Venezuela and Chile sign cooperation agreement for the fight against organized crime

Venezuela and Chile signed this Thursday an agreement on Bilateral Cooperation in Criminal Investigation aimed at outlining strategies to combat organized crime at the transnational level.

The Deputy Minister for Latin America of the Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs, Rander Peña, pointed out the importance of coordinating efforts in the fight against organized crime.

“This day of knowledge exchange in police matters complies with the instructions of President Nicolás Maduro, who has asked us to expand all coordination and schemes in order to confront organized crime and thus defend the peoples of Chile and Venezuela,” said Peña, quoted in a press release.

For his part, Undersecretary Monsalve said that the signing of the agreement is an unprecedented event to strengthen cooperation ties for the protection of the peoples of Venezuela and Chile against the threats of organized crime.

“This agreement will allow us to have collaboration mechanisms among our police that allow us to work together against organizations dedicated to transnational crime,” said Monsalve.