Other Negative Consequences of Drug War in Latin America

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• Innumeral human rights violations

• Violence, kidnapping and mass murders from paramilitary groups and organizations like FARC.

• These organizations receive most of their funding from drug profits.
• It is estimated that they earn nearly $1 million a day from the cocaine industry.

• Widespread Corruption

• Because of the poverty level and the huge cocaine profits, many are easily bribed, from government officials to local military.
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• The ongoing civil war in Colombia has forced some 2 million people to flee their homes.