Argentine, and Paraguayan territories.

The camps of the Cartel of the Suns, established in Venezuela through the initiative of Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales, should not be included in this list, as they are the result of a binational agreement with transnational reach.

This is the largest narco-corridor in South America, to which are added drug shipments arriving in Venezuela from Peru and Colombia, destined for North America and Europe.

However, the powerful Paulista cartel called the First Capital Command (PCC), led by Marcola, the son of Bolivians, with a presence in 24 Brazilian states, large Bolivian territories, similar Paraguayan posts, and the Argentine city of Rosario, must be considered.

This incomplete list shows that the power of Bolivia’s drug mafias reaches far, farther than any other economic activity in the country’s history, not even the transnational industrial tin network created by Bolivia’s greatest entrepreneur.

The Bolivian provincial bosses of this mafia are wanted by the DEA and Interpol, such as General Maximiliano Dávila, who should be extradited to the United States as soon as possible.

The connections between this activity and Bolivian politics occasionally come to light, although they have now made a former president and candidate for the 2025 elections very nervous.

The fear among the followers of this former president is that Dávila, once in the United States, will reveal everything he knows about the mafias’ ties to Bolivia’s ruling party.

This nervousness coincides with the imminent overthrow, if God wills, of the Venezuelan dictatorship, a partner of Bolivia’s most famous coca grower.

An interesting moment may arise, with a clash of titans: the most powerful international mafia in South American history confronting the International Criminal Court and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

The impact of these events on Bolivian politics will be significant, and as can already be suspected, it will leave one party orphaned.

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