Colombia: Colombia to Resume Aerial Spraying of Coca Crops

Jun 21, 2019 | Sophie Foggin, Latin America Reports
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On June 8, Colombian Defence Minister Guillermo Botero told Blu Radio that helicopters will resume aerial fumigation of coca crops within 12-16 weeks. President Ivan Duque confirmed this on a recent visit to the UK, in a conversation with the The Guardian. Priority zones will be the departments of Nariño, Catatumbo and Putumayo, Botero said. According to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report published last year, Nariño and the municipality of Tumaco are still home to the most concentrated cultivations of coca across the country, the raw material used to make cocaine.