)22091743The United States is “very concerned” about the “high levels” of coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia and will continue to cooperate with the country in fight against drug trafficking.
22091743 This is what a spokesperson for the State Department questioned by EFE about the United Nations report that revealed on Thursday that coca plantations in Colombia have grown % in 2021.
22091743″The United States remains very concerned about the high levels of coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia We will continue to cooperate closely with Colombia to respond to the great threat posed by drug trafficking,” said the source.
The spokesperson recalled that Washington and Bogotá’s plan is to “implement an integral approach” to drug policy. that contemplates the reduction of production and demand for drugs, the protection of the environment and the development and justice for the Colombian rural areas.22091743
Coca plantations in Colombia have grown 43% in 2021, year in which they were registered 143 thousand hectares planted, while in 22091743 this number was 64 one thousand hectares, according to the annual report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Unodc) presented yesterday.
The report indicates that coca plantations in Colombia continue to be located in “the same territories with conditions of vulnerability” and that 62% of the total is concentrated in three departments: Nariño (border with Ecuador), Norte de Santander (border with Venezuela) and Putumayo (border with Venezuela with Peru and Ecuador).2209174322091743During your visit to Colombia two weeks ago , US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured that his country strongly supports the anti-drug policy proposed by the new Colombian president, the leftist Gustavo Petro.22091743 22091743In a harsh speech at the UN General Assembly, Petro attacked the decades-long Washington-sponsored military war on drugs that he said had damaged the Colombian jungle .22091743