In the coca industry, Colombia will always be an actor, even if its profits remain less and less in the country. It was always said that the only thing that could unseat the cocalero reign would be a new drug. The data on hectares of coca planting, the most recent from 2021 located at 204,000 hectares, tend to be imprecise. Different methodologies extrapolate coca production based on 5-10% of bans. This leads to a penalty for efficiency, where a more effective armed force results in “greater” coca production.

Source: Daily Nation May 22, 2023 20:12 UTC