translated from Spanish: Video: Shots between “chancheros” and gendarmes on the border with Bolivia

at least four gendarmes were injured during a violent confrontation of shots with people trying to pass a cargo of coca leaves from Bolivia through u n step border not enabled, in the Salta town of Aguas Blancas, in the Department of Oran.ocurrio last night at 21:30, and the “pins” aggression against the uniformed began with stones and then led to shooting with automatic weapons. The fact was recorded in a video that local media reported.

According to witnesses, the shooting occurred during about one hour and not were reported arrested, while at least one of the wounded policemen had been reached by shooting of firearms. Once calmed the situation, gendarmerie personnel kidnapped about 40 kilograms of coca leaves and three Bolivian citizens identity cards. The episode occurred in the context of the conflict by a project to regulate the activity of the “bagayeros”, passing goods in traditional way through the northern border, and within days of the attack with stones at the motorcade carrying the ministered to safety, Patricia Bullrich and Salta Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey, when they visited the area. For the incidents, 200 gendarmes moved to that place of the northern border. Is there conflict in that area last week opened exclusive system of intelligent monitoring of borders (SITEVIF) and a new regime of import for the border area in San Ramón de la Nueva Orán and Aguas Blancas (Salta), which aims to legalize the workers on a smaller scale and, at the same time, directing the flow of goods and people into the enabled steps. National officials met yesterday in Oran and Aguas Blancas border workers, known as “bagayeros”. The authorities announced them that from Tuesday could return to work as they came to do so until March 31, then the Minister of security of the nation, Patricia Bullrich, and the Governor of Salta, Juan Manuel Urtutbey, impose compliance of the Import regime that limited commercial circulation of imported leaving thousands of unemployed frontier workers. And although some frontier workers signed an agreement with the federal judge in Tartagal, Martínez Frugoni, whereby the national Government ratified the implementation of the new import regime and granted an extension until the end of the month to complete the requirements, customs did not recognize the agreement and that further aggravated the situation. In this note:

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