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Peruvian Ambassador Eduardo León Olavarría expressed that the government of President Ollanta Humala is preparing to reinforce the control of customs in airports and international points of entry in order to stop drug trafficking and in light of the cases of drugs hidden in innocent people's luggage.
In an interview with EL UNIVERSAL he spoke about the recent report by the 4pecial Anti-Drugs Operation Division of the National Police, pointing out that the Sinaloa Cartel is involved in putting drugs in luggage, with four cases detected in Mexico. He added that the security agencies of both governments are exchanging information about the influence and connections between drug gangs. He added that those cases of intervened luggage happen when the travelers have been in many countries or are making a scale in one.
"In any of those cases the mob is infiltrated. We are trying to reinforce the law so that customs and airports have a more effective control while processing luggage. The gangs are corrupting many workers and are able to commit these crimes," he said.
The ambassador expressed that we "have to be aware and informed about the links between the drug gangs, the presence of Colombians and Mexicans in Per, of Peruvians in Colombia, of Bolivian producers of cocaine leaves, the consumption in Brazil and the exit of this drug from that country or through Argentina. It is clear that the cartels have a presence."
León Olavarría added that "drug dealing is a matter which affects us all. At the beginning, countries like Peru, Bolivia and Colombia were producers, Mexico produced some, but it was a 'transit' point to the U.S. The demand is growing in that country and so, these questions cannot be tackled each on its own."
