FELCN in Yungas (63 images)

FELCN, Special force to combat drug trafficking, has 87 units in the Yungas in six bases, Coroico, La Rinconada, Irupana, Caranavi, Km 52 and Guanay.
As in other areas of Bolivia, FELCN agents work in location and destruction of cocaine laboratories and capture of controlled substances.
Unlike the Chapare, the transport of agents is very difficult mainly influenced by the terrain but also influenced by the lack of resources and personnel, for example in the Yungas do not have...
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FELCN, Special force to combat drug trafficking, has 87 units in the Yungas in six bases, Coroico, La Rinconada, Irupana, Caranavi, Km 52 and Guanay.
As in other areas of Bolivia, FELCN agents work in location and destruction of cocaine laboratories and capture of controlled substances.
Unlike the Chapare, the transport of agents is very difficult mainly influenced by the terrain but also influenced by the lack of resources and personnel, for example in the Yungas do not have helicopter support. This may be due to the lack of available resources by the government, influenced by the output of the DEA, and by the reluctance of all the inhabitants of Los Yungas, traditional area of cultivation of coca, to the presence of state security forces .
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