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Picado: We are at the Peruvian National Police K9 Unit.

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This unit provides K9 services for the entire nation of Peru.

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The facility where we are right now,

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it's been here since 2010

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and basically, on the request of the U.S. Embassy,

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because we needed installations for their dogs.

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So they built this facility in order for them

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to house the dogs that we donate for them.

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Right now they currently have 49 dogs on staff.

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Five of those dogs were donated by the U.S. Embassy in

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International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Section

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under the advisory program of CBP.

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We provided these dogs to them and thus then we've had 500 kilos of cocaine

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via these five dogs, which shows a lot of success.

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We've had two CBPOs, K9s, travel down to Peru to evaluate and assess

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the dogs that we purchased for them

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in order to see where the status of that dog is

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and if that dog was properly trained for the requirements that are needed here.

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The assessment, the evaluation came back as very positive.

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They agreed with how the dogs are trained and the handlers are trained

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and the relationship between the handler and the K9.

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It's been very successful.

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The capacity building we have with Peru shows a lot of success.

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And the need is there and we're willing to provide and we're willing to keep,

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continue this support from the CBP and an INO standpoint.