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Colombian drug war mired in doubt
December 9, 2005
By C.J. SCHEXNAYDER
The Dallas Morning News
BOGOTÁ, Colombia – The aircraft never stop flying over the coca fields in Colombia.
"We fly every day," said Col. Yamlik Moreno with the Colombia National Police's anti-drug division. "We have to be constantly alert because the drug trafficking never stops, and we have to be there to combat it."
Since 2000, the U.S. has poured more than $6 billion into Latin America to fund anti-drug efforts, and the lion's share of that has gone to "Plan Colombia," the South American country's six-year anti-drug strategy.
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December 9, 2005
By C.J. SCHEXNAYDER
The Dallas Morning News
BOGOTÁ, Colombia – The aircraft never stop flying over the coca fields in Colombia.
"We fly every day," said Col. Yamlik Moreno with the Colombia National Police's anti-drug division. "We have to be constantly alert because the drug trafficking never stops, and we have to be there to combat it."
Since 2000, the U.S. has poured more than $6 billion into Latin America to fund anti-drug efforts, and the lion's share of that has gone to "Plan Colombia," the South American country's six-year anti-drug strategy.
Read whole article (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-colombia_09int.ART.State.Edition1.1d93b88f.html)