The authorities seized 671 tons of cocaine in 2022 Colombiaa number that is a record and exceeds by 1.7 tons the corresponding quantity of 2021, as announced on Saturday by the Ministry of Defense.
“It is necessary to combat the illegal income brought by drug trafficking, because they cause great harm to our country”, Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez emphasized, according to a ministry press release. He praised the “great results” brought by the efforts of the prosecuting authorities.
According to official data, most seizures were made in the provinces of Narinho, Bolivar and Valle del Cauca.
Production and distribution cocaine they are believed to be largely financing the armed conflict that has raged in Colombia for some six decades, with hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced.
The National Liberation Army (ELN), officially the last to continue armed struggle in the Latin American state, dissident groups of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which reject the 2016 peace deal, and gangs formed by former far-right paramilitaries are involved in drug trafficking, according to the authorities.
Cocaine seizures had reached 505 tons in 2020 and 428 tons in 2019.
Source: News Beast
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