Guinea Bissau coup attempt linked to drug trafficking

Guinea Bissau.

Soldiers walk outside the National Assembly in Bissau on April 14, 2012. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Officials in Guinea Bissau have linked the “failed” coup attempt on Monday to an escalation of the campaign against drug trafficking.

Moments after government forces retained control, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló said “isolated elements” opposed to government reshuffles and seeking control of trafficking channels may have tried to oust him.