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US Airstrikes Hit Cocaine Boatmen, But Drugs Keep Flowing From Colombia

Original: Cocaine Boatmen Are Being Blown Up By US Airstrikes, But The Drugs Keep Flowing From Colombia https://www. occrp.org/en/

An investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project finds that despite US airstrikes blowing up boats carrying cocaine from Colombia, drug shipments continue to flow largely undiminished. The reporting highlights a gap between Washington's military interdiction campaign at sea and the resilience of trafficking networks, prompting debate over whether force alone can curb the cocaine trade.

Why now: Fresh investigative reporting questions the effectiveness of the US military campaign against drug trafficking boats from Colombia.

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting ProjectUnited StatesColombia

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