Panama National Borders Service (Senafront) and the Colombian Army prepare a military base of joint operations in the common border, confirmed the Interior Minister Jose Mulino.
The information, reproduce by the Panamanian media and confirmed by the army commander of the neighbour country Sergio Mantilla, noted that the mission of the base will be to fight drug trafficking, human trade and other crimes linked to organized crime, among other aspects.
Mulino said it was determined to build in Chucurti forest, in the Gunayala indigenous region, a joint military base that will allow launching of operations from that area to both, Panama and Colombia, each of them working on their territory.
In addition, Senafront director Frank Abrego said that the two countries could coordinate police and military operations to face any situation in the border.
He added that general Mantilla committed himself to send a team of engineers to the place with the purpose to evaluate conditions of habitability while Abrego affirmed that the two institutions will present in two month a firm project of the base.
