Kolumbien. Colombia sends 2000 soldiers to port town to curb post-conflict violence
Kolumbien. Colombia sends 2000 soldiers to port town to curb post-conflict violence
Colombia on Monday sent 2,000 soldiers to Tumaco, the port town that has seen violence skyrocket following a peace deal with the FARC, until last year the country’s largest guerrilla group. (...)
According to the UNODC, the town produces more than 23,000 hectares of the native plant that is the base ingredient for cocaine. This is more than 15% of all the coca grown in Colombia.
Local gangs, regional drug traffickers and at least four illegal armed groups are vying for control over the drug trade after the demobilization of the FARC.
Local coca farmers who want to take part in a crop substitution program have been attacked by the groups that benefit from the drug trade. (colombiareports.com, 08.01.2018)