What El Chapare hides – Lo que esconde El Chapare

Página Siete: It is known by all that the Chapare of Cochabamba is fertile land for the drug trafficking business, and it is not, as the MAS boss says, a concept that stems from antipathy towards the coca growers in that area or from a mere anti-MAS sentiment. Last month, four drug factories were found…

YUNGAS road

Travel, BBC: The world’s most dangerous road (Image credit: Harald von Radebrecht/Alamy) By Shafik Meghji A drive down Bolivia’s infamous “Death Road” takes travellers into a world where two resources have provoked fascination, misunderstanding and controversy for centuries: coca and gold. After cresting the 4,800m Cumbre pass, the trufi (shared taxi) plunged into a cloud of swirling mist….

The HUNT has begun! – ¡La CACERÍA comenzó!

Scott Mistler-Ferguson, In Sight Crime: Bolivia Anti-Drug Chief Target of Both Bolivia and United States The US indictment of Bolivia’s former anti-narcotics chief on drug and weapons charges means he could possibly be extradited to the United States – a move that Bolivia will decide following his arrest there on charges of illicit enrichment. Maximiliano…

Drug factories multiply in the depths of protected areas – Se multiplican las fábricas de droga en las entrañas de las áreas protegidas

Silvana Vincenti, El Deber: Historical data between 2017 and 2021 from the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (Felcn) shows an increase in drug factories within protection zones, forest reserves and indigenous territories “Payroll: Calicha, Negro, Adam, Maira; 4,956 (Kg)”, says the notebook found in May of last year by agents of the Special Force…