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Wed, 10/18/2017 - 6:12pm

Coca production is booming in Colombia — here's how it gets turned into cocaine

AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd In late 2016, Colombia sealed a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, a left-wing rebel group and major drug trafficker. But they have struggled to implement important aspects of the deal, and coca production has only increased. After hitting a low in 2012, cultivation of coca — the base ingredient in cocaine — increased 134% between 2013 and 2016. While the FARC agreed to exit the drug trade, dissident members have remained, and criminal groups that have proliferated in Colombia are also jockeying for a piece of the trade.

 

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