Show - -- 1 oAl P ' - ' e" " - 4 r ' J 4et4 a rfJKVtmAzkL4Ae4kMtoLAiiakiit-- e L i 1 t t I — II I i 1 11 I I Esrs - 11)- I Ass E'" to - ts he er I t ' he e- - - NATIONWORLD The Salt Lake Tribune All Sunday October 20 1991 It 1 Brazilian Jmigies Are New Front In Cominuing War on Drugs THE ASSOCIATED PRESS im Id- t RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil — Cocaine barons have set up shop in the western jungles of Brazil drawing the vast nation into Latin America's spreading drug industry Traffickers use portable laboratories to turn coca paste into cocaine for shipment to the voracious US and European markets Cocaine seizures in Brazil have tripled in three years Nearly every corner of society seems to be touched Brazilians of all classes are taking more drugs and starting younger Lawmakers and businessmen are under investigation or involvement in the national congressmen and 30 businessmen are being investigated on suspicion of drug trafficking and refining As settlers extract the last of Rondonia's gold and clear its remaining rain forests for grazing the state economy becomes increasingly dependent on the cocaine trade authorities say Rep Raquel Candido of Rondonia said in an interview that entire towns participate in refining and packaging cocaine for shipment months of 1991 But Juan Carlos Antoniassi drug liaison officer in the Americas for Interpol the international police network said the drugs seized amounted to only 5 percent of all cocaine produced in Brazil or passing through it Rondonia exemplifies the problem In July authorities discovered an extensive smuggling and refining network in the state on the Bolivian border Three Rondonia men were arrested in Sao Paulo with 1218 pounds of pure cocaine the -largest seizure in Brazil's history Police said they found the cocaine in a beverage truck packed in plastic pouches stamped with swastikas the symbol of Colombia's Cali drug cartel Two of the men arrested were brothers of Rep Jabes Rabe lo of Rondonia state Rabe lo six other - Many slum dwellers regard drug dealers as heroes because they sponsor neighborhood dances and parties provide protection from petty criminals and give food and clothing to the needy In 1988 police caught MeioKilo a trafficker who ) Rio's in notorious Jacaroperated was tilled ezinho slum in October 1988 when he fell from a helicopter during an attempted prison break Residents chipped in to erect a copper bust of him in Jacarezinho's main square "Brazil is no longer on the fringe of the Latin drug trade it is coming to be the center of it" said Paulo Magalhaes director of the federal police narcotics division During Operation Impact in August 800 state police navy and army personnel tried to drive drug gangs from the western state of Rondonia Advance publicity alerted the traffickers and they fled into the jungle as troops swept through dozens of towns The raiders found no weapons made no arrests and confiscated only a few pounds of unrefined coca paste Bolivia and Peru Colombia dominated the Latin American drug trade for years but a Colombian crackdown on the Medellin cartel that began in 1989 drew some drug lords to Brazil's remote western jungles The Colombian drug gangs are said to be organizing an expansion of coca plantations in the western state of Amazonas The Federal Indian Bureau says traffickers pay Amazon Indians to transport coca paste Federal police chief Romeu Tuma said agents seized five secret cocaine laboratories in 1990 including one near the Bolivian border that eould produce 1100 pounds of cocaine a month Narcotics experts say the quantity of cocaine produced shipped and consumed in Brazil has doubled since 1988 to about 40 million tons a year driving prices down A gram of cocaine costs $7 in Brazil compared to $100 in Europe A study by the Sao Paulo Medical School indicates the number of high school students using cocaine in the 10 largest cities has grown by 25 percent since 1988 At the Andrews High School in Rio's affluent Botafogo district police arrested a young man in September with 11 packets of cocaine He had been selling to students for months at the school's stand as front door with a a cover In Rio and Sao Paulo authorities have arrested students for selling LSD in school lunchrooms Marijuana cultivation has increased The northeastern state of Pernambuco alone produces so much that drug dealers in southern cities have virtually halted imports The main obstacle to stopping the drug trade in Brazil is the nation's size It is larger than the contiguous United States has a complex river network and shares 9000 miles of largely unpatrolled jungle borders with 10 countries including Colombia Bolivia and Peru As the European market for co- 0 10 44 t P" 0 VI 1 second- trade Get Packed 0 4 -1 A a a tv 0 05111 r!) 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