1.   Anti-narcotics operations have thrown legions of coca pickers out of work.

2.   Coca pickers held the largest grassroots protest yet to stop fumigation planes from flying over the cocaine-producing fields in this northern hamlet.

3.   Separately, officials Wednesday reported the deaths of ten young coca pickers in two massacres last week in a northeastern cocaine-producing region.

4.   Young coca pickers are known for spending their earnings on beer and prostitutes.