U.S., Peru Plan More Drug Cooperation
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WASHINGTON — U.S. and Peruvian drug enforcement officials said Wednesday that efforts to restrict the flow of cocaine from Peru to Colombia have been highly successful but pledged broader cooperation to slow illicit drug shipments to the United States.
Interdiction of drug flights from Peru to Colombia has been a crucial first step, officials said, because Peru is a major grower of coca plants that are processed into cocaine in Colombian laboratories operated by narcotics traffickers.
On a visit to Washington, Marino Costa Bauer, Peru’s newly appointed drug policy coordinator, joined Barry R. McCaffrey, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, in pledging stronger cooperation.
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