11. That effort, the officials said, displaced coca farmers and their crops to the steamy lowland jungles here in Narino province. 12. That effort displaced coca farmers and their crops to the steamy lowland jungles here. 13. That effort, the officials said, displaced coca farmers and their crops to the steamy jungles here in Narino province. 14. The FARC finances its war partly by taxing drug smugglers and coca farmers. 15. The other coca farmers are peasants who fled the highlands because of drought and soil erosion. 16. The next day, after tramping around in the dense jungle and talking to poor coca farmers, we head back up the mountain toward Cochabamba. 17. The organization earns millions of dollars annually by providing protection for drug traffickers and coca farmers. 18. There, Colombian military officers briefed him on fumigation, coca production, new types of coca imported from Peru, and the profile of the typical coca farmer. 19. Umberg pointed out, however, that the U.S. aid proposal includes millions of dollars for programs to encourage coca farmers to grow legal crops. 20. Under intense pressure from Washington to stop the drug trade, the Colombian government has offered the coca farmers subsidies to switch to other crops. |
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