Senad and Brazil's police destroy 127 hectares in Nueva Alianza XXII
Senad and Brazil's Federal Police ended Operation Nueva Alianza XXII on 24 August 2020 in the Pedro Juan Caballero border area, destroying 127 hectares of cannabis crops, 70 camps and 2.2 tonnes of marijuana. The agencies put the yield of the cleared fields at more than 650 tonnes bound for the Brazilian market, and one Brazilian suspect was detained.
🇵🇾 Pedro Juan Caballero border area, Amambay department · Paraguay
Senad, Paraguay’s anti-drug agency, and Brazil’s Federal Police concluded Operation New Alliance XXII on 24 August 2020 in the Pedro Juan Caballero border region, destroying 127 hectares of cannabis crops on the Paraguayan-Brazilian border.[1]The Federal Police put the yield of the cleared fields at more than 650 tonnes of marijuana bound for the Brazilian market.[1]Agents also incinerated 1,190 kilograms of cannabis seeds and destroyed 70 clandestine campsites that supported production and distribution, and they detained a Brazilian national suspected of cutting the drug with solvents and packaging it with presses.[1]
The phase had begun on 16 August with Senad agents destroying production and storage centres in the border area with the Federal Police’s assistance.[2]On the first day they found and destroyed two narco-camps and 2,200 kilograms of marijuana and cleared 19 hectares of crops, enough for at least 57 tonnes.[2]Aboard Federal Police helicopters, officers of both countries flew over the border area to direct the raids, and Senad said the two forces had destroyed 3,900 tonnes of cannabis in five combined eradication operations over the previous two years.[1]
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Agents and helicopters supporting Operation New Alliance XXII in the Pedro Juan Caballero border area. Photo by the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug SecretariatPhoto details
Source: Diálogo Américas · archived copyBrazilian and Paraguayan forces after concluding the 22nd phase of the combined operation on 24 August. Photo by the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug SecretariatPhoto details
Both accounts come from Diálogo Américas drawing on Senad and Federal Police statements, so no independent outlet confirms the figures.
The same articles report a 643 kg marijuana seizure from a speedboat on 5 July and a 2.5-tonne seizure in Maracaná on 24 August, separate events left out here.
No court outcome for the detained Brazilian suspect was reported.
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