The Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (FELCN) Elba Terán Gonzales arrested Sunday. At the time of his arrest he was 10 kilos of cocaine hidden in a wagon. The police intervention was carried out in the Chipiriri area, municipality of Villa Tunari, in the heart of the Cochabambino Chapare. The apprehended is the sister of Margarita Terán, former leading cocalera and historical figure of the Socialism Movement (MAS), close to former President Evo Morales.
Elba was transported in a Nissan X-Trail wagon, gold color, with 3028-TPS plate. During the requisition, the troops found ten bags transparent nylon containing the controlled substance. The police action generated tension in the area, since neighbors began to launch firecrackers and left their homes, which forced the agents quickly evacuating the place.
Elba Terán was transferred to Felcn cells and It was made available to the Public Ministry to be investigated for the crime of controlled substances.
Terán It had already been arrested previously with drugs. In 2008, she and her sister Juana were surprised with 147 kilos of cocaine at her home in San Isidro, on the way to the tropics of Cochabamba.
Although they were prosecuted for drug trafficking, they were arrested only 100 days before recovering their freedom on bail. Years later, in 2020, A court sentenced Elba to 15 years in prison By drug trafficking, although its imprisonment was never fully consolidated.
The Print of the Terán sisters is not limited to drug trafficking. In 2000, Margarita Terán was indicated as intellectual author of the kidnapping and murder of Lieutenant David Andrade and his wife Graciela Alfaro during a Cocalera protest in El Chapare. The case, which included torture and rape, remains unresolved entirely after 19 years.
Elba Terán’s new detention, In full cocalero bastion of the mostagain ignite questions about the connections between leaders of the tropics and drug trafficking, as well as creates questions about the effectiveness of Bolivian justice to process cases that involve families historically linked to political and trade union power.
