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Colombian Navy thwarts cocaine trafficking

Published on: August 29, 2023
16:36

Bogota, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian Navy assured on Tuesday having stopped a vessel in the Pacific Ocean in which drug trafficking organizations tried to transport 1,087 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride.

Poland seizes hundreds of kilograms of cocaine

Published on: August 25, 2023
00:15

Warsaw, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) Polish security services seized 440 kilograms of cocaine from Latin America in the port of Gdynia, a city in the north of the country.

Paraguayan analyst describes nationwide increase in organized crime

Published on: August 14, 2023
13:50

Asuncion, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) Organized crime has been increasing in Paraguay for five years, researcher Juan Martens assured in an analysis published today by Ultima Hora newspaper on the challenges of the new government that takes office this Tuesday.

Ecuador receives 20 armored vehicles for the Armed Forces

Published on: August 7, 2023
07:46

Quito, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso said that 20 armored vehicles had arrived in the country from Türkiye to support operations against drug trafficking.

Drug trafficking aborted at Uruguay’s airport

Published on: August 7, 2023
07:25

Montevideo, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan authorities aborted a drug trafficking operation at the international airport of Carrasco, sources from the Ministry of the Interior confirmed.

Results against drug trafficking in Colombia are convincing

Published on: July 25, 2023
00:30

Bogota, Jul 25 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian Ministry of Defense described the results of the fight against drug trafficking during the first semester of 2023 as convincing.

Nearly six tons of cocaine were seized in Italy

Published on: July 21, 2023
12:08

Rome, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Forces of the Italian Revenue Guard reportedly seized nearly six tons of cocaine from a fishing vessel intercepted off the southern coast of Agrigento, in Sicily.

Paraguayan responsibility confirmed for drug seized in Germany

Published on: July 18, 2023
13:22

Asuncion, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) The local information agency reports today that Paraguay's National Customs Directorate (DNA) confirmed during an investigation involving 10 tons of cocaine seized in Germany, an omission during the scanning of the container that transported them.

Colombia and Honduras seek to promote Latin American integration

Published on: July 17, 2023
11:01

Brussels, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia, and his Honduran counterpart, Xiomara Castro, discussed today in Brussels, the importance of promoting a true regional integration of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Paraguayan police officers destroy 11 tons of marijuana

Published on: July 5, 2023
17:21

Asunción, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan law enforcement officers on Wednesday destroyed as many as 11 tons of marijuana seized from alleged drug traffickers in the northeastern department of Amambay, bordering Brazil, the ABC Color newspaper reported.

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