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…
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Bolivia Set to Arrest Ex-Minister’s Father at Argentina’s Request
Latin American Herald Tribune reports: Bolivia Set to Arrest Ex-Minister’s Father at Argentina’s Request LA PAZ – Bolivian Jorge Perez Ardaya, father of the country’s former Interior Minister Jorge Perez Valenzuela, was accused of drug trafficking in Argentina in December 2006 and could be arrested and extradited if that country so requests, a La Paz…
Growing up in a prison filled with drug lords: The brutal Bolivian jail where families live alongside their criminal relatives
Sarah Dean writes in Mailonline: Growing up in a prison filled with drug lords: The brutal Bolivian jail where families live alongside their criminal relatives San Pedro prison, the biggest in Bolivia’s main city, La Paz, holds around 3,000 dangerous inmates The prison has no guards inside and is run by criminals who pay for…
American with 121 pounds of gold arrested in Bolivia
AP reports in CBS News: American with 121 pounds of gold arrested in Bolivia LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – Bolivian police say they’ve detained a 76-year-old U.S. citizen with more than 121 pounds (55 kilograms) of gold. Anti-narcotics chief Santiago Delgadillo says Robert Agnew Meyer also was found with a small amount of cocaine and several…
My Night at Bolivia’s Illegal Cocaine Bar
From the Daily Beast: My Night at Bolivia’s Illegal Cocaine Bar In La Paz, our correspondent finds a legendary basement dive, where the house specialty is not a cocktail, but an illicit tray of the white stuff. It’s a well-known secret in La Paz, Bolivia, that it has an illegal underground cocaine bar, noted as…
The Bolivian Case premiere, a film about drugs and justice
One of the “seals” of current Bolivian government is the disproportionate growth of drug trafficking. Not only the political base of current president, the coca growers of the Chapare are to be blamed for supplying the essential. Cocaine production and trafficking has spread all over Bolivia and also we have become transit country for other…
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