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uhnope

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2. Could you elaborate on that claim?

Reply to jomin41 (Reply #1)

Thu May 5, 2016, 04:07 AM

May 2016

How did the US do that, and why? Was it intentional? How is this not entirely a Colombian problem, & US assistance welcome? Even the article says this:

U.S. support was crucial in battling drug cartels from Cali and Medellin in the 1990s as well as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which is currently negotiating an end to five decades of war the government.

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I think the U.S. was and is responsible for creating these gangs jomin41 May 2016 #1

Could you elaborate on that claim? uhnope May 2016 #2

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