CATATUMBO, COLOMBIA— Violent militias are at war over territory in this strip of land neighboring Venezuela, a key hub for coca-leaf cultivation and drug trafficking. State presence is scarce. Drone attacks and targeted killings are leaving civilians in the crossfire.
In February, a Wall Street Journal video crew went to the heart of the conflict fueled by the cocaine trade and became the first journalists to visit a town after a lockdown enforced by armed militants was lifted.
Chapters:
0:00 Colombia’s deadly cocaine war
1:06 Clashes between offshoot groups of FARC
1:51 The cocaine boom
4:20 The supply chain
6:15 Victims of the war
8:03 Visiting a town trapped in a turf war
13:35 Government response
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