Article from NotiSur, April 4
The Latin America Digital Beat(LADB) is the University of New Mexico's premier English language Latin America news service. Established as a unit of the Latin American and Iberian Institute in 1986, LADB has had an Internet presence since 1996. LADB is located on the UNM campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Illegal Cigarette Trade Linked to Paraguay’s President
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Article from NotiSur, April 4
A team of agents from the Netherlands' Special Police Task Force (SPT) spent the second week of February in Bogotá to exchange information and, together with Colombian authorities, analyze the movement of contraband Paraguayan cigarettes. The illegal trafficking, which has become increasingly overt, allegedly involves Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes directly. European investigators say major cigarette shipments legally imported to the Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curacao, two former Dutch colonies that are now autonomous territories, end up in the hands of the Colombian mafia now controlling nearly 20% of the Colombian market.
Andrés Gaudín
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Article from NotiSur, April 4
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