Units of Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad), the Joint Task Force (FTC) and the Air Force, together with Brazil’s Federal Police, ran Operation Nueva Alianza 29 in the Amambay region near the tri-border with Argentina and Brazil from 23 February to 4 March 2022.[1] On 4 March Senad reported 83 dismantled narco camps and 9,095 kg of marijuana ready for consumption seized.[1]
The forces eradicated 281 hectares of marijuana crops, which the authorities estimated put at least 852 tonnes of marijuana out of circulation, the Paraguayan site Amambay News reported.[1] One production complex had germination rooms, a ventilation system, greenhouses with lighting, a drip irrigation system and a drying tank; much of the marijuana sat in the camps ready for packaging, the newspaper Hoy reported.[1]
Senad said the operation ran under the countries’ shared-responsibility framework against drug trafficking, noting nearly 179 joint operations since 2014 at an economic loss of more than $1 billion to traffickers; marijuana is the main funding source for criminal gangs in the region, Senad added.[1]
