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For years, Mexican drug cartels like Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generacion have purchased cocaine from Colombian gangs. But now they are increasing their presence in the country to safeguard their production and distribution. They are also experimenting with coca plant and yields to increase production without increasing plantation.
Elizabeth Dickinson from International Crisis Group looks at developments in global drug demand and the spread of Mexican cartels in Colombia.
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In This Story: Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a transcontinental country largely in the north of South America, with territories in North America. Colombia is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, the northwest by Panama, the south by Ecuador and Peru, the east by Venezuela, the southeast by Brazil, and the west by the Pacific Ocean.
The capital is Bogotá, the country’s largest city. With over 50 million inhabitants Colombia is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse countries in the world. The Republic of Colombia was declared in 1886. Panama seceded in 1903.
Colombia’s territory encompasses Amazon rainforest, highlands, grasslands, and deserts, and it is the only country in South America with coastlines and islands along both the Atlantic and Pacific.
