Colombia and the U.S. Strengthen Their Collaboration to Fight Drug Trafficking and Terrorism · Global Voices

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In the 1990s, the city of Medellin was the basis of the so-called Plan Colombia , a policy designed by U.S. President Bill Clinton and his Colombian counterpart, Andrés Pastrana , to fight drug trafficking in the South American country. An ambitious plan that included military support, intelligence and financial aid from Washington and that was activated six years after the overthrow of capo Pablo Escobar , in 1993. Twenty-six years later, Medel…