FBIS4-34836
"drlat122_l_94001"
FBIS-LAT-94-122
Daily Report
19 Jun 1994
Bolivia
Three Drug Trafficking Rings Dismantled
Three Drug Trafficking Rings Dismantled
PY2306212094 La Paz PRESENCIA in Spanish 19 Jun 94 p 7
PY2306212094
La Paz PRESENCIA
Spanish
BFN
[Text] Antidrug "Operation Trebol" was conducted on 23 May
in Santa Cruz. Three international traffickers organizations
were dismantled, hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets were
seized, and 23 presumed traffickers were caught.
According to the writ issued on 13 June by the lower court
of
controlled substances in La Paz, 15 of the 23 individuals
arrested have been taken to the maximum security prison in
Chonchocoro. During the operation 84,500 grams of cocaine were
seized.
Judges Victor Lopez Alcala and Renan Moreno Aviles filed
against Luis Alberto Arteaga Seleme and Iver Daza Suarez, for
manufacturing, trafficking, and transporting cocaine. They are
also accused of illegal association to commit crime and are
being held at the Chonchocoro prison.
The judges also filed against Emilio Arce Vidal, Robin
Rosales Agreda, Horario Arroyo Bonilla, and Ruddy Yassir
Pedrazas Suarez. They are accused of manufacturing and
trafficking cocaine, and of illegal association to commit crime.
The following, who are at large, are also accused of the
same
crime: Juan Carlos Araoz Antelo, Johnny Lara, Clider Matienzo
Rodriguez, Victor Rosales Agreda, Johnny Rosales Agreda,
Fernando Cadario Garrido, Carlos Alfonso Gutierrrez, and Freddy
Eguez.
The antidrug judges also began criminal proceedings against
Juan Rosales Agreda who is accused of murder, cocaine
trafficking, and association to commit crime, while Luis
Fernando Bascope Rivera is accused of cocaine trafficking and
association to commit crime.
The following are accused of the same crime: Alcides Bascope
Chavez, Wilfredo Rosales Agreda, Pedro Fernandez Barrientos,
Elvio Cespedes Anez, Mario Antonio Artega Seleme, and Medardo
Vargas Callau.
William Rosales Suarez is accused of participating in
trafficking and manufacturing of cocaine, and association to
commit crime.
The judges issued an arrest warrant against the eight people
who are still at large. The Ministry of Government, through its
specialized organizations, is ordered to catch them.
The writ of indictment was forwarded to the La Paz Superior
Court for approval, according to current legal dispositions.
Antidrug judge Justino Ugarte expressed satisfaction over
the
2d. Court decision and said the Superior Court must ratify the
measures.
"The Superior Criminal Court must approve the indictment
issued by the antidrug judges who filed the accusation based on
evidence of involvement," the criminal prosecutor said.
Beside dismantling three trafficking organizations,
"Operation Trebol" allowed the seizure of assets estimated at
several hundred thousand of dollars.
The following properties were seized in Santa Cruz:
properties on Mutualista Avenue and Paragua Street, at 605
Cotoca Canal, at Km 12 of the old highway to Cochabamba, on the
corner of the third beltway and Pedro Rivera Mendez Street, at
the "Suto" condominium, on San Aurelio Avenue, and on Virgen de
Cotoca Avenue.
According to the seizure records, 38 assorted vehicles were
seized at two urban properties -- Aurelio and Cotoca.
The police seized 22 vehicles at "Cotoca Automobile Sales,"
among them trucks, tractors, automobiles, vans, jeeps, and
pickups. Likewise, 16 vehicles were seized at "San Aurelio
Automobile Sales." Nine other automobiles were seized in
different places.