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| Title: | Peru: Wire: Brisk Trade Exposes Peru Anti-Drug Model |
| Published On: | 1998-07-21 |
| Source: | Wire |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-07 05:30:41 |
BRISK TRADE EXPOSES PERU ANTI-DRUG MODEL
Sitting in his bare office near the remote Colombian border, narcotics
agent Maj. Renato Solis is in the front line of Peru's globally acclaimed
"revolution" against drugs - and clueless about what to do. A frustrated
Solis is outnumbered by drug traffickers, Colombian paramilitaries and
suspicious villagers.
His efforts to patrol this no-man's land in the Amazon expose the fragility
of Peru's image as the world's model drug-fighting nation.
Solis, with two dozen poorly paid officers, one radio and a boat, polices
310 miles of Putumayo River. Experts say the region is a main route for
hundreds of tons of semi-processed coca leaves.
Checked-by: (Joel W. Johnson)
Sitting in his bare office near the remote Colombian border, narcotics
agent Maj. Renato Solis is in the front line of Peru's globally acclaimed
"revolution" against drugs - and clueless about what to do. A frustrated
Solis is outnumbered by drug traffickers, Colombian paramilitaries and
suspicious villagers.
His efforts to patrol this no-man's land in the Amazon expose the fragility
of Peru's image as the world's model drug-fighting nation.
Solis, with two dozen poorly paid officers, one radio and a boat, polices
310 miles of Putumayo River. Experts say the region is a main route for
hundreds of tons of semi-processed coca leaves.
Checked-by: (Joel W. Johnson)
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