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Security & Strategic Review - July 2017 (ISSN 1741-4202)
Bolivia: Strengthening borders
This month Bolivia’s interior minister Carlos Romero revealed that the national police leadership had presented a plan to President Evo Morales which would create an inter-institutional border directorate (‘Dirección General de Fronteras’), tasked with monitoring the country’s borders with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru. Romero’s announcement comes amid other clear by attempts by the government to crack down on smuggling and other crimes, and a shoot-out involving suspected members of the Brazilian criminal gang Primer Comando de la Capital (PCC) (see sidebar) suggests that this cooperation is as crucial as ever.
- New data on Caribbean crime rates
- Mexico: Gun returns on the way down
- Mexico: Hot and cold winds still blowing across the border
- Mexico: Appealing to the International Criminal Court
- Bolivia: Strengthening borders
- Colombia: Key milestone in peace process
- Venezuela: Maduro’s cul-de-sac
- Brazil: Rio de Janeiro police force expels ‘traitors’
- Region: Looking for solutions to grand corruption problems
- Argentina: Major cocaine seizure in Santiago del Estero
- Nicaragua: Gov’t claims more security progress
- Guyana: Another fire highlights Guyana prison crisis
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