Colombia: From growing coca to mining gold

The migration from one illegal activity to another demonstrates that in many regions, residents are willing to provide their labor to the highest bidder.
“The danger of this dynamic is the legitimization of illegality and the persistence of the problem,” the Ministry of Justice said “Today it’s illegal mining. Tomorrow it could be illegal logging, human trafficking, weapons smuggling or something else.”
Among the alternatives proposed by the government for combating illegal mining are incentives to cultivate food crops and support for the construction of secondary and tertiary roads, allowing farmers to ship their products outside of the region.
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