Morales says US anti-drug DEA killed Bolivian farmers

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Morales says US anti-drug DEA killed Bolivian farmers
4 hours ago

LA PAZ (AFP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales accused the US Drug Enforcement Administration, which has been given three months to leave the country, of "shooting" and "killing" Bolivians during their anti-drug operations.

"The DEA killed, shot at the coca farmers' movement," said Morales, who as well as president still heads the country's cocalero movement, a loose federation of coca growers' unions.

Without mentioning specific incidents to back up his charges, Morales said the DEA "ordered the Armed Forces, commands the National Police" and "had political control of the government."

Morales, a political leftist staunch foe of the US government, announced Saturday he was suspending the work of the US DEA in Bolivia, accusing it of having encouraged political unrest that killed 19 people in September.

He accused DEA agents of "conducting political espionage activities to fund criminal groups" and of supporting a failed coup, referring to fighting in five of the country's nine departments in September that resulted in 19 deaths.



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[truedelphi]

1. The DEA uses chemicals that poison the crops and the water,

through aerial spraying. Children and the elderly take a hard hit from the chemicals sprayed.

"Morales accused DEA agents of "conducting political espionage activities to fund criminal groups" and of supporting a failed coup, referring to fighting in five of the country's nine departments in September that resulted in 19 deaths."

Would we let some foreign nation come here and spray our people from helicopters??

[midnight]

3. Just plain crazy.... Why are we doing this?

[Romulox]

7. Because the years 1925-1933 are redacted in the history books in the Congressional Library? nt

[xochi]

9. We "let" our own government spray U.S. citizens from helicopters!

The DEA has been doing it for years on the Big Island in Hawaii, despite repeated protests from islanders.
http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3660

[truedelphi]

10. I know and it is so sad. I will not visit

Hawaii, until the spraying stopped.
I am one of maybe four people in the USA who know that according to secret court records, RoundUp contained formaldheyde. This was never admitted to the EPA when Monsanto appled for its licensing.

If someone would just put together the tiny bit of money (maybe $ 1500 bucks) that it would cost to do a gas spectography on RoundUp it could be proven. ANd then ROundUp would be banned.

Then so much for GMO!!

[happydreams]

11. hmmmmm, trying to restrict supply to keep prices up and competition

down?

Maybe the crops sprayed were "rogue drug operations".

[Romulox]

2. When Joe Biden was announced as VP candidate, I knew the Drug War would continue apace...nt

[midnight]

4. I know he is pro law enforcement, and the more the marrier, but

what do you mean about this drug war comment?

[Romulox]

6. Biden coined "Drug Czar", pushed mandatory minimums, and wrote the law that put Tommy Chong in jail.

http://www.counterpunch.org/gardner09062008.html

http://www.reason.com/news/show/128237.html

[AndyTiedye]

8. And the "Rave Act"

Biden slipped that in in the conference committee in the dead of night because he knew it would never pass on its own.

[superconnected]

5. Why, what do you know? Please share.

I know nothing about Biden.