Drug cartel's African connections plots coups against Guinea

BBC:

The military government of Guinea says it has put the army on high alert at all border posts after uncovering plans for an attack on the country.

The West African state said armed men were gathering on the borders with Guinea-Bissau and Senegal to the north and Liberia to the south.

An announcement on state-run national radio said drugs cartels were believed to be behind the plans.

Guinea is a key transit point for drugs en route from the Americas to Europe.

When the junta led by Captain Moussa Camara seized power some seven months ago, it made the fight against drugs one of its key priorities.

Several leading suspects have been arrested and are awaiting trial, but the regime must have made powerful enemies in the process, correspondents say.

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"The ministry of defence was informed by the security services and other credible sources of the preparation of an armed attack on Guinea from its borders with Guinea-Bissau and the region of Casamance [in Senegal]," it said.

"These sources have also indicated that there are armed men regrouping on the border with Guinea Bissau to the north and the town of Foya to the south on the border with Liberia."

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The country is one of the transit points the cartel uses to get its dope from South America to Europe. Guinea Bissau on the coast has also been active in the transit and its government has been destabilized to the point of being a failed state.

If the leaders of Guinea are thwarting the drug transit, they deserve credit and assistance in that endeavor.

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