This farmer wanted to leave the cocaine industry; I couldn’t0

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• July 20, 2026

Elena Hernández moved to the coca-growing region of Guaviare during the boom of the 1990s, attracted by better wages. “Back then there was more money, you could see it everywhere,” he says. “I managed to save up and buy a small house.” But the coca industry also brought violence and insecurity. Armed groups fought for