Coca-growing in Peru's Amazon - 11 May 09

Parts of Perus Amazon jungle are being cleared in order to produce cocaine. Over 3 million hectares of forest have been destroyed to grow coca, the crop used to make cocaine. Peruvian soldiers to try to stop the spread of cocaine labs, but such efforts are met with mixed results. Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Length: 02:46
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Tags: gabriel  elizondo  coca  cocaine  peru  jungle  amazon  forest  

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