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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 07 BOGOTA 000309
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR INL/LP, RICHARD HAWKINS
DEPT FOR WHA/AND, STU LIPPE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR
COLOMBIA
REF: 05 BOGOTA 209560
¶1. Below you will find AmEmbassy Bogota's submission for the 2005-
2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report per Ref.
¶I. Summary
¶1. Colombia once again had a record year in eradication,
interdiction, and extradition. These efforts have led to an
increase in the U.S. pure gram price of cocaine and heroin and a
reduction in purity for both. Despite continued impressive
progress against narcotics trafficking during 2005, Colombia
remains a major drug producing country. The country's Public
Security Forces prevented hundreds of tons of illicit drugs from
reaching the world market through interdiction, aerial spraying
of coca and poppy crops, and manual eradication. Colombia's
police and military forces captured a record 228 metric tons of
cocaine and coca base. The U.S.-supported Anti-Narcotics Police
Directorate (DIRAN) sprayed a record 138,775 hectares of coca
during the year and 1,624 hectares of poppy. Manual eradication
accounted for the destruction of an additional 31,285 hectares of
coca and 497 hectares of poppy. Colombia's military forces are
continuing the successful "Plan Patriota," a major campaign
against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), while
the FARC continues to use the drug trade as its major financing
source. Over 14,000 members of the paramilitary United Self
Defense Forces (AUC) have demobilized, weakening its influence,
although the AUC is still involved in the drug trade and
continues to challenge the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC) for control of key coca and poppy cultivation areas. In
addition, almost 3,000 members of the FARC, AUC, and the National
Liberation Army (ELN) deserted in 2005, providing invaluable
intelligence. Colombia is a party to the 1988 UN Drug
Convention.
II. Status of Country
¶2. Colombia is the source of over 90 percent of the cocaine and
almost 50 percent of the heroin entering the United States. It is
also a leading user of precursor chemicals and the focus of
significant money laundering activity. Developed infrastructure
such as ports on both the Pacific and the Atlantic, multiple
international airports, and an extensive highway system provide
narcotics terrorists with many options. The presence of various
illegal armed groups in Colombia that are involved in narcotics
trafficking compounds the normal problems associated with
narcotics trafficking. These groups include the FARC, the AUC,
and the ELN. These groups control areas within Colombia with high
concentrations of coca and opium poppy cultivation, and their
involvement in narcotics continues to be a major source of
violence and terrorism in Colombia. Drug use in Colombia is
increasing, even though there are some very active demand
reduction programs. The judicial system continues the transition
to an oral accusatorial system, causing a change in the roles and
responsibilities of the judges, prosecutors, and criminal
investigators. The system is now functioning in Bogota and three
municipal areas and is proving to be efficient and effective.
Six new municipal areas will be added in 2006, including Medellin
and Cali. Over 17,000 prosecutors, judges, and criminal
investigators received intensive training in the new accusatory
system by the end of 2005. The GOC plans to have the system
installed nationwide by 2008.
III. Country Actions Against Drugs in 2005
¶3. Policy Initiatives. The Justice and Peace Law, passed in
July of 2005, provides a legal mechanism for individuals to
demobilize with certain legal protections and assurances.
Narcotraffickers, terrorists, and human rights abusers are not
able to take advantage of this law and will be prosecuted if
captured. The new law has greatly accelerated the demobilization
of AUC paramilitary groups, removing more than 14,000 members of
armed groups enmeshed in narcotrafficking from the field. This
decrease in armed narcoterrorists in the countryside bodes well
for our bilateral efforts to battle narcotrafficking, even though
some supposed paramilitary members will remain narcotraffickers
outside the law. The GOC also increased the number of Manual
Eradication Groups (GMEs) to 60 and is planning to implement a
massive manual eradication operation in one of Colombia's largest
national parks. Lastly, the Congress has approved a "shock"
reform package for the military justice system. This package
will improve the long-term functioning of the military, which is
critical to successful efforts against narcoterrorists.
¶4. Demand Reduction. The Colombian government is developing a
national Demand Reduction Strategy. The Ministry of Social
Protection completed a comprehensive survey of school age drug
use that will serve as a baseline for the strategy. Many private
entities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) work in the
area of demand reduction, and the DIRAN has an active DARE
program. The USG is currently coordinating with the National
Directorate on Dangerous Drugs (DNE) to develop a registry of
NGOs working in demand reduction. Once completed, the USG plans
to sponsor a national demand reduction NGO conference to
synchronize efforts across the country, and to assist in the
formation of a demand reduction NGO network.
¶5. Culture of Lawfulness. The USG continues to support respect
for rule of law and civic responsibility. The Culture of
Lawfulness program has taught over 16,000 ninth-graders in 190
schools using over 320 teachers who stress the importance of
lawfulness in society. The program is being integrated into
Colombian National Police (CNP) basic training programs. Already
in ten cities, the program will train additional teacher trainers
in 2006 to move the program closer to self-sufficiency.
¶6. Port Security. Various USG agencies work with DIRAN and
private seaport operators to prevent narcotrafficking in
Colombia's ports. DIRAN provides police personnel, and the port
authorities work to improve their own security and provide
equipment and infrastructure support to the DIRAN units, while
the USG provides coordination, technical assistance, and
training. In 2005, almost 5 METRIC TONS of cocaine and 26 kilos
of heroin were seized in the four principal Colombian ports with
38 arrests. The USG works separately with DIRAN and Airport
Police to prevent Colombia's international airports from being
used as export points for drugs. In 2005, airport agents
confiscated 862 kilos of cocaine and 73 kilos of heroin, while
making 55 arrests.
¶7. Hundreds of Colombian companies participate in a USG Business
Alliance for Secure Commerce (BASC) program, which seeks to
increase the effectiveness of law enforcement by deterring
narcotics smuggling in commercial cargo shipments. All major
port cities have an active BASC program.
¶8. Environmental Safeguards. The illicit crop eradication
program follows strict environmental safeguards monitored
permanently by several Government of Colombia agencies. The
spray program adheres to all GOC laws and regulations, including
the Colombian Environmental Management Plan. The USG also
reviews the program on a yearly basis. The OAS published a
study in 2005 positively assessing the chemicals and
methodologies used in the aerial spray program.
¶9. Since the tracking of complaints began in 2001, the
Government of Colombia has processed approximately 5,844
complaints of crop damage by spray planes, with some 3,069
complaints in 2005 alone. Only 28 complaints of accidental
spraying of food crops or pastureland have been verified and
compensation paid. To date, the program has paid a little more
than $159,000 in total compensation for damaged crops.
¶10. All claims of human health damage alleged to have been
caused by aerial spraying are aggressively investigated by the
Government of Colombia. Since the spraying began, the Colombian
National Institute of Health has not verified a single case of
adverse health effects.
¶11. Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance. The number of
extraditions from Colombia to the United States has increased
significantly in recent years. In President Uribe's
administration, extraditions have increased dramatically with 304
Colombian nationals and 11 non-nationals extradited by the end of
¶2005.
¶12. In early 2005, Colombia extradited FARC leader Anayibe Rojas
Valderama (aka "Comandante Sonia") and other criminal associates
for drug trafficking and terrorism charges. Colombia also
extradited Cali Cartel leader Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela in 2005.
Other high-ranking drug trafficking targets arrested and/or
extradited include Consolidated Priority Targets and members of
the North Valley Cartel's Top 10 list, such as Gabriel Puerta
Parra, Jose Rendon Ramirez, Jhon Cano Carrera, and Dagaberto
Florez.
¶13. There is no bilateral mutual legal assistance treaty between
the UNITED STATES and Colombia, but the two countries cooperate
well via mutual legal assistance provisions in multilateral
agreements and conventions, such as the OAS Convention on Mutual
Legal Assistance. During 2005, 100 mutual legal assistance
requests were submitted by the UNITED STATES and over 50
responses received from the GOC. We expect the responses to the
other requests will be made in 2006. The Colombian government
also provides extensive cooperation with regard to U.S.
investigations and prosecutions. Several specialized Colombian
law enforcement units work closely with U.S. law enforcement
agencies to investigate drug trafficking organizations as part of
our bilateral case initiatives, resulting in tremendous successes
in the areas of intelligence information, illicit property and
contraband seizures, and criminal prosecutions.
¶14. Demobilization. Colombia is home to three formally
designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The Justice and
Peace Law passed in 2005 accelerated the pace of demobilization
of at least one, if not two of these organizations. Over 14,000
AUC members had demobilized collectively by the end of 2005.
Diego Murillo Bejarano, also known as "Don Berna," a prominent
paramilitary commander who was part of the original
demobilization negotiations with the Colombian government in late
2002, turned himself in during May of 2005 to avoid his impending
arrest. Shortly afterwards, he ordered the demobilization of
more than 2,000 of his troops. The USG has provided limited
assistance for the collective demobilization process and is being
asked to do more by the Government of Colombia. The ELN with a
little over 2,000 troops has recently begun peace talks with the
government.
¶15. In addition, in 2005 almost 3,000 individual members of the
FARC, AUC, and ELN voluntarily demobilized or deserted to
government forces under a USG-supported MOD program that actively
promotes desertion via information campaigns. The program trains
military and police units on the proper handling of deserters; on
interviewing them for intelligence value; and on certifying them
for transfer to the Ministry of Interior and Justice program for
reintegration into civil society. Since August of 2002, when
President Uribe took office, almost 8,000 members of the
terrorist groups have deserted individually, severely weakening
the middle-management and rank and file of these organizations.
The MOD estimates that at least 50 percent of all successful
military and police operations are based on intelligence
generated by this program.
¶16. Public Security. During 2005, the Colombian government
continued consolidating control in all parts of the country,
building on success in firmly establishing a police presence
countrywide at the beginning of the Uribe Administration. There
are now police in all of Colombia's 1,098 municipalities,
limiting the influence of illegal armed groups and denying their
sources of income. This increased government presence has
contributed to the increasing desertion rates. Other security
indicators also were very positive in 2005: homicides down by 13
percent, kidnappings down by 51 percent, overall terrorist
attacks down by 21 percent, and the number of Internally
Displaced Persons (IDPs) down by 15 percent.
¶17. Law Enforcement Efforts. The CNP, led by DIRAN, again broke
all interdiction records in 2005, with over 94 metric tons of
processed cocaine (HCl) and coca base seized, 104 HCl
laboratories destroyed, and 773 base labs destroyed. In addition,
combined public forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Police) seized
a record total of 228 metric tons of cocaine and coca base and
destroyed 200 HCl laboratories. DIRAN also conducted numerous
joint operations with the military against high-value
narcoterrorist targets. Asset seizures were up by more than 500
per cent in 2005. This included the drugstore chain owned by the
Rodriguez Orjuela brothers valued at several hundred million
dollars.
¶18. The CNP's Mobile Rural Police (Carabineros or EMCAR) reported
impressive final results for 2005. EMCAR squadrons captured 275
narcotics traffickers and 1,639 guerrillas. The squadrons also
captured 3,127 common criminals. They seized 1,655 weapons, 8.5
metric tons of coca base, 46,600 gallons of liquid precursors and
142.5 metric tons of solid precursors. A total of 52 EMCAR
squadrons have now been trained and deployed and their work along
with the "Municipio" or hometown CNP units was largely
responsible for the continued improvement in public security
throughout rural Colombia.
¶19. DIRAN's Jungle Commandos (Junglas) also had a great year.
The Junglas are air mobile units that have received significant
specialized USG training and are often the unit of choice for
tough missions. The Junglas primary mission is the destruction
of HCl labs and interdiction missions. The Junglas were
responsible for the destruction of over half of the HCl and base
labs destroyed by the CNP and a significant quantity of the
seizures.
¶20. The Colombian Army Counter Drug (CD) Brigade (BDE) seized
over 3 metric tons kgs of cocaine and destroyed 14 HCl labs and
209 base labs. Over 168 tons of liquid precursors and 180 tons
of solid precursors were destroyed by the CD BDE. They also
dismantled 22 narco-terrorist base camps and killed or captured
78 narcoterrorists.
¶21. Firewall Program. This program on Colombia's north coast was
quite successful in targeting go-fast boats leaving Colombia for
the transit zone. While DEA has the lead, a number of other USG
agencies, as well as several European governments, have
contributed to this program's success. A small USG-supported
Colombian Navy unit (GREAS) is now providing targeting
information on up to 80 percent of all maritime seizures along
the north coast. The GREAS also received significant training,
equipment, and support from the United Kingdom. During FY2005,
Operation Firewall contributed to the seizure of over 47 metric
tons of cocaine.
¶22. Kingpin or "Cabecillas" Group. The DIRAN permanent task
force to target the Kingpin (Cabecillas) who are the leadership
of the narcotics terrorist organizations continues to work
towards capturing the more than 300 Kingpins. The special police
teams gather intelligence against the Kingpins and the DIRAN
intelligence fusion center analyzes the intelligence and
participates in operational planning. Since the group was
formed, numerous special operations have been conducted,
resulting in the capture of several leadership targets.
¶23. Operation Knockout. In June of 2005, a multiagency operation
seized 10.7 METRIC TONS of cocaine, 30 kilos of heroin, and over
$142 million dollars worth of properties and currency. This
intelligence driven operation that attacked the source, transit,
and target zones was successful due to the leveraging of all
intelligence and operational resources from the USG and the GOC.
¶24. High-Value Targets. In 2005, three FARC commanders were
killed and many other important leaders were either killed or
captured. In addition, important narcotraffickers like Johnny
Cano, Wescenlao Caicedo, Gordo Lindo, and Carlos Robayo Escobar
were arrested and are now awaiting extradition to the United
States.
¶25. Corruption. The GOC does not encourage or facilitate illicit
production or distribution of narcotic or psychotropic drugs or
other controlled substances or related money laundering. The GOC
has enacted appropriate legislation to combat money laundering
and related financial flows associated with narcotics trafficking
and has established a unit made up of officials of the Ministries
of Justice and Finance that tracks the illegal flow of money.
Allegations of corruption within the Office of the Prosecutor
General have fallen off sharply in the last year. Widespread use
of polygraph exams has been a constructive tool in the fight
against corruption.
¶26. A specialized Anti-Corruption Task Force Unit exists to
investigate and prosecute public corruption crimes. Corruption
clearly plays a major role in the continued diversion of
precursor chemicals. Colombia is party to the Inter-American
Convention Against Corruption. Colombia has signed, but not
ratified, the UN Convention against Corruption.
¶27. Agreements and Treaties. Colombia is a party to the 1988 UN
Drug Convention, and the GOC's national counternarcotics plan of
1998 meets the strategic plan requirements of that convention.
The GOC is generally in line with the other requirements of the
convention. In September 2000, Colombia and the United States
signed an agreement formally establishing the Bilateral Narcotics
Control Program. This effort provides the framework for specific
counternarcotics project agreements with the various Colombian
implementing agencies.
¶28. Colombia and the UNITED STATES are signatories to the OAS
Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance. The GOC and the United
States are also parties to a Maritime Shipboarding Agreement
signed in 1997, providing faster approval for shipboarding in
international waters and setting guidelines for improved
counternarcotics cooperation between the Colombian Navy and the
U.S. Coast Guard. Colombia is a party to the UN Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime, along with the protocol on
trafficking in persons.
¶29. Cocaine. Based on the most recent CNC cultivation estimates,
along with the DEA coca yield and laboratory efficiency data,
Colombia had the potential in 2004 to produce 430 METRIC TONS of
100 percent pure cocaine base from locally grown coca plants.
This put estimated Colombian potential cocaine production below
the historic levels of 1998. Although the Colombian coca crop
estimate remained statistically unchanged between 2003 and 2004,
reductions in coca productivity through eradication of mature
crops resulted in an estimated six percent reduction in cocaine
production during that timeframe. Based on average purities of
bulk seizures in the United States, this equates to approximately
515 metric tons of "export quality" cocaine. Colombian
counternarcotics efforts have reduced Colombia's capacity to
produce cocaine by 43 percent since 2001. Export quality cocaine
production has declined from 905 metric tons in 2001 to 515
metric tons in 2004. This success is reflected in the February
to September 2005 19 percent increase in the price of cocaine.
¶30. Heroin. According to the latest USG estimates, Colombia had
the potential to produce 3.8 metric tons of 100 percent pure
heroin. Eradication has reduced Colombian opium poppy cultivation
by 68 percent since 2001, from 6,540 hectares to 2,100 hectares.
This marked reduction in opium poppy crop size in Colombia may be
reflected in the most recent statistics on the price and purity
of heroin in the United States: DEA's Domestic Monitoring
Program Report published in 2005, indicates that South American
heroin samples declined in purity by 22 percent and increased in
cost per pure gram by 30 percent between 2003 and 2004. Longer-
term trends demonstrate even greater progress. The Domestic
Monitoring Program Report shows a 37 percent reduction in purity
and a 40 percent increase in price per pure gram of South
American heroin in the United States during the span of 2001 to
¶2004.
¶31. Synthetic Drugs. Both availability and consumption of
Ecstasy in Colombia are steadily rising. The majority of Ecstasy
found in Colombia enters from Europe in powder form and is
locally pressed into pills. There has been no evidence of
Ecstasy being smuggled from Colombia to the United States, and it
is believed that almost all Ecstasy is for local consumption.
Colombian production of Ecstasy is believed to be limited. The
Colombian National Police raided one Ecstasy lab and one
amphetamine pill press facility in 2005.
¶32. Drug Flow/Transit. Cocaine and heroin are transported by
road, river, and small civilian aircraft from the Colombian
Source Zone to the Colombian Transit Zone north and west of the
Andes Mountains. Primary transportation nodes include the larger
airports, clandestine airstrips, and seaports from which small go-
fast vessels can transport cocaine. A smaller, but growing,
cocaine smuggling method is to use small civilian aircraft from
clandestine airstrips in eastern and southeastern Colombia to fly
cocaine to Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela, or Guyana. From these
countries the cocaine is either consumed domestically, or
transferred to maritime vessels for shipment to the United States
or Europe.
¶33. Colombia's coastal regions are major transshipment points for
bulk maritime shipments of cocaine. The vast majority of the
drugs shipped from the coastal regions originate from production
areas in the south-central portion of the country, as well as
from other less prolific growing areas in the northern third of
Colombia. Most shipments are organized by well-established
trafficking organizations based in Cali, Medellin, Bogota, and
elsewhere.
¶34. Go-fast boats are then regularly used to on/off-load drugs
onto fishing vessels or other "mother" ships at sea. Go-fast
boats also transport drugs to Central American and Caribbean
transshipment countries, using refueling ships to extend their
range. Fishing vessels and commercial cargo ships continue to be
used to transport large quantities of drugs via both Atlantic and
Pacific routes. Fishing vessels usually travel to Mexico or
Guatemala, while cargo ships can go directly to the United States
or Europe. The drugs are hidden in container cargo, bulk cargo,
or hidden compartments built into ships.
¶35. Cocaine is also transported from Colombia to the United
States and other countries via commercial air cargo or concealed
aboard commercial aircraft. The use of "mules" (couriers)
traveling as passengers on commercial airlines is frequent,
though the quantities transported in this manner are relatively
small.
¶36. Heroin is often concealed in the lining of clothing or
luggage. There is also ingestion by airline passengers, or
"swallowers." The CNP/Airport Interdiction Group has experienced
great success in identifying and arresting "swallowers" at the
international airports in Bogota, Cali, and Medellin. There are
also significant quantities of heroin being shipped from
Colombia's Pacific Coast, particularly from Buenaventura. The
trend of heroin shipments being combined with cocaine shipments
on go-fast boats departing from the Atlantic coast continues.
¶37. Colombian heroin transportation organizations use trafficking
routes through Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and
Venezuela to move heroin to the United States. In many cases,
couriers depart from Colombia through the international airports
in Bogota, Medellin, Cali, and to a lesser extent, Barranquilla,
and then transit one or more countries before arriving in Mexico.
From Mexico, the heroin is typically transported across the
border into the United States and transported by courier to its
final destination.
IV. U.S. Policy Initiatives and Programs
¶38. U.S. Policy Initiatives. The aerial eradication spray
program again set a new record in 2005. The program sprayed some
138,775 hectares of coca and 1,624 hectares of poppy in 2005,
surpassing 2004's total for illicit crops. The illicit coca
cultivation eradicated would have yielded over 150 METRIC TONS of
cocaine with a street value of over $15 billion. Continued
closer intelligence coordination and more intensive utilization
of the CD Brigade has kept the number of hostile fire impacts on
spray aircraft below historic levels, even though the program
sprayed more hectares. Maintaining hits below historic levels has
helped to sustain the operational tempo of aerial eradication
operations by reducing time lost to repair damaged aircraft.
During the year, one pilot was shot to death while engaged in a
spray operation, and the spray plane was also lost.
¶39. The Plan Colombia Helicopter Program (PCHP), consisting of UH-
1N, UH-1H II, UH-60, and K-Max helicopters, continued to provide
dedicated support to the CD Brigade and, when available, provided
other support to human rights-certified Colombian military and
Public Security Forces. In 2005, PCHP aircraft flew 29,054
hours, carried 36,782 passengers, transported 1,788,400 pounds of
cargo, and conducted 188 medical evacuations of military and
civilian personnel. This year the program lost one UH-60 and one
UH-1H II. PCHP also participated in a number of high value
target (HVT) missions. The nationalization of the PCHP continues
with more than 100 contract American pilots and mechanics leaving
the program in 2005 to be replaced by Colombian Army (COLAR)
personnel.
¶40. The interdiction programs set new records in 2005, by seizing
228 metric tons of cocaine, along with 718 kilos of heroin.
These 228 metric tons are equivalent to 75 percent of the
estimated amount of cocaine that enters the UNITED STATES and
would have sold on the streets of the UNITED STATES for almost
$23 billion. These numbers combined with those from eradication
mean that our eradication and interdiction efforts kept 378
METRIC TONS of cocaine off the streets of the UNITED STATES with
an estimated street value of over $38 billion.
¶41. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs Border
Patrol (CBP) continue to provide training and technical
assistance to improve the ability of border control agencies in
Colombia to combat money laundering, contraband smuggling, and
commercial fraud. The emphasis has been on seaports and airports.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) provides
technical assistance and training to numerous GOC entities to
ensure that they can deal with the threat of explosive devices,
and the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has a small program that provided
technical assistance and training to its GOC counterpart.
¶42. The USG continues to support DIRAN's aviation unit (ARAVI),
comprised of 19 fixed-wing and 61 rotary-wing aircraft. In
addition to counternarcotics missions, ARAVI has, with Embassy
approval, used USG-supported assets for humanitarian missions,
targeted intelligence gathering, antiterrorism, antikidnapping,
HVT missions, and public order missions. As part of our
nationalization efforts, the USG continues to help ARAVI train
more pilots and mechanics within Colombia and perform more
maintenance and repairs in Colombia. USG funds financed a modern
state of the art maintenance hangar that allows ARAVI to perform
depot-level maintenance on the 31 Huey IIs, reducing downtime due
to shipment of aircraft back to the United States. In addition,
two of seven American technical advisors have been replaced with
Colombians. With USG assistance, ARAVI began training for Night
Vision Goggle (NVG) use in 2005 after a long hiatus in their
program due to previous accidents and aircraft losses. Long-term
work on the fleet to ensure full NVG compatibility is ongoing.
¶43. The Air Bridge Denial (ABD) program completed 28 months of
operations in 2005. ABD operations in 2005 contributed to the
destruction of two aircraft, the capture of five aircraft in
Colombia and three others in Central America, and the seizure of
almost four metric tons of cocaine.
¶44. USG and GOC joint efforts are having a major impact on
illicit agriculture. To encourage farmers to abandon the
production of drug crops, USG programs have supported the
cultivation of over 76,000 hectares of legal crops and completed
more than 1,000 social and productive infrastructure projects in
the last five years. More than 64,000 families in 17 departments
have benefited from these programs.
¶45. In addition to combating drug production and trafficking, the
USG is assisting Colombians in the areas that have been most
ravaged by the drug trade. For example, the USG has improved the
delivery of public services in 156 municipalities, including the
delivery of potable water and sewage treatment. To date, the USG
has provided non-emergency support for over two million
Colombians internally displaced by narcotics terrorism, including
aid for over 2,600 former child soldiers. A total of nine
peaceful-coexistence centers have been created in small
municipalities to provide onsite administrative and legal
assistance, educational opportunities, and a neutral space for
community meetings, discussions, and events. Additionally, the
GOC's presence in rural areas was expanded by the creation of 40
Justice Houses, which offer access to justice and peaceful
conflict resolution.
¶46. The USG, through the Justice Sector Reform Program and rule
of law assistance, is helping Colombia in reforming and
strengthening its criminal justice system. DOJ, USAID, and other
USG agencies have provided training, technical assistance, and
equipment to enhance the capacity and capabilities of the
Colombian system and to make it more transparent to the public.
In addition to the more than 17,000 police, prosecutors, and
judges trained in the new accusatorial system, another 36,000
have been trained in investigative and forensic areas like human
rights, financial investigations, maritime interdiction,
counterfeiting, anti-kidnapping, and VIP protection.
¶47. The Road Ahead. Colombia and the United States, working
together, have had considerable successes against narcoterrorism
since Plan Colombia began in late 2000. Colombia and its
President have demonstrated the political will to deal with the
scourge of narcoterrorism. If this joint effort is sustained,
the trends of decreased cultivation and increased interdictions
will continue favorably. That, combined with the improved
governance and decreasing criminality, continued demobilizations
and desertions, and general economic and developmental
improvement, will continue to weaken the illicit drug producing
industry and reduce the flow of drugs into the United States,
while diminishing the power and influence of narcoterrorist
organizations.
¶48. Challenges for 2006 include continuing transfer of greater
responsibilities in counternarcotics funding and operations to
the GOC, while maintaining operational results; countering the
rapid replanting of coca in areas sprayed by program; dealing
with increased illicit cultivation in Colombia's national parks;
supporting the GOC's efforts to demobilize and reintegrate ex-
combatants, while advancing reconciliation and victim reparations
processes; increasing the number of police to deal with the power
vacuum created by the demobilization of the AUC; maintaining
political will; helping the Colombians gain control of the vast
Pacific coastal zones; and maintaining an aging air fleet that is
required to fly more hours every year.
¶49. The benefits of USG efforts in Colombia are not limited to
law enforcement and counternarcotics successes. Democracy,
economic stability, respect for the rule of law and human rights,
and regional security are all enhanced by our bilateral
counternarcotics programs in Colombia.
WOOD