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.
Located at 2695 meters above sea level is one of the entrances to the coca-growing region if Chapare where the most part of coca leaf destined for drug trafficking in the country is grown and home to the ruling party, Movement to Socialism.
It is also in the road between Peru and Brazil and extends from Titicaca Lake to San Matias in the Amazon frontier. In the future it will also be part of the great highway connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific and has been called the narco-road.
For this reason is one of the main ways for the drug trafficking and precursor substances used in cocaine processing. The police suffer from a lack of resources to the increasingly innovative methods of drug traffickers.
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An officer checks the luggage of the passengers on a bus. Drug traffickers use small post to cross the country with cocaine. Later these small consignments are collected at the border with Brazil.
In rural areas of Bolivia is common carry passengers at the top of a truck along with the load. Overloaded trucks and passengers in the box hampering the work of the police.
From the archive: Other checkpoints
La Rinconada
Three police controls governing the entry and exit of vehicles and people in the three major path of the Yungas. La Rinconada, La Paz, Bolivia. Sunday, November. 14, 2009.
The drug is burned case by case in a stack. To make cocaine burn is added an accelerator, usually gasoline. La Rinconada, La Paz, Bolivia. Saturday, December. 05, 2009.
Km 21
This checkpoint is located in a subtropical area and marks the limit where coca can be growed. Coca need a height between 500 and 2000 meters. In this position the cops spend 3 months in isolation at 20 km from the nearest town and 8 hours from La Paz. Km 52, La Paz, Bolivia. Monday, November. 15, 2009.
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May 19, 2011 at 6:06 pm
Muy buena serie. Enhorabuena!!! Me gusta!
May 19, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Muchas gracias, Jesús!!