More than 600 kilos of cocaine were found hidden in containers in a port in eastern Guatemala, the authorities announced yesterday Monday (01/11). The confiscation of 616 kilos of cocaine took place in Puerto Santo Tomas de Castilla, about 200 km northeast of the capital, on the coast of the country in Caribbean, clarified the representative of the prosecution, the Juan Luis Pantaleon.
Authorities estimate that the amount of drugs seized was worth $ 8.5 million.
The containers had come from him PanamaHowever, the origin of cocaine has not yet been established, he noted Edwin Monroe, police spokesman.
According to US authorities, 90% of cocaine produced in South America and is destined for USA transported by small aircraft, floating or improvised submarines, passing through countries of Central America.
In them, local criminal networks operate in collaboration with international cartels.
According to its principles Guatemala, violent incidents related to drug trafficking and organized crime gangs are responsible for almost half of the approximately 3,500 homicides recorded in the country on average each year.
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