Undocumented cars are a headache for Bolivia and Chile | Video

La Paz, Aug 29 (EFE), (Camera: Gina Baldivieso) - "Chutos" or undocumented vehicles smuggled into Bolivia are a chronic problem for the country, where it is estimated that half a million of these vehicles are in circulation, but also for neighboring Chile, which has been affected by the increasingly violent theft of cars to sell them illegally in a growing Bolivian market.

Bolivian authorities have identified at least two ways for these vehicles to enter the country, one through authorized border crossings, but with documentation that is later discovered to be forged or "twinned", i.e. cloned, as explained to Efe by the vice-minister of the Fight against Smuggling, General Daniel Vargas.

00:00 - 01:01 Supporting images of daily life in the Bolivian town of Pisiga, bordering Chile.

01:01 - 02:02 Supporting images of the legal vehicle fleet circulating in the Bolivian city of El Alto.

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Date: 29/08/2022 12:00 (UTC)
Source: EFE
Topic: Crime, law and justice
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 122 seconds
Reference: 7001194400
Relevance: Normal