Nicaraguan Public Safety Threatened
Drug trafficking is one of the worst threats to public safety in Nicaragua, as the country is increasingly used as transit point for South American drugs heading for the US, a police source said.

Speaking before the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), provisionally in session in Managua, Deputy Chief of National Police, Commissioner Horacio Rocha, said that confiscation of cocaine has been increasing since 2004, to the point that 902 kg were seized last year.

Strong blows dealt at international drug trafficking rings led drug bosses to launch death threats against Director of National Police Aminta Granera, he recalled.

These threats stem from her declared frontal war against organized crime and drug trafficking, he added.

According to Rocha, there is evidence that the cartel of Sinaloa city, in Mexico, is operating in the entire Nicaragua's Pacific area.