Tag: illicit crops
Colombia coca growers threaten to suspend cooperation with peace process
Colombia’s coca farmers may suspend their participation in the country’s crop...
Colombia govt releases outline of recent agreement with FARC over illicit drugs
The Colombian government released a document outlining some of the points agreed upon between the FARC and the Colombian government, national radio station Caracol reported on Wednesday. The High Commissioner for Peace released...
Damage is done by ‘bad aim’ spraying illicit crops
Poison is sprayed on Illicit crops with “bad aim” admitted Minsiter of Agriculture Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar during a meeting with farmers in the western department of Nariño, reported Radio Caracol Friday....
‘Drug cultivation on the rise in indigenous reserves’: Police
Cultivation of coca crops in indigenous reserves in southwest Colombia is increasing, said head of anti-narcotics police department, general Luis Alberto Pérez Alvarán on Monday. According to Perez, drug-traffickers are using...
Guerrilla attack kills 4 police
A guerrilla attack in the rural area of San Jose del Guaviare, in the central Colombian department of Guaviare, left four policemen dead and three wounded, Caracol Radio reports. The incident occurred west of San Jose while the...
