Colombian drug wars-La Prensa editor’s view

Title

Colombian drug wars-La Prensa editor’s view

Genre

Interview

TX Date

31 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:56

Description

Oni Bhattacharya interviews Juan Carlos Pastrana, editor of the La Prensa newspaper, about the continuing drug war in Colombia. Narcotics barons are killing judges and bombing government targets over the country’s US backed round-up of international traffickers. Many judges have resigned after death threats to their families, and others have been assassinated. Pastrana says his countrymen are living in a state of fear.

Contributors

Oni Bhattacharya; Juan Carlos Pastrana

Keywords

Newspapers; Crime; Terrorism; Homicide; Illegal drugs; Criminals; Cocaine; Judges; Colombia; La Prensa

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