Colombia and the drug wars - part 2
Part 2
COLOR SYNC Colombia - June 2001 footage covering the conflict within this country between the armed Raw footage showing gangs of drug traffickers, leftist guerillas and rightist paras who have been the cause of increasing economic deterioration and social disintegration of Colombia and its relationship to cocaine production and distribution. Two hour compilation of highlights from over 20 hours of material.
**WE HAVE ALL THE RAW FOOTAGE FROM THIS COMPILATION**
Tape #11 continued
>>>locked school door in Soacha, views of huts. Interivew 17 year old boy in street unemployed
Tape #13
>>>good cop, Bad CIty..Berrancabermeja, Colombia's murder capitol. Drive through the streets. Lt. Andres Segura lights a candle to his guardian angel, St. Micahel before leaving for days patrolling the city He drives to loud Salsa music, greets familiar citizens, meets Armored Personel Carrier that is used to enter dangerous areas of the city. Responding to shooting, Lt. Andres supervises crime scene investigation, patrol on foot through FARC area, discover stolen gasoline containers, discover large underground tank of stolen gas.
>>>Che Guevara wall painting in FARC area of Barrancabermeja. Police patrol on foot. Escort funeral processio to graveyard.
>>>Gas top up of Police motorcycle corps.
>>>Police hand out candy to kids in FARC area
>>>Oil refinery, 75% of Colombia's gasoline is produced here and much of it is stolen for drug labs
>>>Taxi reports suspected bomb, Lt. Andres investigates, mo bomb
>>>Saturday night in Barrancabermeja, police block off main street for weekly family street fair, cops bike around with kids, selling balloons, citrizens enjoy rare security at night since Para's took over control of town, Police announcer, kids play chess in street, etc.
>>>River Magdelena makes Barranca a crossroads for commerce and drug traffic
>>>variety of boats, Vultures hang out around Barranca
>>>Visit to town undertaker funeral parlor, interview re: cost of funerals and coffins
Call comes in re: dead body to undertaker before it comes to police
>>>Lt. Andres investigates another unidentified body, signs of beating and cigarette burns.
Tape #14
>>>River Magdelana
>>>Interview Col Juan Villar, Chief National Police in Barranca. Spanish
Tape #15
>>>Santandar Police Academy in Bogota. Promotion ceremony for senior police officers
>>>Cadets parade
>>>President Pastrana speaks, re: police and security
Tape #16
>>>Military analyst and Colombian security advisor to governments, Alfredo Rangel (Spanish)
He is critical of Plan COlombia, Fumigation of Coca, etc.
>>>Irma Garcia, Coordinator of 6 social assistance programs for Colombia interview re: social problems (English)
>>>Senator Rafael ORduz, an independent critical of Pastrana (English)
>>>Daniel Garcia Pena, University PRofessor and Political Consultant. English
Tape #17
>>>video acquired from sources
>>>helicopter view of Coca plantations
>>>ground shots Poppy growing