{"id":5025,"date":"2022-03-12T10:36:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T09:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/12\/risky-profitable-exciting-tiktok-fuels-bolivias-contraband-car-craze\/"},"modified":"2022-03-12T10:36:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T09:36:30","slug":"risky-profitable-exciting-tiktok-fuels-bolivias-contraband-car-craze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/12\/risky-profitable-exciting-tiktok-fuels-bolivias-contraband-car-craze\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Risky, profitable, exciting\u2019: TikTok fuels Bolivia\u2019s contraband car craze"},"content":{"rendered":"

Videos of the heists are all set to one song \u2013 Simon Latorre\u2019s Chutero Yo Soy \u2013 which is now an anthem for those in the trade<\/p>\n

High in the Bolivian Altiplano, Challapata is where the road from La Paz splits: one way to Potos\u00ed and the other to Uyuni and the salt flats. It seems an unremarkable place; many tourists steam through without even realising. But Bolivians know it to be home to the country\u2019s biggest contraband car fair, a hub in a trade network that reaches from Japan to the Bolivian Amazon.<\/p>\n

Contraband cars \u2013 known as chutos \u2013 are nothing new in Bolivia. But those behind the business have recently received a fresh burst of attention, as a younger generation has taken to posting videos of their adrenaline-fueled border runs on Tiktok.<\/p>\n

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\nVideos of the heists are all set to one song \u2013 Simon Latorre\u2019s Chutero Yo Soy \u2013 which is now an anthem for those in the trade
\nHigh in the Bolivian Altiplano, Challapata is where the road from La Paz splits: one way to Potos\u00ed and the other to Uyuni and the salt flats. It seems an unremarkable place; many tourists steam through without even realising. But Bolivians know it to be home to the country\u2019s biggest contraband car fair, a hub in a trade network that reaches from Japan to the Bolivian Amazon.
\nContraband cars \u2013 known as chutos \u2013 are nothing new in Bolivia. But those behind the business have recently received a fresh burst of attention, as a younger generation has taken to posting videos of their adrenaline-fueled border runs on Tiktok. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Videos of the heists are all set to one song \u2013 Simon Latorre\u2019s Chutero Yo Soy \u2013 which is now an anthem for those in the trade High in the Bolivian Altiplano, Challapata is where the road from La Paz splits: one way to Potos\u00ed and the other to Uyuni and the salt flats. It …<\/p>\n

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