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Our World: Colombia: The New Cocaine War 

Colombia: The New Cocaine War

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Colombia has long been the world's largest producer of cocaine.

Our World travelled to the Cauca Valley in Colombia to find that farmers are now being caught between new criminal gangs with devastating consequences.  

Colombia has long been the world's largest producer of cocaine. A historic peace deal in 2016 was meant to reduce the amount of cocaine being produced by offering farmers alternatives to growing coca. But last year the UN estimated that its output was the largest since records began. Our World travelled to the Cauca Valley to find that farmers are now being caught between new criminal gangs with devastating consequences.  
 


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