Peru outlaws sale and use of kerosene starting in 2010 to curb cocaine production

As part of its fight against drug trafficking, Peru has voted to outlaw the sale, use and distribution of kerosene by 2010. Instead of kerosene — which is still widely used across Peru and in its capital city, Lima, for cooking — Peru aims to promote the domestic and industrial use of natural gas. According [...]

13 Peru soldiers killed in guerrilla ambush led by former teacher

One of the deadliest terrorist operations in years — suspected to have been planned and staged by a former teacher turned guerrilla — has left 13 soldiers dead in Peru’s remote Apurimac and Ene River Valleys, or VRAE, said Defense Minister Ántero Flores Áraoz. “The attack carried out with dynamite and grenades occurred on Thursday, [...]

New strategies and new markets: narcotics trafficking changes directions

By Alejandro Vassilaqui Executive director of the Information and Education Center for the Prevention of Drug Abuse (CEDRO) Translated and reprinted from the opinion page of El Comercio. Times change and so too does drug trafficking, to its advantage. It has the capacity to adjust to change with all the speed required for effective marketing. [...]

Police seize two tons of cocaine worth $100 million during weekend raids

Peru’s anti-drug police, Dirandro, seized nearly two tons of cocaine bound for Europe this weekend during raids on two houses used by the same organized crime ring. And according to daily La República, among those arrested was a rookie policewoman whom the traffickers infiltrated into a key police investigations unit to provide inside information on [...]

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