Panamá to open a base
in Bocas del Toro
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Panamá is opening a military base at Bocas del Toro to try to stop drug trafficking in the Caribbean.
In addition the country is setting up a base in the Darian province on the Pacific. Bocas del Toro is just south of Costa Rica's Limón province.
The country has set up a handful of such bases in the last few months with the goal of stemming the drug trade.
Some leftist leaders to the south suggest that the bases will be used by U.S. forces to reverse popular revolutions, but Panama denies this.
The action is another sign that the Caribbean is handling more of the drug traffic because the Pacific is so well watched. Anti-drug agents have expressed concern about the possible presence of drug bases in the lightly guarded eastern Nicaragua. Honduras to the north also is known as a stopover point for traffickers who use the Caribbean routes.
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