Representatives of Cambodia's authorities prepare confiscated drugs for burning during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

A representative of the Cambodian authorities prepares confiscated drugs for burning during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Representatives of Cambodia's authorities burn confiscated drugs during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

A representative of the Cambodian authorities prepares confiscated drugs for burning during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Representatives of Cambodia's authorities prepare confiscated drugs for burning during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Representatives of Cambodia's authorities prepare confiscated drugs for burning during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Samrang Pring TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Confiscated drugs burn during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Thai narcotics officials arrange boxes of confiscated drugs during the 49th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Bags of methamphetamine pills are pictured during the 49th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thai narcotics officials arrange bags of methamphetamine pills during the 49th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

A police officer from the Narcotics Control Board stands guard in front of bags of confiscated drugs during the 49th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thai narcotics officials arrange bags of methamphetamine pills during the 49th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thai narcotics officials arrange bags of methamphetamine pills during the 49th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Police officers from the Narcotics Control Board stand guard in front of bags of confiscated drugs during the 49th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thai narcotics officials arrange bags of methamphetamine pills during the 49th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thai narcotics officials put bags of methamphetamine pills into a bin during the 49th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thai narcotics officials put bags of methamphetamine pills into a bin during the 49th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

A member of the Cambodian authority prepares confiscated drugs for burning during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Cambodian authorities prepare confiscated drugs for burning during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Cambodian authorities prepare confiscated drugs for burning during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

A member of the Cambodian authority prepares confiscated drugs for burning during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Cambodian authorities burn confiscated drugs during a ceremony to mark International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Confiscated drugs burned during a ceremony to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Cambodian authorities burn confiscated drugs during a ceremony to mark International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Police officers from the Narcotics Control Board stand guard during the 48th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Thai narcotics officials put bags of methamphetamine pills into a bin during the 48th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

A police officer from the Narcotics Control Board stands guard in front of bags of confiscated drugs during the 48th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Police officers from the Narcotics Control Board stand guard in front of bags of confiscated drugs during the 48th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Police officers from the Narcotics Control Board stand guard during the 48th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thai narcotics officials arrange bags of methamphetamine pills during the 48th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thai narcotics officials put bags of methamphetamine pills into a bin during the 48th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotics ceremony in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Military Police for Public Order arrive to arrest Hondura's police officer, Juan Francisco Sosa for his alleged involvement in the murder of the Honduras' antidrug czar Julian Aristides Gonzalez on December 8, 2009, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

Military Police for Public Order arrive to arrest Hondura's police officer, Juan Francisco Sosa for his alleged involvement in the murder of the Honduras' antidrug czar Julian Aristides Gonzalez on December 8, 2009, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

Military Police for Public Order arrive to arrest Hondura's police officer, Juan Francisco Sosa for his alleged involvement in the murder of the Honduras' antidrug czar Julian Aristides Gonzalez on December 8, 2009, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

Military Police for Public Order arrive to arrest Hondura's police officer, Juan Francisco Sosa for his alleged involvement in the murder of the Honduras' antidrug czar Julian Aristides Gonzalez on December 8, 2009, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

Hondura's police officer, Juan Francisco Sosa (in red) is taken into custody by the Military Police for Public Order for his alleged involvement in the murder of the Honduras' antidrug czar Julian Aristides Gonzalez on December 8, 2009, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

Hondura's police officer, Juan Francisco Sosa (in red) is taken into custody by the Military Police for Public Order for his alleged involvement in the murder of the Honduras' antidrug czar Julian Aristides Gonzalez on December 8, 2009, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

Hondura's police officer, Juan Francisco Sosa (C) is taken into custody by the Military Police for Public Order for his alleged involvement in the murder of the Honduras' antidrug czar Julian Aristides Gonzalez on December 8, 2009, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

A Colombian prosecutor inspects a pack of cocaine confiscated by antidrugs navy members, in Cartagena, December 6, 2007. At least 3.8 tons of cocaine were seized during an antidrugs operation near of the Caribbean port of Tolu. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA)

Colombian navy soldiers stand guard in front of packs of cocaine, which were confiscated by antidrugs navy members, in Cartagena, December 6, 2007. At least 3.8 tons of cocaine were seized during an antidrugs operation near of the Caribbean port of Tolu. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA)

Members of antidrugs police cut poppy plants at a plantation in Tuquerres July 6, 2007. The Colombian National Police is manually eradicating poppy plantations, used to produce heroin, on the Ecuadorean border. REUTERS/Carlos Duran (COLOMBIA)

Members of antidrugs police stand between poppy plants at a plantation in Tuquerres July 6, 2007. The Colombian National Police is manually eradicating poppy plantations, used to produce heroin, on the Ecuadorean border. REUTERS/Carlos Duran (COLOMBIA)

Bolivian indigenous leader and presidential candidate Evo Morales (front) speaks during a news conference at his headquarters in La Paz, November 23, 2005. Morales accused Bolivian President Eduardo Rodriguez of high treason to the mother country because of the disappearance of 30 Chinese made missiles which he says were loaded onto a Hercules plane under the services of the U.S. Antidrug services in mid October. REUTERS/David Mercado

A Colombian antidrugs policeman removes from a wooden chart a pack of cocaine confiscated in the Caribbean port of Cartagena, Colombia, November 22, 2005. Colombian police seized at least 821 kgs of cocaine bound for Mexico. REUTERS/Fredy Builes

Colombian antidrug policeman looks through of binoculars inside of a
poppy plantation during an anti-drug crop eradication program in former
rebel enclave of El Silencio near to San Viente del Caguan in Caqueta
province, March 3, 2002. Colombia's anti-drugs police eradicated 350
acres of poppy plantations with glyphosate herbicide inside former
rebel enclave. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

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Colombian antidrug police stand guard inside of a poppy plantation
during an anti-drug crop eradication program in former rebel enclave of
El Silencio near to San Viente del Caguan in Caqueta province, March 3,
2002. Colombia's anti-drugs police eradicated 350 acres of poppy
plantations with glyphosate herbicide inside former rebel enclave.
REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

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COLOMBIAN GENERAL SOCHA TOUCHES A POPPLY PLANT DURING AN ANTIDRUGS RAID
IN FORMER REBEL ENCLAVE IN COLOMBIA.

Colombian anti-narcotics police chief General Gustavo Socha touches a
poppy plant during an anti-drug crop eradication program in former
rebel enclave of El Silencio near San Viente del Caguan in Caqueta
province, in this file photo taken on March 3, 2002. Socha, head of the
anti-narcotics police was suspended from his job pending an
investigation. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

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Colombian antidrug police stands guard on a poppy plantation while a
Turbo Thrush T-65 plane sprays glyphoste during an anti-drug crop
eradication program in former rebel enclave of El Silencio near to San
Viente del Caguan in Caqueta province, March 3, 2002. Colombia's
anti-drugs police eradicated 350 acres of poppy plantations with
glyphosate herbicide inside former rebel enclave. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

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A Colombian helicopter crewman watches a demonstration in Bogota,
December 8, 2001. The U.S. government donated seven helicopters, four
UH1N and three Blackhawks to the police to aid in their efforts in
fighting drug trafficking in the Colombian jungle. REUTERS/Daniel
Munoz

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A Colombian Air Force Soldier patrols in a UH1N helicopter during a
demonstration in Bogota, December 8, 2001. The U.S. government donated
seven helicopters, 4 UH1N and 3 Blackhawk to the police to aid their
efforts in fighting drug trafficking in the Colombian jungle.
REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

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Colombian soldiers patrol aboard a high-speed, armored patrol boat over
the Caqueta river during an army training near Tres Esquinas army base,
November 8, 2001. Tres Esquinas has become the linchpin of Colombia's
U.S.-backed war to fight drug traffickers and rebels in southern
Caqueta and Putumayo provinces. A anti-drug battalion based at Tres
Esquinas, drawing on U.S. lessons in Vietnam, will rely almost
exclusively on helicopters to fly into battle against
narco-traffickers, peasant farmers and Marxist guerrillas.
REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

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A Colombian soldier stands in front of a coca laboratory as it burns
during an army operation near Tres Esquinas, November 8, 2001. Tres
Esquinas has become the linchpin of Colombia's U.S.-backed war to fight
drug traffickers and rebels in southern Caqueta and Putumayo provinces.
An antidrug battalion based at Tres Esquinas, drawing on U.S. lessons
in Vietnam, will rely almost exclusively on helicopters to fly into
battle against narco-traffickers, peasant farmers and Marxist
guerrillas. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

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Colombian soldiers chat inside an illegal plantation of coca leaves,
during the burning of a coca laboratory part of an army operation near
Tres Esquinas, November 8, 2001. Tres Esquinas has become the linchpin
of Colombia's U.S.-backed war to fight drug traffickers and rebels in
southern Caqueta and Putumayo provinces. An antidrug battalion based at
Tres Esquinas, drawing on U.S. lessons in Vietnam, will rely almost
exclusively on helicopters to fly into battle against
narco-traffickers, peasant farmers and Marxist guerrillas.
REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

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A Colombian soldier tests his weapon inside a trench during a
demonstration in the Tres Esquinas army base November 8, 2001. Tres
Esquinas has become the linchpin of Colombia's U.S.-backed war to fight
drug traffickers and rebels in southern Caqueta and Putumayo provinces.
A anti-drug battalion based at Tres Esquinas, drawing on U.S. lessons
in Vietnam, will rely almost exclusively on helicopters to fly into
battle against narco-traffickers, peasant farmers and Marxist
guerrillas. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

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Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Donnie Marshall (L) speaks with Colombia Antidrug Police Chief Gustavo Socha during a meeting in Cartagena, February 17, 2001. Marshall and a U.S. congressional commission began a visit to Colombia on Saturday to evaluate the results of the war against drug traffic.

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A Colombian soldier runs after a cocaine laboratory is destroyed near Puerto Asis, Putumayo province, February 12, 2001. Colombian antidrug troops seized nearly 1,500 kgs of cocaine base and destroyed a rudimentary laboratory used by peasants to process coca leaves into semi-refined cocaine as part of the "Plan Colombia" offensive, authorities said.

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A Colombian anti-drug policeman shows the press a package of confiscated cocaine, in the Caribbean port of Cartagena, December 10, 2000. Colombian police confiscated almost two tons of cocaine during a raid on a boat that allegedly was headed to Honduras.

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UH1H and Black Hawk helicopters take off from a coca plantation during an anti-drug operation in Taraza region, Antioquia province, about 500 kms (310 miles) northwest of the capital, November 30, 2000. Members of the Colombian antidrug policemen started an offensive to fumigate 17,300 acres (hectares) of coca plantations in a region controlled by paramilitary troops.

UH1H and Black Hawk helicopters take off from a coca plantation during an anti-drug operation in Taraza region, Antioquia province, about 500 kms (310 miles) northwest of the capital, November 30, 2000. Members of the Colombian antidrug policemen started an offensive to fumigate 17.300 acres (hectares) of coca plantations in a region controlled by paramilitary troops.

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