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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Luis Jaime Acosta

Mexican cartels swap arms for cocaine, fueling Colombia violence

Soldiers form up upon the arrival of the commander of the Colombian Armed Forces, General Luis Fernando Navarro, at a military base in Tumaco, Colombia December 13, 2021. Picture taken December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Mexican drug cartels appear to be shipping high-powered weapons to Colombia to purchase shipments of cocaine, a trade Colombian authorities say is fueling the deadly struggle between rival traffickers for control of the nation's drug routes.

A bevy of machine guns, assault rifles and semi-automatic handguns are flowing into the South American country, a dozen Colombian law enforcement officials told Reuters.

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