Gas Smugglers Busted as Colombia-Venezuela Contraband in Flux
Authorities in Colombia have dismantled what they claim to be the biggest gasoline smuggling network operating along the Venezuela border, a blow against smuggling that comes at a time when the reopening of the border is set to change the contraband dynamic in the region.
On August 13, Colombian police announced the arrest of 28 alleged members of a smuggling network known as "Los Coyotes" in 25 raids in cities across northeast Colombia.
According to the police, the gang sourced cheap Venezuela gasoline from around the state of Maracaibo then smuggled it into Colombia in what are dubbed "caravans of death" -- convoys of vehicles loaded with illegal gasoline that move at top speed along clandestine border crossings and rural roads.
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