The Drug War: Colombia Is Implementing Antidrug Efforts, but Impact Is
Uncertain (Testimony, 10/05/93, GAO/T-NSIAD-94-53).

In the three years since the Andean Strategy was announced, Colombia has
actively thrown its support behind U.S. counternarcotics objectives.  It
has applied pressure against drug-traffickers through police and
military operations, and drug trafficking by the Medellin cartel has
been disrupted.  The overall effectiveness of Colombia's efforts and
U.S. programs is unclear, however, because U.S. officials lack the data
needed to make such an assessment.  Various obstacles have hindered the
effectiveness of U.S. efforts in Colombia, including the limited ability
of some Colombian agencies to mount effective programs, increased
insurgency and narcoterrorism, expansion of the cartels into heroin,
corruption in the Colombian government, and the lack of effective
antidrug programs in other countries.  Various U.S. management problems
have also helped to hamstring antidrug programs in Colombia, ranging
from State Department cuts in funding for military and law enforcement
programs to poor coordination among U.S. agencies to inventory and
financial weaknesses.  U.S. officials cannot guarantee that U.S.
policies on aid uses and human rights are being met.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-NSIAD-94-53
     TITLE:  The Drug War: Colombia Is Implementing Antidrug Efforts, 
             but Impact Is Uncertain
      DATE:  10/05/93
   SUBJECT:  Drug trafficking
             Narcotics
             Law enforcement
             International relations
             Federal aid for criminal justice
             Federal aid to foreign countries
             International cooperation
             Foreign governments
             Foreign policies
             Law enforcement agencies
IDENTIFIER:  Colombia
             Andean Drug Strategy
             Bolivia
             Peru
             DOD Foreign Military Financing Program
             Dept. of State International Narcotics Control Program
             
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