Santos builds houses with confiscated drug money

Colombian President Juan Manual Santos said Monday he has used money taken from a narcotrafficker to build 565 houses for citizens in the troubled port city Buenaventura on the western coast.

“In 2008 we seized… some hide-outs of the bandit drug trafficker, alias ‘Chupeta,’ and we found a very significant quantity of money,” Santos said.

“This is the first housing project in Buenaventura that will have water 24 hours a day and that will have a treatment plant for waste, this is prosperity for everyone,” the president added.

has been plagued with violence for months

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Another nearly $10M is allocated for a “mega” high school.

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