Farmers often have little choice who they sell their coca paste to. The buyers take it to labs deep in the jungle to turn into cocaine, but anti-narcotics police are on the trail.
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Colombia’s cocaine trail, part 2 The labs World news guardian co uk2
matthewjbristow on Apr 30, 2011
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matthewjbristow on Apr 30, 2011
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what happened to pt. 3? Was it taken down? Atlantic smugglers/ mules. Please let me know–very important.
I didn’t realize that there was a Part 3. I posted Parts 1 & 2. From Part 1’s post, there is a link to the Guardian, who did this reporting. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/16/colombia-drugs-cocaine-trafficking
Please contact them for more info.
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Updated: I found Part 3 and will post it on this blog post for you (and others).
Yes, finally found it in the guardian. Very interesting; low level local traffickers risking everything for a few bucks. Many end up in US prisons with longer sentences than extradited criminals convicted of murder and/ or large scale operations.
It’s horrible. Thanks for letting me know about Part 3; I still need to watch it.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2010/feb/18/colombia-drugs-trade
Thanks for the link, Victoria.