Tag: eradication

Colombia to ask G8 for help in stopping narco-traffickers

Colombia’s defense minister and interior and justice minister say they will ask the G8 for more military intelligence cooperation to stop the rise of narco-trafficking groups. Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera and Interior...

Coca cultivation halves in Antioquia

Coca cultivation has declined by more than 50% in Colombia’s north-western Antioquia department since 2008, according to government statistics, newspaper El Tiempo reports. The government program uses aerial spraying and...

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