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Colombia: alarming rates of cocaine crop in production

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Colombian authorities report that crop production of the coca leaf, which is used to make cocaine, is at its highest levels in the last seven years. Gavino Garay reports.

Added on the 08/07/2016 22:22:57 - Copyright : Reuters EN

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