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US counternarcotics operations in Colombia suspended over government shutdown: report
by Adriaan Alsema January 25, 2019
United States counternarcotics operations in Colombia have been suspended or reduced as a consequence of a partial shutdown of the US government, sources told newspaper El Tiempo.
The shutdown is reportedly limiting operation capabilities at a time that Colombian authorities are facing an all-time high in cocaine production in the South American country.
The DEA in Colombia: Losing the drug war, but having a lot of sex
Several field operations of government agencies DEA, CIA and FBI have been suspended indefinitely because there is no money to pay for agents’ transport, according to the newspaper.
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Dozens of community leaders working together with authorities to promote the voluntary substitution of coca for legal crops have been assassinated as the government has failed to provide basic security or other public services in the countryside, particularly in former rebel territory.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/us-counternarcotics-operations-in-colombia-suspended-over-government-shutdown/
