{"id":13483,"date":"2015-05-25T13:38:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T18:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=13483"},"modified":"2015-05-25T13:38:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-25T18:38:14","slug":"no-peace-dividend-for-panama-border-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/no-peace-dividend-for-panama-border-force\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No peace dividend&#8217; for Panama border force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/abrego.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-13484\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/abrego.jpg\" alt=\"abrego\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/abrego.jpg 660w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/abrego-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"byline__name\">Vanessa Buschschluter<\/span> writes for <span class=\"byline__title\">BBC News and\u00a0 La Union, Panama about the prospect of a peace deal between the Colombian government and left-wing rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Peace is not a bad thing, but it&#8217;s unlikely to solve our problems,&#8221; says Director of Panama&#8217;s Border Police, Frank Abrego (pictured in sunglasses above).<\/p>\n<p>Most of Panama&#8217;s security problems originate south of its border, in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>Colombia is one of the world&#8217;s top three producers of coca, the raw ingredient of cocaine, and huge amounts of it are smuggled from Colombia to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Panama, Colombia&#8217;s northern neighbour, is often the first stop for those smuggling the drug by land or speedboat.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Rebel stronghold<\/h2>\n<p>Colombia is also the scene of the continent&#8217;s longest-running armed conflict.<\/p>\n<p>For more than 50 years, Farc rebels have been fighting the Colombian government.<\/p>\n<p>The jungle area between Colombia and Panama was for years a rebel stronghold.<\/p>\n<p>From a helicopter, Gen Abrego points out small hamlets in Darien province, on the Panamanian side of the border.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is where the Farc would hold its football tournament,&#8221; 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