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Judi Lynn

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Mon Jul 5, 2021, 01:57 PM Jul 2021

After 50 years, Colombia seems to have given up on drug war

by Adriaan Alsema July 5, 2021

Colombia’s President Ivan Duque appears to have given up on combating drug trafficking 50 years after the beginning of the disastrous War on Drugs.

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Prosecutors were interrogating the husband of Vice-President Marta Lucia Ramirez over his role in drug money laundering by the capital´s real estate tycoons.

The Supreme Court was already investigating Duque´s political patron, former President and admitted former Medellin Cartel associate Alvaro Uribe since last year.

Evidence indicated Uribe conspired with the drug trafficking organization of Marquitos Figueroa whose late money launderer helped finance Duque´s 2018 presidential campaign.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/after-50-years-colombia-seems-to-have-given-up-on-drug-war/

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