ON REGIONAL SECURITY MATTERS BETWEEN THE MERCOSUR STATES PARTIES AND CHILE, ECUADOR, PERU, AND VENEZUELA
This Agreement was signed on July 20, 2006 in the city of Córdoba and was domestically ratified through Supreme Decree No. 040-2009-RE, dated July 22, 2009. Likewise, the MERCOSUR States Parties are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay; and together with the countries Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, they are Parties to this Agreement.
The purpose of this Agreement is to maximize security levels in the region by optimizing prevention mechanisms and security levels against all forms of organized crime and criminal acts.
In this context, this Agreement seeks to minimize as much as possible the negative impact of such illegal activities, especially transnational ones, such as: illicit trafficking of narcotics and psychotropic substances, international terrorism, money laundering, illicit trafficking of firearms, ammunition and explosives, illicit trafficking of persons, vehicle smuggling, and environmental damage, among others. The Parties note that, in the case of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the term “Money Laundering” is legally expressed as “Legitimization of Capital.”
Regarding the forms of cooperation set forth in this Agreement, these include the exchange of information, analyses and assessments; the conduct of coordinated, simultaneous and/or complementary operational activities; training; and the creation of mechanisms and bodies to materialize joint efforts in the field of public security and the security of persons and their property; among other forms agreed upon by the Parties.
With respect to information exchange, this Agreement also states that a Security Information Exchange System will be adopted, related to the processing of information on events, police operations, persons, vehicles, and other elements, through the corresponding technological means.
Likewise, the Agreement sets out various points such as its implementation, the resources required for its execution, who will oversee the implementation of the adopted action plans, how disputes will be resolved, among other provisions developed therein.
It should be noted that this Agreement includes an Annex regarding police cooperation in prevention and effective action against criminal acts among the Parties, which contains chapters referring to the scope of this Annex, information exchange, and the pursuit of criminals.
This Agreement will enter into force on November 21, 2025.
To view the full Agreement, click the following link: https://tinyurl.com/vd3rbxec