By Paulo Lizarraga, Vision 360: Drug Trafficking DEA concludes that Dávila used his position as anti-drug chief to fuel drug trafficking U.S. judicial authorities condemned in a report the “abhorrent” and “unsurprising” conduct of Bolivia’s former anti-drug czar, who is set to appear for the first time before the country’s justice system today. Dávila was…
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Maximiliano Dávila: Exjefe antidrogas de evo, extraditado a USA | Former evo’s anti-drugs chief extradited to the US
Por CBS News: El exjefe antidrogas conocido como “Macho” extraditado desde Bolivia casi tres años después de que EE.UU. ofreciera una recompensa de $5 millones El exjefe antidrogas de Bolivia fue extraditado a Estados Unidos el jueves para enfrentar cargos federales por tráfico de drogas en un tribunal de Nueva York. Las autoridades informaron que…
With the State Absent, Drug Trafficking Begins to Dominate Communities | Con Estado ausente, narcotráfico empieza a dominar comunidades
By ANF, El Diario: According to the Government and Opposition Following four drug trafficking cases and attacks on the anti-drug force reported in a single week, warnings emerge that internal conflicts within the MAS are diverting the authorities’ attention from the fight against drug trafficking After the recent events in Pucamayo and Santa Ana de…
Ex-anti-drug chief faces life imprisonment in the United States | Exjefe antidroga se expone a condena de cadena perpetua en Estados Unidos
By Ariel Melgar, El Deber: Maximiliano Dávila Pérez is accused of alleged criminal association to import controlled substances, a crime that carries a sentence of 20 years to life imprisonment in the northern country where he will be tried. The former national director of the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (Felcn), Maximiliano Dávila Pérez,…
More Coca and Drugs, Less Food | Más coca y droga y menos alimentos
Editorial, El Diario: It is truly astonishing and lamentable to see the increase in coca leaf cultivation areas while food production declines. Even more scandalous is that this contradiction occurs at a time when the production of rice, wheat, flour, corn, potatoes, meat, and fruit in the country has plummeted, triggering shortages, price hikes in…
Those involved in the Parotani blockade execute 5 people in Pucamayu | Implicados en el bloqueo de Parotani ejecutan a 5 personas en Pucamayu
By Pedro Figueroa, Los Tiempos: The community of Pucamayu is located in the municipality of Villa Tunari, where five people were kidnapped, tortured, and murdered. | Los Tiempos The exhumation of the remains of the victims. | Bolivian Police Ernesto Almaraz, one of the detainees. | Pedro Figueroa The contingent of police officers in Colomi,…
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