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How illegal oil labs in Colombia are fueling its cocaine problem

Selima Hussain, Tyler Merkel, and Stefano Pozzebon
2023-05-01T15:55:14Z
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Gasoline is one of the main ingredients for processing cocaine in Colombia. But as fuel prices increase, some locals are stealing crude oil to make bootleg gasoline known as pategrillo. Now, police are trying to find and destroy the illegal labs in an effort to curb the country's decades-long cocaine problem.

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