A Colombian coca farm worker speaks with police while other farmhands eradicate crops from the region. Since the 2016 peace deal between the left-wing guerilla group, Farc, and the government, right-wing paramilitaries and newer criminal gangs have been vying for territory in the power vacuum. A 2021 report by a Bogotá think tank claims at least 611 environmental defenders have been killed since the deal. Of these, 332 were Indigenous.

First published in the August 06, 2022, 6:59 p.m. edition

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