{"id":5546,"date":"2013-06-10T17:12:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T23:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwp.insightcrime.org?p=5546"},"modified":"2023-04-24T15:31:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T20:31:18","slug":"zona-libre-de-belice-surge-como-epicentro-del-contrabando-de-cigarrillos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/zona-libre-de-belice-surge-como-epicentro-del-contrabando-de-cigarrillos\/","title":{"rendered":"Zona Libre de Belice Surge como Epicentro del Contrabando de Cigarrillos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Una zona de libre comercio en el distrito de Corozal de Belice se ha convertido en epicentro para el comercio regional de cigarrillos de contrabando; destacando el papel tanto de Belice en el contrabando regional como las regulaciones laxas de aduanas en estas zonas que crean oportunidades criminales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los cigarrillos del mercado negro de pa\u00edses como India, China, Suiza, Paraguay y Panam\u00e1 se venden en la regi\u00f3n de la frontera nororiente de Belice, libres de impuestos y por una fracci\u00f3n de su precio legal normal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elperiodico.com.gt\/es\/20130610\/economia\/229509\/\" target=\"_blank\">seg\u00fan elPeri\u00f3dico<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un funcionario de la compa\u00f1\u00eda tabacalera Phillip Morris International (PMI), que acompa\u00f1\u00f3 a los periodistas de elPeri\u00f3dico a Corozal, negoci\u00f3 la compra de 10,8 millones de cigarrillos \u2013 una cantidad que normalmente le costar\u00eda a un minorista guatemalteco unos US$500.000 \u2013 en US$314.000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan PMI, la mayor\u00eda de los cigarrillos entran a Belice a trav\u00e9s de una ruta que se extiende Paraguay-Uruguay-Panam\u00e1, para luego salir generalmente de Belice por v\u00eda terrestre a trav\u00e9s de la frontera con Guatemala o M\u00e9xico, en camionetas repletas de mercanc\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An\u00e1lisis de InSight Crime<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El porcentaje de cigarrillos de contrabando que se venden en otros pa\u00edses de Centroam\u00e9rica ilustra el alcance del comercio. Seg\u00fan cifras de elPeri\u00f3dico, el 18 por ciento de los cigarrillos vendidos en Guatemala son de contrabando, en comparaci\u00f3n con 11,7 por ciento en El Salvador, 10 por ciento en Nicaragua y Costa Rica, y el 70 por ciento en Panam\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hay muchos indicios de que Belice juega un papel particularmente importante en el tr\u00e1fico regional de cigarrillos de contrabando. A principios de junio, funcionarios en el departamento (provincia) de Pet\u00e9n de Guatemala descubrieron un cami\u00f3n abandonado con <a href=\"https:\/\/www.s21.com.gt\/nacionales\/2013\/06\/01\/incautan-mas-tres-millones-cigarrillos-contrabando\" target=\"_blank\">tres millones de cigarrillos de contrabando<\/a>, que se cree proven\u00edan de Belice. Inspecciones de los establecimientos en Aguascalientes, M\u00e9xico, por autoridades mexicanas llevaron a la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lja.mx\/2013\/06\/decomisa-la-pgr-mas-de-145-mil-cigarros-ilegales-en-comercios-formales-de-aguascalientes\/\" target=\"_blank\">incautaci\u00f3n de 145 mil cigarrillos de contrabando<\/a> supuestamente provenientes de Belice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El destacado papel de Belice en el contrabando probablemente se ve reforzado por sus fronteras porosas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/americas\/mexican-drug-cartels-reach-into-tiny-belize\/2011\/09\/28\/gIQA4lxzbL_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">la falta de medidas de seguridad<\/a> y la geograf\u00eda accidentada; todos factores que han contribuido a un <a href=\"\/news\/analysis\/belize-fourth-corner-of-the-northern-triangle\" target=\"_blank\">aumento en la actividad del crimen organizado<\/a> en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os en el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corozal no es la \u00fanica zona de libre comercio que atrae la atenci\u00f3n de los criminales. En Col\u00f3n, Panam\u00e1, los narcotraficantes <a href=\"\/news\/briefs\/$1-million-contraband-haul-could-be-linked-to-money-laundering-in-colombia\" target=\"_blank\">utilizan la zona para el lavado de sus ganancias<\/a>, comprando bienes que se env\u00edan luego a Colombia y se venden a un precio de descuento, convirtiendo d\u00f3lares de la droga a pesos colombianos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Una zona de libre comercio en el distrito de Corozal de Belice se ha convertido en epicentro para el comercio regional de cigarrillos de contrabando; destacando el papel tanto de Belice en el contrabando regional como las regulaciones laxas de aduanas en estas zonas que crean oportunidades 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