Deadly clashes as Colombia destroys coca crops

Al Jazeera English 2017-10-25

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Drug traffickers and armed gangs oppose the initiative, and at least seven people have died in a recent clashes over it. Several others have been injured by land mines laid by gangs in the fields to scare people away from destroying coca plants.
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