Drug Crops and Fumigation Photos

Drug Crops and Fumigation Photos

A coca field in La Macarena National Park in Meta. Photo: Garry Leech		A campesino's house overlooks a coca field in Putumayo. Photo: Garry Leech
Coca leaves are the raw ingredient for cocaine. Photo: Garry Leech		. A coca picker, or raspachine, harvests coca leaves in Putumayo. Photo: Garry Leech
Fields devastated by aerial fumigations in Meta. Photo: Garry Leech		A coca paste lab in Meta burnt to the ground by the Colombian army. Photo: Garry Leech
. Bananas killed by aerial spraying in La Macarena National Park in Meta. Photo: Garry Leech		. A papaya tree killed by aerial fumigations in La Macarena National Park in Meta. Photo: Garry Leech
. A field of yucca plants destroyed by aerial fumigation in Putumayo. Photo: Garry Leech		. A maize field destroyed by Plan Colombia's aerial fumigation in Putumayo. Photo: Garry Leech
The citrus fruit from the lulo plant is used to make juice drinks. This plant in Putumayo was killed by the aerial fumigation. Photo: Garry Leech		Many Guambiano Indians grow poppies in small gardens behind their houses in the Andean highlands in Cauca. Photo: Garry Leech
Red and violet poppies growing in the Andean highlands in Cauca. Photo: Garry Leech		Poppies produce the opium latex that is the raw ingredient for heroin. Photo: Garry Leech