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| Cocoleros Begin 24-Hour Protest Today |
| 2005-02-24 |
| Translated from Spanish. Narcoterrorism goes green with hillarious results. With road blocks and protest marches, today was the beginning of two days of strikes in favor of cocoleros [cocaine growers] in Tochache in the Huanuco region with the goal of ending the spraying of their crops with suspect prohibited products by antidrug authorities. This show of force was carried out three days after the bloody assault in Tingo Maria, a city also located in the Huanucanian jungle, where a unit of terrorists ambushed and murdered three policemen that patrolled the area.... The main reason for the cocolero strike is the opposition of cocaine farmers to the use of prohibited chemicals to eradicate this plant.... Nancy Zamora, mayor of the town of La Polvora, near Tochache, confirmed that the fumication was carried out by helicopters. She said that these chemicals got into the water resevoir in her town, were consumed by the farmers and caused nausea and digestive problems in many people. |
| Posted by:11A5S |
| #1 Aw, pobrecitos. Of course, I'm just a self-centered Yankee, but I'd rather they have tummy aches than see that crap coming up here. |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-02-24 1:49:05 PM |