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By Laia Mataix Gomez Bogota, Dec 28 (EFE).- “Neither eradicating nor handing out money” has proven effective in persuading Colombian peasants to abandon cultivation of coca, the raw material of cocaine, the head of the Andean nation’s crop-substitution effort told EFE. Felipe Tascon, appointed earlier this month as director of the National Comprehensive Program for …

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Photo: ANDINA/National Police of Peru 15:12 | Lima, Jan. 2. The destroyed narcotics included 16,061 kg of cocaine paste; 13,314 kg of cocaine hydrochloride; 13,112 kg of marijuana; and 85 kg of other drugs leading to a total of 42,575 kg. According to the Organized Crime Directorate (DGCO), 4,728 kg of drugs were incinerated in the first session (March), 18,691 kg in the second (July), and 19,154 kg in the third one. This is the outcome of the efforts undertaken by police directorates and divis...