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Hundreds of Venezuelan women have fallen victim in recent years, but Lismar’s story shows how these networks are adopting new strategies.

Record cocaine production in Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia has fueled violence between local and international criminal groups in Ecuador, where homicides increased by 94.7% from 2021 to 2022.

The amount of powdered cocaine extracted from a single hectare of coca increased by more than one kilogram in just a year. Potential cocaine output jumped from 6.7 kilograms per hectare in 2019 to 7.9 kilograms in 2020, according to the UNODC report. Three factors are possibly...

At the U.N., Duque reiterated his commitment to crack down on illicit coca production, strengthen the country’s peace process, and find a solution to the Venezuelan crisis.

Colombia's coca crop has been expanding by 45% per year since 2013 and reached a recorded high of 171,000 hectares in 2017.

The embassy is working to better understand the agricultural conditions in the coastal region of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

The UN pledged to support "Colombia's activities to encourage local communities to voluntarily give up coca cultivation.”

“Crime has reached alarming levels in many countries,” said Ana María Rodríguez of the IDB.

Despite only destroying a reported 17,593 hectares last year, officials are aiming to increase that figure to 100,000 hectares in 2017.