Bolivian police guard cocaine that was discovered hidden in scrap metal in shipping containers during a news conference in Bolivia's Pisiga region, near the border with Chile, March 18, 2024.

JC: In 2019, approximately 9.1 tons of cocaine paste and 6.4 tons of cocaine hydrochloride were seized, which represented less than 10% of Bolivia’s total production potential. That same year, ...

Within Bolivia, the world’s third-biggest producer of the coca leaf, and of cocaine, the ancient leaf has inspired spiritual rituals among Indigenous communities for generations — and more ...

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Item 1 of 4 Members of Bolivian security forces stand next to detainees after police carried out the second-largest drug bust in the country's history, seizing more than 7.2 tons of cocaine hidden ...

Bolivia is becoming a "strategic hub and the main supplier of cocaine in the Southern Cone of South America," said Reyes. The Amazon region, in the North and East of the country, is increasingly ...

Law enforcement raises warning over so-called pink cocaine 02:30. Bolivia's former anti-narcotics chief was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal drug trafficking charges in ...

Bolivia announced a record cocaine seizure from the country's western Oruro department, officials said on Friday, giving the drugs a local street value of $224 million but nearly double that in ...

Bolivia hardens tone on cocaine 'mega labs', signaling crackdown. By Monica Machicao. September 2, 2023 11:36 AM UTC Updated September 2, 2023 Item 1 of 3 A view shows coca ...

The world's first and only - that we know of - cocaine bar is called Ruta 36, and it is located in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. And, since cocaine is illegal in the country, the unusual bar ...

Within Bolivia, the world’s third-biggest producer of the coca leaf, and of cocaine, the ancient leaf has inspired spiritual rituals among Indigenous communities for generations — and more ...