On Friday morning, sources from the Bolivian Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to EL TIEMPO: There is an “immigration alert” to prevent Andrés Vásquez from leaving the country. The person who has been a fugitive from justice since November 24.
Likewise, the source stated that they also requested Interpol to issue the “red seal”, also known as the “red seal” in Colombia. red circlei.e. an international location and arrest warrant.
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Andrew Vásquez is accused by Bolivian authorities of leading a network dedicated to the distribution and trafficking of cocaineTherefore, it is not excluded that he aims to reach Venezuela, Colombia or Brazil.
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In fact, authorities in the neighboring country think Vásquez has ties to Brazilian cartels. Accordingly, federal authorities are conducting an investigation against him.
A group of Anti-Drug Trafficking Special Forces arrived at the house Vásquez shared with his partner on November 24. Alondra Mercado Campos, 22 years old, in Trinidad, the capital of Beni (Bolivia). That day, Vásquez escaped.
The couple was also charged with possession and carrying of weapons after uniformed police found several weapons in the house.
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Alondra Mercado has since become a well-known person in Bolivia. She represented her country in the Miss World 2020 international beauty contest. She was detained for 30 days since November 24, but was sent to the women’s prison on December 27, which became a media scandal in the said country.
A source from the prosecutor’s office stated that Alondra Mercado posted photos on her social networks in which the luxurious life they lived with Vásquez was clearly visible. These photographs were part of the investigation against the above-mentioned individuals. drug dealer.
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In the images, the couple is seen on yachts, vacationing on beaches and on tours outside the country.
Mercado Campos was Carnival Queen (2019), Miss Benni (2020), Miss Bolivia World (2020) and Miss Charm Bolivia (2023) and so far He is accused of arms smuggling.
The prosecutor’s office did not grant him freedom on the grounds that he might try to escape or change information and evidence regarding the investigation carried out against his partner.
The drug relationship between Bolivia and Brazil has been going on for some time. In fact, in March last year, the Bolivian businessman was caught (in Brazil). Jorge Adalid Granier RuizKnown as ‘Nono’.
‘Nono’ was wanted by the Argentinian authorities and was accused of distributing cocaine, even by air, in several provinces, hence the nickname ‘Nono’. ‘Lord of the Skies’.
And in this vein, in February 2019, the Argentinian Miguel Ángel Farfán, nicknamed ‘Chapo Guzmán of the Southern Cone‘.
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Farfán dropped cocaine from his planes and lived a luxurious and eccentric life; from high-end cars to gorgeous condos and homes.
He was in Bolivia in August last year Sebastián Marset, a 32-year-old Uruguayan, is one of the continent’s most wanted drug traffickers. The criminal in question managed to escape once again.
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At the time, authorities in the neighboring country reported that Marset was living in a private area of La Paz with his romantic partner Gianina García Troche and the couple’s three children.
The whereabouts of the drug trafficker who has given an interview since then are unknown. from privacy – to Uruguay’s Channel 4, among other topics He denied participating in the killing plot To Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was killed in Cartagena in May 2022.
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Bolivia is considered the third country that produces the most cocaine in the world, according to the illegal crop monitoring study carried out by the United Nations in 2022.A 2 percent decrease in the area of coca crops compared to 2021 is estimated, i.e. an area of 29,900 hectares
“coca plants”.
Bolivia became the platform for processing coca base from Peru, which was processed into cocaine and then sent to Brazil by Bolivian drug traffickers.
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Bolivian authorities say that this drug is marketed through cartel bosses known as ”.‘Red Command’ and ‘First Capital Command’ (CCP) are the same people who purchased the creepy marijuana produced in Colombia.
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