By El Deber: Arrest of Luis Marcelo Arce, son of the former president, for money laundering Officers of the Bolivian Police arrested Luis Marcelo Arce Mosqueira this Wednesday in the Equipetrol area, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, as part of an investigation into the alleged crime of money laundering. The arrest was carried out…
Category: Drug war – narcotraffick
Marset’s Fall May Expose Power Networks | La caída de Marset puede destapar redes de poder
By Alberto De Oliva, El Dia: Marset fell… and now the real problem begins The president spoke of a “turning point.” And he is probably right. Because the capture of Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset is not simply the fall of another fugitive. It is the fall of a man who, for years, symbolized something…
Marset’s Fall Signals Regional Crackdown | Caída de Marset Señala Golpe Regional
By Álvaro Rosales, Unitel: The fall of Marset marks the first major blow of the ‘Shield of the Americas’ against transnational crime, according to the U.S. From Bolivia, the anti-drug czar maintained that neutralizing a criminal leader is only the first step and stressed that international cooperation is key, since neutralizing Marset was only a…
Chapare: An Illegal Enclave | Enclave ilegal
By Juan Jose Toro, Brujula Digital: Names are not what matter, but the facts. Caravans from two candidacies for the governorship of Cochabamba were attacked when they tried to enter Chimoré by people loyal to Evo Morales. This event, which is not new in the context of what occurs in the area, simply confirms that…
Coalition Against Cartels | Coalición contra los cárteles
By Carlos Corz, Visión 360: Paz Says in the U.S. He Didn’t Come to Ask for Permission; Without Bolivia There Is No Security or Full Regional Development Bolivia and 11 other countries are part of a military coalition against the cartels. President Donald Trump proposed and consolidated the bloc. Presidents Rodrigo Paz and Donald Trump…
The Sovereignty of the Mob | La soberanía de la turba
By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: An unsuspecting observer might describe what we saw in the city of El Alto, regarding the crashed airplane, as an outbreak of anarchy or a mere overflow of collective violence. In reality, it is something far more systemic and troubling: it is the full exercise of the sovereignty of the…
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