This just published by El Universal, on October 27, 2008.

Several highly placed officials at SIEDO, who happened to be working for 'the other side' at the same time, were discovered by the Office of the Mexican Attorney General. The news link appears below.

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/31864.html

http://www.rebanadasderealidad.com.ar/izaguirre-07-03.htm

The reply portion of Mr. Izaguirre is offered below, in translation to English.

Rebanadas de Realidad

Slices of Reality

Bureau of Special Information and News

Argentina

Drugs: Report of the United States Department of State

Our Reply

By Claudio Izaguirre

Rebanadas de Realidad

City of Buenos Aires, August 13, 2007

http://www.jus.gov.ar/crn/docs/evaluacionmutuadeArgentina2004.pdf

http://www.carlosparma.com.ar/pdfs/C%F3digo%20Penal%20Bolivia.pdf

Dear readers,

Below are some Argentine laws concerning controoled substances and other matters. Argentina is one of the most advanced Spanish speaking countries. It may be in the best interest of law students to read some of these pages. There is a movement in Argentina to modify some laws, to decriminalize the consumption of, and possession of, small amounts of certain controlled substances. If and when this happens, some paragraphs in these laws may be modified.

http://www.sada.gba.gov.ar/leynacion_23737.htm

http://www.sada.gba.gov.ar/leynacion_26052.htm

Dear readers,

A link is offered below. It goes to a manual. This manual is for instruction only, for law enforcement officers. It briefly states many real cases, without giving all details. Faces have been erased, so there is no risk. ONA and the Guardia Nacional Bolivariana (GNB) are trying to live up to very high standards of police investigation.

http://www.ona.gob.ve/Pdf/Causistica_Policial/Casuistica_Policial_Antidr...

Dear readers,

Dear readers,

The lines below are a translation of an article written by Jose Melendez, from San Jose, CR. It was published in El Universal (Mexico City) on Sunday, July 20, 2008. It appears linked in this notebook.

Narco Submerges to Elude Radars
Traffic Along Colombia - Mexico Route Using Submarines
by Jose Melendez, correspondent for El Universal
translation by Marc Van Riper

A small submersible attempted to cross the Panama canal, tied to the propellers of a ship, to carry 35 kilos of cocaine to Europe, during May of this year. Two other small submarines were detected in front of the coasts of Guatemala and Costa Rica, in the Pacific Ocean, in 2006 and 2007, with 8 (metric) tonnes of cocaine on board.

Dear readers,

Venezuela has a federal law concerning illegal commerce and consumption of drugs. A link to the official pdf file to this law is offered below. The law appears in Spanish.

http://www.ona.gob.ve/Pdf/Ley_drogas2006.pdf

Dear readers,

Here are some numbers concerning the two subjects covered by this web site. I will try to keep the numbers somewhat updated. The perspective is largely on democracy/political evolution with brief notes on articles, including links to original aritcles in either Spanish or English.

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