The activities of organized groups in Latin American prisons are a reality increasingly present throughout the region. Alternatives such as regional police, legal and penitentiary cooperation, coordinated transnational actions, and the improvement of penitentiary management in line with international minimum standards can stop this threat.
Marijuana Eradication Efforts Flounder in Amambay, Paraguay insightcrime.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from insightcrime.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In an operation in Bella vista Norte, Amambay department, the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) destroyed more than 16 tons of marijuana. Agents found the drugs in a rural establishment of some 5 hectares that housed several narco-camps with marijuana crops, where they also seized 1.5 tons of the drug in the drying process.
Nearly 100 officers from the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) and the Brazilian Federal Police (PF) destroyed 748 tons of marijuana as part of Operation New Alliance XXX.