The area of Mexico that illegally farms opium poppies grew by more than one-fifth last year, to an area the size of Philadelphia, according to a UN-backed study published in November. Soldiers burn an illegal opium plantation near Pueblo Viejo in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Soldiers cut opium poppies as they destroy a field of illegal plantation in the Sierra Madre del Sur. A woman tends to her opium poppy plant outside her house in Yucucani. Seeds of the opium poppy plant"They have killed the food crops that my family use to eat," said Lazaro Lopez, 65, who said the military should apologize.

Source: bd News24 February 07, 2019 03:45 UTC