The governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru on Thursday signed in Santiago a joint cooperation agreement against transnational organized crime, in a meeting convened by the Chilean government of President José Antonio Kast and attended by five foreign ministers, four security ministers, and one interior minister. The so-called Santiago Regional Compact articulates five areas of cooperation and will be presented before the 56th General Assembly of the Organization of American States to extend the initiative to the rest of the continent.

En la cumbre se expondrán los desafíos de la cooperación internacional en la lucha contra la delincuencia organizada internacional.

Según sostuvo el ministro, el crimen organizado transnacional “se ha transformado en una de las principales amenazas”.