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Mira Flores place

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Colombian Army carried_out_attack Mira Flores documented
“So in one cable that was later declassified in 1996, this is what it said. The aim of the operation is to take over Mira Flores, effectively shutting down coca production in that area. Large numbers of residents have been displaced by relen…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads&The War on Terror Part 8 @ 44:34

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The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads&The War on Terror Part 8
▶ 43:29 In 2010, the UN estimated that up to 3.7 million people had been displaced by that point, the largest number of dislocated people in the world. In Mira Flores, a town in southeastern area, a joint Colombian military and police so-called cou…
The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads&The War on Terror Part 8
▶ 44:34 So in one cable that was later declassified in 1996, this is what it said. The aim of the operation is to take over Mira Flores, effectively shutting down coca production in that area. Large numbers of residents have been displaced by relen…
The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads&The War on Terror Part 8
▶ 45:01 The peasants from surrounding areas has flocked to Mara Flores as a show of solidarity. And then in a follow-up table, it said, an estimated 4,000 to 20,000 peasants have descended on the town of Mara Flores, blocking access to the local ai…
The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads&The War on Terror Part 8
▶ 45:26 Colombian police and Army troops from the 2nd Mobile Brigade have begun deploying in that area to prevent the area from being overrun, yet their aim was to destroy the town. The cable goes on to note that the presence of the Army troops alo…