translated from Spanish: National Prosecutor’s Office revealed that Chile “faces for the first time the threat of the installation of international drug cartels”

The National Prosecutor’s Office warned of a threat linked to drug trafficking, as it revealed the attempt to install international drug cartels in Chile.In the framework of the report “Observatorio Narcotráfico en Chile”, prepared by the Public Ministry, with the collaboration of Carabineros, PDI, Gendarmerie, the National Customs Service, the Ministry of the Interior and the Navy.The national prosecutor, Jorge Abbott, reported that “our country faces for the first time the threat of the installation in Chile of international drug cartels, a phenomenon that we did not know until now.” Chile ceased to be a drug transit country; Mexico’s widely known cartels attempt to settle in Chile. We have a history of doing so,” he added. For his part, the director of the Illicit Drug Trafficking Unit, Luis Toledo, explained that “the entry effort is symptomatic (…) the Gulf Cartel tried to incorporate ‘cripy’ marijuana into our domestic market, that has been systematic.” Not just one operation, but multiple operations year by year increasingly. The situation in the north is a situation that must be given special attention. The entry of the drug, when it is terrestrial, is usually by that way… Generally due to the income of non-skilled steps near Colchane, other steps not enabled in the Region of Antofagasta, also in Arica, “he said.

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