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Narcotics
21 April 1994
LATIN AMERICA
REGIONAL AFFAIRS
Narcotics Roundup for 14 April
Narcotics Roundup for 14 April
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[Editorial Report] The following is a compilation of
reports on drug seizures and arrests related to drug trafficking
monitored through 14 April.
Argentina
Police personnel on 7 April seized 12 kg of very pure
cocaine
and arrested Carlos Alberto Olariaga, 40, Angela Moreno, 35, and
Beatriz Gomez, 25 in the township of San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
Province. (Buenos Aires NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS in Spanish 2217 GMT
8 Apr 94)
Federal Police agents seized 5 kg of very pure cocaine and
arrested a man at the border checkpoint of the Bolivian township
of Pocitos. He is at the disposal of the Salta Province federal
judge. (Buenos Aires NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS in Spanish 1949 GMT 11
Apr 94)
The Buenos Aires Police arrested four drug traffickers and
seized 1.3 kg of very pure cocaine over the past few hours in
Villa Pineral and Pablo Nogues Villages in General San Martin
Department. The detainees are Jorge Rojas, 30, Ricardo
Santillan, 31, Ines Chavez, 63, and Gustavo Souco, 27. (Buenos
Aires NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS in Spanish 1314 GMT 12 Apr 94)
Bolivia
The Special Antinarcotics Force arrested Adela Beatriz Pena
Calero and Dardo Moncarda Pardo at Viru Viru airport as they
boarded a plane for Buenos Aires. They had 80 and 25 cocaine
capsules respectively in their stomachs. (Santa Cruz EL MUNDO in
Spanish 25 Mar 94 p 14)
The Social Defense Secretariat on 28 March reported that an
operation to evaluate all goods seized from drug traffickers has
begun in Santa Cruz Department. The operation will continue in
Cochabamba, La Paz, and other departments. (Cochabamba LOS
TIEMPOS in Spanish 29 Mar 94 p A6)
Brazil
Within the framework of the Blockade Operation, Amazonas
Federal Police agents have arrested a 25-year-old Dutch drug
trafficker with 4 kg of cocaine taped to his body. The cocaine
had been purchased in Leticia, Colombia. It is worth about 15.7
million real cruzeiros and was being taken to Amsterdam.
(Brasilia Voz do Brasil Network in Portuguese 2200 GMT 8 Apr 94)
The Nigerian drug trafficking connection is one of the main
route to send cocaine from Latin America to Europe and the
United States. So far this year 18 Nigerians carrying cocaine
were arrested at Cumbica international airport as they boarded
the weekly flight to Nigeria. Federal Police Delegate Roberto
Precioso Junior said Nigerian organized crime has expanded and
is also using other airports. (Rio de Janeiro O GLOBO in
Portuguese 11 Apr 94 p 5)
The police have learned that drug traffickers are training
gangs to assault bullion shipments. The police invaded Jacari
slum in Rio de Janeiro. They confiscated an arsenal of
submachine guns and grenades, and seized 7 kg of cocaine and 10
kg of marijuana. They arrested 40 individuals, 5 of whom
confessed to bullion robbery. The police say the bullion thieves
are financed by drug trafficker Jorge Luiz, who controls drug
trafficking in Acari, and Robertinho de Lucas, from the Parada
de Lucas slum. Traffickers supply the weapons for the thieves,
and even lend them trained thieves from the Red Command, most of
whom are under 18 years of age. After a robbing, the
traffickers hide the thieves inside the slum for 30 percent of
the haul. (Rio de Janeiro Rede Globo Television in Portuguese
2300 GMT 13 Apr 94)
Paraguay
Personnel from the Special Force Command, National Narcotics
Directorate, and Capitan Bado-based Border Unit No. 2 destroyed
more than 127 metric tonnes of marijuana and arrested seven
people during Operation Via Crucis in Amambay Department.
(Asuncion NOTICIAS in Spanish 8 Apr 94 p 49)
The Antidrug Police have reported that the Ecuadoran Police
have offered a 50-million guaranies ransom to anyone reporting
the whereabouts of three Ecuadoran drug kingpins who reportedly
sought refugee in Paraguay. They are Victor Raul Torres Reyes,
Omar A. Hidrovo Velez and Genia Piedad Torres Cuevas. (Asuncion
ABC COLOR in Spanish 9 Apr 94 p 71)
Peru
The Inka Front Army Command has installed an antinarcotics
base near the Inapari airport, Tahuamanu Province. The towns of
Inapari and Santa Rosa de Fatima are the new drug centers for
Peruvian and foreign ``firms'' that send washed cocaine paste to
Colombia. (Lima EL COMERCIO in Spanish 30 Mar 94 p A13)
Army personnel on 30 Mar destroyed a clandestine airstrip
near the township of Quempire in Satipo Province. It was used
by Colombian drug traffickers to transport cocaine bought in
this zone to Colombia. (Lima EL PERUANO in Spanish 31 Mar 94 p
A3)
Antidrug Division personnel on 26 March seized sophisticated
equipment and more than 150 kg of cocaine paste, and destroyed
two cocaine processing laboratories and chemicals in Tingo
Maria, Huallaga Province, San Martin Department. (Lima EXPRESO
in Spanish 31 Mar 94 p A14)
Antidrug Police personnel on 30 March arrested former
National Police Captain Luis Arce Santillan, retired, and Iris
Mendoza Porras, and seized 3.6 kg of very pure cocaine paste
during a raid in Chilca District, Huancayo Province. (Lima LA
REPUBLICA in Spanish 1 Apr 94 p 12)
Army personnel have arrested nine drug traffickers and
destroyed a clandestine airstrip and two cocaine processing
laboratories in the townships of Cajonari and Lorencillo, in the
jungle province of Oxapampa. (Madrid EFE in Spanish 2147 GMT 10
Apr 94)