Parker Asmann reports for InSight Crime: A number of high-ranking police officials in Bolivia have been arrested for their suspected links to a drug trafficker wanted for years by police in Brazil, but the full extent of their collusion has yet to be revealed. Authorities in Bolivia arrested Gonzalo Medina, the former head of the…
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Judge ratifies prison for two fang traffickers
El Diario reports: The illegal trade of fangs in most cases occurs through the internet. The fifth Criminal Investigation Judge of the city of La Paz, Juan Carlos Moltabán, ratified the three-year prison sentence against two Argentine citizens, convicted of trafficking jaguar tusks and cougars, the Environment Ministry reported. According to the government entity, the…
Corruption hits the Bolivian Police
El Diario reports: They ask for Legislative intervention The exercise of internal power and political patronage; order of destinations, assessment of promotions and internal judicial processes, are part of the chain, according to the retired policeman Jorge Santisteban For the commander Rómulo Delgado, the particular cases do not involve the fundamental institution of the State….
Narcotrafficking 101 in a Bolivia under evo …
An striking editorial from El Deber, picture at the bottom is what any google search shows when we look for cocaine in Bolivia: The fight against drug trafficking An ambush of Umopar policemen in Chapare, carried out by cocaleros of a union in alliance with drug traffickers, has been one of the most disturbing news…
Chapare, “no man’s land” [evo delivers!]
El Diario reports: According to opponents The ambush of a Umopar patrol, after discovering the airstrip, is a fact that shows the close complicity of coca growers and drug trafficking, says Oscar Ortiz Regardless of the injured personnel, the death of a resident was recorded due to the impact of a gunshot, a fact that…
The Hovde Foundation Opens a New Hovde House in La Paz, Bolivia
Hovde Foundation through PRNewsWire.com: A Home for Girls and Teenagers Living in the Streets MADISON, Wis., Feb. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In the area of Huajchilla, Bolivia, south of the city of La Paz, a new home named “Hovde House: Marta Bedoya de Claure” has opened its doors for thirty vulnerable girls and teenagers living in the streets. The construction of…
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