1.   De Francisco has also noted that destroying coca farms prevents the use of millions of gallons of pesticides and precursor chemicals needed to produce cocaine annually.

2.   Moreover, intelligence officials said that new refining techniques allow Colombian traffickers to produce more cocaine from coca base than before.

3.   President Hugo Banzer says Bolivia will no longer be producing cocaine by the end of the year.

4.   Banzer has said Bolivia will no longer be producing cocaine by the end of the year.

5.   Banzer says Bolivia will no longer be producing cocaine by the end of the year.

6.   But U.S. intelligence sources said the Mexicans could never totally replace their Colombian colleagues, simply because cocaine is produced in that South American nation and not Mexico.

7.   For years Bolivia has been a major supplier of the coca leaf, the raw material used to produce cocaine.

8.   President Hugo Banzer of Bolivia said his government was committed to eradicating illegal production of cocoa, which is used to produce cocaine.

9.   Putumayo produces more cocaine than any other region in the world.

10.   Sanchez said less cocaine has been produced in Bolivia as a result of programs that encourage poor farmers to grow commercial crops.