Paraguay’s government has suspended cooperation between the national drugs agency (Senad) and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The official explanation was only forthcoming after the Washington Post published an article on 7 December depicting the decision as “a significant blow to US efforts to curb organized crime in the country”. In a hastily convened press conference, government officials insisted that cooperation with the DEA was not being discontinued but rather redirected and would henceforth be with the national police rather than Senad, which was too stretched to lose some of its staff to a unit working with the DEA. The explanation was unconvincing.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1131 words.
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