Transcript: COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND COLOMBIA ON COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAMS(CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA)

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The increased U.S. assistance for Colombia provided in the Emergency Supplemental Act, as enacted in the Military Construction Appropriations Act of 2001, includes substantial funding for counter-drug programs. The major counter-drug components of this initiative are:

$442 million for support to counter-drug operations in the coca- growing regions of southern Colombia, to include the training and equipping of three special counter-narcotics battalions of the Colombian Army that will provide security for law enforcement operations by the Colombian National Police;

$466 million for enhancement of the capability to interdict shipments of illicit drugs from the ...

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