Basically it is one strategy led by American security forces such as the Anti-Drug Department, D.E.A.; the FBI, the United States Marshals Service and the Department of International OperationsHSI, in seeking direct control of the ports so as not to hand out orders to lower level agents who could be bribed, as has been seen in the past.
The recent seizure is one of the largest ever Barranquillabut it does not exceed the level put forward in October 2008 when it became historic seizure of 10.5 tons of cocaine which were transported in two trucks on their way to the city’s port.
According to information from the police at the time, “the product was to be camouflaged in a load of plasticine and was on its way to the Mexican port Veracruz, where it would be received and shipped to the US market. It was reported that the drug, valued at the time in $390 billiontoday belonged to the group of Daniel ‘el Loco’ Barrera, leader of the Norte del Valle cartel prisoner in the United States.
Source: El heraldo
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