Colombia announces new aerial fumigation pilot program

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Colombia's National Narcotics Council has ordered the National Police to restart aerial fumigation of coca crops in a controlled, limited pilot program. This initiative aims to eradicate illicit coca production using manned aircraft in an experimental phase.

Colombia’s National Narcotics Council (CNE) ordered the National Police to restart the aerial fumigation of coca, the base ingredient for cocaine. In a resolution, the CNE ordered “as a controlled, limited, temporary, and evaluable experimental phase, the implementation of a pilot plan for the eradication of illicit crops through aerial spraying using a manned aircraft […] The post Colombia announces new aerial fumigation pilot program appeared first on Colombia News.