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For: EFE
Monday, November 25
Coup to the narco in Nicaragua; cocaine shipment valued at $ 2.2 million seized
A cocaine shipment valued at $ 2, 100, 000 of dollars was seized on the southern border of Nicaragua , the National Police reported this Wednesday.
The drug, which was transported in a trailer, was seized on Tuesday at the Peñas Blancas border post, which divides Nicaragua and Costa Rica, the institution reported police.
“In the inspection carried out on the vehicle, a hidden compartment was detected inside the thermo king, containing 84 packages wrapped in adhesive tape, color brown, with white substance, field test was positive for cocaine, weighing 84 kilos with 298. 2 grams ”, detailed the second head of the Directorate of Judicial Assistance (DAJ), of the National Police, Victoriano Ru left
The Guatemalan citizen Eswin Rolando Santos Cordero, 36 years old, a motor vehicle driver, was arrested for transferring the drug, according to official information.
Both the cocaine shipment and Santos Cordero were placed under the orders “of the competent authorities,” said the Police, without specifying the institution.
The Nicaraguan Police pointed out that the capture occurred within the framework of the plan called “retaining wall”, a permanent strategy that, according to the authorities, consists of preventing “the entry and circulation of drugs, seizure of assets from illegal activities, or the establishment of organized crime organizations. ”
Nicaragua, although not a producer of psychotropic drugs, has become a new and significant via for the illicit traffic of these substances. Due to its geographical location, is a transit channel between the producing countries of South America and the main market, the United States .
According to specialists, its geographical position facilitates the activities of drug traffickers in many ways. The breadth of the territorial waters in both oceans, the low population density in the coastal areas, mainly in the Atlantic, and the rugged coastline with its lagoons, bays, capes and keys, end up turning Nicaragua into a “paradise” for this type of crime.
To the geographical conditions is added the scarce presence of the State with its institutions in these transit areas.
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