Drug trafficking & Luis Arce – Narcotráfico y Luchin

Editorial, El Deber: The fight against drug trafficking Four mega-factories of cocaine were found in a week by the Special Force to Combat Drug Trafficking (Felcn). Two of them in the heart of the Noel Kempff Mercado Park and two in the Isiboro Sécure National Park Indigenous Territory (Tipnis). Two protected areas that have been…

Woman alleged to have sudden fortune arrested in Bolivia

AP reports for CityNews 1130: LA PAZ, Bolivia — Authorities in Bolivia said Thursday they have arrested a woman with suspected links to drug traffickers who amassed an inexplicable fortune within just a few years. Interior Minister Arturo Murillo told the Unitel television station that Dora Vallejos, 36, turned herself in the night before. “She…

Bolivian coca growers despise Mother Nature!

Chapare is the stronghold where evo came to power over 20 years ago, for the last 13 years, he has managed to get absolute control of ALL State powers and deforestation and environmental damage has not only seized both Yungas and Chapare, but has placed in serious jeopardy National Parks like Carrasco, Madidi, TIPNIS, and…