Colombia suspends forced eradication of coca
Police changes strategy to combat drug trafficking
by Adriaan Alsema August 23, 2022
Colombia’s police suspended forcibly eradicating coca, the base ingredient of cocaine.
The historic decision was announced by the director of the National Police, director General Henry Sanabria.
Authorities ended the aerial fumigation of coca because of the effects of public health and the environment in 2015.
In an interview with newspaper El Tiempo, Sanabria added that the counternarcotics unit was ordered to inform environmental authorities that police would not seek a resumption of aerial spraying.
According to Sanabria, the decision seeks to “guarantee that those who are least involved in the drug trade aren’t affected” by counternarcotics.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-suspends-forced-eradication-of-coca/
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