Chilean President Calls for Unrelenting Fight against Drug Traffickers

December 07, 2011

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera called for an unrelenting fight to be waged by the state against drug traffickers, “pitiless” enemies who in the event of “doubts or weaknesses” gain ground against governments, on December 5, in the Mexican city of Mérida.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Chilean President Calls for Unrelenting Fight against Drug Traffickers

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