It has also signed a tripartite law enforcement agreement with Argentina and Brazil, a tripartite narcotics enforcement agreement with Argentina and Bolivia, and similar bilateral agreements with Brazil and Venezuela. It entered into a bilateral assistance agreement with the US in 1987, which was extended in 1996. Paraguay has also agreed to the Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action adopted at the Summit of the Americas and at the 1995 money laundering ministerial. Paraguay and the US have a bilateral extradition treaty signed in 1973 which was employed to extradite a narcotics offender to the US in 1995. Cultivation and Production.
Cannabis is the only illicit crop cultivated in Paraguay, and is harvested throughout the year.
The GOP estimates that roughly 2,500 hectares are under cultivation. There is evidence that minor quantities of liquid cocaine are produced in the Ciudad del Este area. Law enforcement and intelligence reports indicate that up to 1,500 kgs of cocaine transits Paraguay monthly, mostly from Bolivia. Colombian cocaine also is penetrating Paraguay. Demand Reduction Programs.