Police enter invaded property in Montero with neighbors; land grabbers flee | Policía ingresa a predio invadido en Montero, junto a vecinos; los avasalladores escapan

By Aldo Aguilera, El Dia: A police contingent entered the Patujú property on Friday afternoon, which had been occupied since September 27 and where violent clashes had occurred earlier that day. Media reports indicated that after the arrival of the officers, along with a large group of neighbors, the invaders began fleeing the site. There…

Drug trafficking and smuggling take root in the Ayllus of Northern Potosí | Narcotráfico y contrabando se enquista en los Ayllus del Norte de Potosí

By Leny Chuquimia, Visión 360: Conflicts in Llallagua reveal the situation “Little Mexico” is the open secret that reigns in southern Oruro and spreads through the Potosí Altiplano; a corridor for smuggled vehicles, contraband, and drugs. Blockade point with participation of Northern Potosí ayllus. Photo: EFE “It’s an open secret,” says one of the residents…

Drug trafficking funds sustain the “Masismo” stronghold in Chapare | Recursos del narcotráfico sostienen al bastión del “masismo” en Chapare

By El Diario: Senator Erik Morón affirms In response to announcements by leaders of the six coca grower federations from the tropics of Cochabamba about creating their own banking entity, Senator Erik Morón from the Creemos group stated that these types of “confessions” show that the U.S. dollars missing from the Bolivian state are circulating…