Las zonas selv\u00e1ticas en Panam\u00e1 presentan un auge de la miner\u00eda ilegal, que hace preguntarse cu\u00e1les son las organizaciones criminales responsables de esas actividades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Un reportaje reciente<\/a> del medio de noticias paname\u00f1o La Prensa da detalles sobre miner\u00eda de oro ilegal en ciertas zonas del pa\u00eds que eran parte de un proyecto de \u201ccorredor biol\u00f3gico<\/a>\u201d que buscaba preservar y promover el desarrollo sostenible en \u00e1reas naturales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n El exdirector de \u00e1reas protegidas y vida silvestre para el Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Samuel Vald\u00e9s, dijo a La Prensa que la miner\u00eda ilegal en esos antiguos corredores est\u00e1 aumentando y tiene que ver con el negocio de las drogas il\u00edcitas como una forma de lavado de dinero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vald\u00e9s explic\u00f3 que las redes criminales reclutan ind\u00edgenas para comprar maquinaria y combustible di\u00e9sel, y m\u00e1s tarde comprarles el oro extra\u00eddo. Luego se funde el mineral para elaborar joyer\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/strong><\/span> Cobertura sobre miner\u00eda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Como se\u00f1ala La Prensa, en 2014 el entonces director general de la polic\u00eda de fronteras de Panam\u00e1 Frank \u00c1brego afirm\u00f3<\/a> que hab\u00eda unas 1.500 personas involucradas en miner\u00eda ilegal y contrabando<\/a> en zonas de las provincias de Col\u00f3n, en la costa Atl\u00e1ntica, y en el Dari\u00e9n, en el l\u00edmite con Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En esa \u00e9poca, \u00c1brego a\u00f1adi\u00f3 que ciudadanos colombianos sospechosos de participar en narcotr\u00e1fico financiaban la miner\u00eda ilegal en Panam\u00e1 como una forma de blanquear sus bienes il\u00edcitos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Las denuncias de participaci\u00f3n de grupos colombianos en la industria aur\u00edfera ilegal en la frontera paname\u00f1a no son nuevas, y el negocio del oro en Panam\u00e1<\/a> ha sido por mucho tiempo uno de los m\u00e9todos preferidos de lavado de dinero para los delincuentes colombianos. El desaf\u00edo log\u00edstico de realizar operaciones de extracci\u00f3n a gran escala apoya la teor\u00eda de que los mineros tienen respaldo de actores poderosos en esta primera etapa. Sin embargo, no se sabe a\u00fan qu\u00e9 grupos exactamente est\u00e1n involucrados en esta actividad il\u00edcita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zorel Morales, director ejecutivo de la C\u00e1mara Minera de Panam\u00e1 (CAMIPA), se\u00f1al\u00f3 a InSight Crime que los grupos guerrilleros colombianos est\u00e1n detr\u00e1s de las operaciones de miner\u00eda ilegal. Seg\u00fan \u00e9l, esos grupos no solo financian, sino que tambi\u00e9n manejan las actividades extractivas. \u00c1brego tambi\u00e9n declar\u00f3 en 2014<\/a> que las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) financiaban y compraban oro a los mineros en la regi\u00f3n del Dari\u00e9n, donde est\u00e1 activo el Frente 57 del grupo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/strong><\/span> Cobertura sobre lavado de dinero<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sin embargo, el exministro de gobierno y de justicia Severino Mej\u00eda coment\u00f3 a InSight Crime que por el actual proceso de paz y desmovilizaci\u00f3n con las FARC en curso en Colombia, la guerrilla ya no es una amenaza en t\u00e9rminos de miner\u00eda ilegal. M\u00e1s bien, esto ha pasado a las manos de las \u201cBacrim\u201d (acr\u00f3nimo de \u201cbandas criminales\u201d) colombianas, entre ellas Los Urabe\u00f1os. 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