Narcotráfico na tríplice fronteira Amazônica entre Brasil, Peru e Colômbia: características e formas de combate

Abstract

In the Upper Amazon, extreme western Amazonas, it is located the Triple Amazon Border, formed by the cities of Tabatinga/Brazil, Santa Rosa/Peru and Leticia/Colombia. This border area is identified as one of the entry points of narcotics produced in Colombia and Peru in the Brazilian territory. Given this context, this research analised the characteristics of drug trafficking in that zone, the existing structure of police forces operating there, as well as the projects of the various tiers of government relating to Public Safety in the region. Thus, it obtained an overview of the brazilian state capacity to prevent and suppress that form of criminality and thus ensure public order and social peace in that strategic area of Brazil.