Bolivia
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No. 51 · Thursday, 20 August 2026
Brazil’s Rival Gangs Take Their Cocaine-Route War Into Bolivia’s Border Towns
So what? A previously insulated Bolivia turning into a contested trafficking corridor signals the route is displacing outward as Brazilian enforcement squeezes the gangs at home — the kind of shift that tends to precede a broader realignment of cocaine flows toward new export points. Watch whether Bolivian enforcement holds the line or the corridor keeps pushing further from Brazil’s reach, since a settled foothold here would open a new low-scrutiny route toward Pacific and river-borne export points.
Sources: France 24 (AFP) · InSight Crime (19 Aug 2026)
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Mission areas Transnational Organized Crime
Region South America & Caribbean
Also appears with Brazil