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Coca growers continue to fight for control as protests turn violent in La Paz

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La Paz, Sep 28 (EFE).- A new day of confrontations between police and coca producers who are trying to retake the control of the leaf's main market in La Paz ended on Tuesday with violent clashes in the streets with slingshots and tear gas, new arrests and destructions in parts of the Bolivian capital. (Camera: GABRIEL ROMANO). SHOT LIST: COCA GROWERS AND BOLIVIAN POLICE CLASH IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.

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