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Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 00:00
Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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<br />The success of Mexico’s anti-drug, anti-organized crime, and border security efforts remains critical to the U.S.’ pursuit of national drug control strategy and border security initiatives. With a 2,000-mile long land border with the U.S.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 00:00
Fact Sheet
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<br />Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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<br />January 20, 2009
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<br />Argentina is a transshipment corridor for cocaine flowing from Bolivia, Peru and Colombia and a transit point for Colombian heroin destined for the east coast of the United States. Precursor chemicals produced by Argentina’s advanced chemical industry are subject to diversion.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 00:00
Fact Sheet
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<br />Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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<br />Costa Rica’s location astride the Central American isthmus makes the country an attractive transshipment area for South American-produced cocaine and heroin destined primarily for the United States.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 00:00
Fact Sheet
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<br />Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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<br />Guatemala is a major transit country for an estimated 400 metric tons per year of Colombian. It is also a producer of opium poppy. In the past few years the Government of Guatemalan (GOG) had little success in confronting the challenges posed by narcotics trafficking in Guatemala.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 00:00
Fact Sheet
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<br />Honduras faces trafficking that exploits its remote Caribbean coast and the increase in the flow of pseudoephedrine and other precursor chemicals. There are reports that drug trafficking and other organized crime activities are directed from the prisons.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 00:00
Fact Sheet
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<br />Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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<br />Although not a drug-producing country, Nicaragua is a major transit country for drugs moving northward to the United States by land, sea, and air. Major trafficking routes are found on both coasts and drugs pass through the country on the Pan American Highway.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 00:00
Fact Sheet
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<br />Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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<br />Though not a major narcotics producing or transit country, Uruguay’s strategic location nonetheless renders the country vulnerable to efforts by Colombian, Argentine, and Brazilian traffickers’ to smuggle heroin and cocaine through its territory.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 00:00
Fact Sheet
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<br />Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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<br />Belize is a potentially significant transshipment point for illicit drugs between Colombia and Mexico. In addition, Belize continues to cultivate a small amount of marijuana, primarily for local consumption.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 00:00
Fact Sheet
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<br />The Bahamas, a 700-mile-long archipelago off the eastern coast of the U.S., is a major transit point for cocaine from South America bound for both the U.S. and Europe, and for marijuana from Jamaica.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 00:00
Fact Sheet
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<br />Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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<br />Washington, DC
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<br />January 20, 2009
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<br />Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), located seven miles off the coast of Venezuela, is a convenient transshipment point for illicit drugs, primarily cocaine and marijuana but also heroin. Increased law enforcement success in Colombia has led to greater amounts of illegal drugs transiting the Eastern Caribbean.