41. For Graciela Rincon, a harvester who stood in a coca field, the protests were a matter of survival. 42. Leftist guerrillas and right-wing paramilitary militias earn huge profits by taxing and protecting coca fields. 43. New coca fields are destroyed without compensation. 44. New coca fields, now being destroyed with the backing of army and police troops, are considered illegal and destroyed without compensation. 45. New coca fields are considered illegal and destroyed without compensation. 46. New coca fields are illegal and destroyed without compensation. 47. New coca fields are considered illegal and will be destroyed by police and the army without compensation. 48. Officials envision retaking portions of southern Colombia that the rebels control, and fumigating jungle coca fields. 49. One was a dispute about who should supervise use of U.S. helicopters flown by Peruvian police to transport laborers into coca fields. 50. Republican lawmakers said such delays would cripple operations to wrest control of Colombian coca fields guarded by heavily armed guerillas and right-wing paramilitary groups. |
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