Since the inauguration of the “Claws of Courage School” in 1989 has had students from Europe or America. But it has mainly served for the formation of the Combat Special Force against Drug Trafficking in Bolivia, FELCN.
The elements are preparing for the training in the pool. They must learn survival in the river because their main area of action is the jungle. Despite being police the training and discipline are military.
Locotal is a small checkpoint located in the Cochabamba Range that separates the altiplano from the plains and makes up the valleys where coca grows.
A policewoman records the clothing of a passenger of a bus. The traffickers use women to transport cocaine. Using the bulky traditional dress, the traffickers adiere packages of cocaine into the belly and legs. For this reason there is often a woman between the agents.
The Training Center of Drug Detection Dogs in Cochabamba is one of the most important in South American and one of the weapons used by the Bolivian police in the fight against drug trafficking.
A group of cadets rests with their dogs before the last practice. At this point of the course, cadets have already passed one month of practical training and practices in real environment in the Viru Viru International Airport.
