US Lied About "War on Drugs" in Columbia

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  1. Horhey

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    Washington claims it's military aid to Columbia is aimed at drug eradication and combating "narcoguerrillas", but the US General Accounting Office reveals that:

    The wife of Colonel James Hiett pleaded guilty to conspiracy to smuggle heroin from Colombia to New York, and shortly after it was reported that Colonel Hiett, who was in charge of US troops "that trained Colombian security forces in counternarcotics operations," is "expected to plead guilty" to charges of complicity:

    The New York Times reports:

    Furthermore, US Intelligence listed former US-backed Columbian President Uribe among important narco-traffickers:

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    In standard US terminology, the FARC forces are "narcoguerrillas," a useful concept as a cover for counterinsurgency, but one that has been disputed by the US Drug Enforcement Agency:

    Klaus Nyholm, the Director of the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) argued that:

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