LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian security forces will start eradicating illegal coca plants for the first time in a lawless jungle region that produces most of the cocaine in the country, the government announced on Thursday.
Authorities want to push back against a rise in cocaine output and take advantage of weakened leftist rebels who support drug-traffickers, Interior minister Carlos Moran said.
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