The governments of Bolivia and Paraguay They expressed their disapproval of the president’s statements. Luis Lacalle Pou about him drug trafficking, where he assured that “the big fish” of crime are in those countries, Colombia or Europe.
The statements of Lacalle Pou They did not fall into favor in neighboring countries and produced diplomatic tension, with officials condemning the phrase and also doubling down on the situation with the Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset.
Through a statement, the Bolivian Foreign Ministry expressed his “categorical rejection” of the words of the president and the head of that area, Celinda Sosa, summoned the ambassador to Uruguay, Fernando Marr Merello, to “request clarification from the government.”
In the text they called to “regionalize the fight against drug trafficking”, while they stood out “bilateral relations of respect for sovereignty, non-interference in internal affairs and good neighborliness that characterize the countries.”
Paraguay redoubled the bet and remembered the Marset scandal
From Paraguay, the minister of the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad), Khalil Rachid, He redoubled his bet when consulted by Radio 1000 about the statements. “Uruguay is not exempt from responsibility. The most wanted person on the entire continent for international drug trafficking is from there,” she said, referring to Marset.
Rachid considered it “undeniable that Paraguay is a country of transit”, but he asked “not to hide the garbage under the rug so that it just stays there,” pointing out that “the president threw the burden on other countries.”
“Yeah Lacalle Pou has evidence that here in Paraguay is the mafia boss X that they are looking for, please share that information and we will all work together,” the leader warned.
Lacalle Pou’s statements about drug trafficking
The president’s statements occurred during an interview with Channel 4, where he assured that he had no doubts that “the real owners of the drugs, the big fish, are in Colombia, Paraguay, Bolivia or Europe, not in Uruguay”.
In this framework, he maintained that to advance in these procedures, “they are not raids or seizures, more information and intelligence is needed.” In this regard, he admitted that he asked officials of the DEA “don’t let them leave” the country.
In fact, the government asked him several times to return to the anti-drug agency in USA, which for the moment ruled out a return.
Source: Ambito
