Narco-territory: cocaine trafficking dominates more than 70% of Amazonian borders

An investigation led by OjoPúblico's Cross-Border Network and media partners Sumaúma (Brazil), La Silla Vacía (Colombia) and Código Vidrio (Ecuador) identified that the criminal organizations that dominate cocaine production and trafficking are present in 54 of the 75 border towns in the Amazon. The two most active groups in the area are Brazil's Red Command (Comando Vermelho) and Colombia's Border Command (Comandos de la Frontera). Drug trafficking coexists with and reinforces timber trafficking in half of the districts along these borders.

Aramís Castro