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Former drug chief known as “Macho” extradited from Bolivia nearly three years after the United States offered a $5 million reward Blogging Sole

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Bolivia’s former counternarcotics chief was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court. Authorities said Maximiliano Dávila, who served as counternarcotics chief during the final months of Evo Morales’ administration from 2006 to 2019, helped facilitate plane shipments of cocaine to the United States. United. … Read more

Massive drug smuggling operation leads to discovery of new Pacific trafficking route with sophisticated ‘narco submarines’ Blogging Sole

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Authorities in dozens of countries seized 225 tons of cocaine during a six-week mega-operation in which they uncovered a new trafficking route across the Pacific, from South America to Australia, the Colombian Navy announced on Wednesday. Authorities said they also seized “increasingly sophisticated” drug-laden semi-submersibles – better known as “narco submarines” – which can go … Read more