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Security & Strategic Review - October 2013 (ISSN 1741-4202)
PERU: Cocaine airbridge moves into the Vraem
The Sendero Luminoso (SL) guerrillas in the Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro rivers valley (Vraem) may be, as the government claims, under increasing pressure from the military and police, but one thing is certain: the Vraem has become the launching pad for the cocaine airbridge with Bolivia, taking over from the Pilchis-Palcazú valley, which used to serve both the Huallaga and the Vraem coca industries.
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- BRAZIL: Prosecutors, judges and revelations about the PCC
- BOLIVIA: Coca growers use force against eradication
- PERU: Cocaine airbridge moves into the Vraem
- VENEZUELA: Starting to shoot down suspect aircraft
- BRAZIL: Trying to discover more about Black Bloc rioters
- ARGENTINA: Strong denunciation of capital’s police
- PARAGUAY: Two EPP ambushes claim more police casualties
- MEXICO: Clean-up of police forces is way below target
- MEXICO: ‘Hoodies’ are new public threat
- POINTERS
- HONDURAS: Candidates sign a national security pact
- NICARAGUA: Church calls for talk with armed groups
- POINTERS