The Colombian Cocaine Trade

Estimated U.S. Cocaine Supply, 1984

63 tons

James Mills, Underground Empire, 1986, p.1124-1125
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Estimated U. S. Cocaine Supply, c.1986

Total: 45 metric tons = 49.6 short tons = 99,200 lbs. = 45,000,000 grams

[from Bolivian sources, mostly refined in Colombia: 25 metric tons]

(Global Connection, p.338)

US refined Cocaine HCl supply from Medellin, Colombia: 40 metric tons

(Global Connection, p.339)
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From Terrorism and Drug Trafficking in the 1990s, 1991, edited by Alison Jamieson

Total Amount of Cocaine HCl Refined in Colombia

1988: 508 metric tons (508,000,000 grams)

1989: 566 metric tons (566,000,000 grams)

(Terrorism 1990s, p.82-83)
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Cocaine Seizures in Colombia

1988 18.70 tons / 1989 30.3 tons / 1990 44.9 tons / 1991 69.60 tons

Drug Trafficking In The Americas, 1992
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Colombian Cocaine Crop

1986: 12,000-13,600mt; 1987: 18,000-23,000mt; 1988: 19,000-24,200mt; 1989: 33,487mt; 1990:33,360mt

(Terrorism 1990s, p.82)
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Colombian Coca Crop, 1991

(note: a statistic providing an estimation for the hectares of coca cultivated in Colombia is not provided)

Coca Crop Eradication, 1991

Army 100 hectares / Navy 196 hectares /AF - / Police 129 hectares / DAS 1 hectare

Total 426 hectares = 1053 acres

(1 hectare = 2.5 acres....[more accurately, 2.47 acres])

Drug Trafficking, 1992, p.139
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U.S. Anti-Narcotics Assistance To Colombia, 1989-1991

Military aid 1989 $73.1 million / 1990 $93.2 million / 1991 $52 billion

Law Enforcement 1989 $10.0 million / 1990 $20.0 million / 1991 $20 million

Economic Assistance 1989 $2.8 million / 1990 $2.1 million / 1991 $49.8 million

Total (calculation by researcher, not found in original document)

1989 $85.9 million / 1990 $115.3 million / 1991 $121.8 millon

Drug Trafficking, 1992, p.138
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Whitewash, 1990 by Simon Strong

Precursor Chemicals

Amount of Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) lab solvent sold in Colombia by Holanda Colombia (division of HCI)

1989 358 tons / 1992 1,960 tons

1993 4,057 tons

Holanda storage and teminal sister company sales of MEK

1993/8000 tons

(Whitewash, p.119)
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From Drug Trafficking In The Americas, 1992

Precursor Chemicals Confiscated by Colombian Authorities, 1991

A list of several chemicals is provided: amounts are in gallons. Seeking the Methyl Ethyl Ketone Statistic on the list, the nearest acronym found was "MEC".

Amount of MEC confiscated, 1991: 70079 "GLS" (the acronym GLS is not explained; I'm presuming it means "gallons.")

1 gallon MEK = approximately 6.7 lbs.

70079 x 6.7 = 469,529.3 lbs. / 2.2 = 213,422.4 kg = 213 tons
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Amount of U.S. Anti-Narcotics Aid to Colombia in 1991, divided by Acres Of Eradicated Coca

(calculated by researcher, from figures provided above)

$121,800,000 / 1053 acres =

$115,670/acre
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Colombian Anti-Narcotics Activities 1991

Drug Traffickers Captured

Colombians Army 215/ Navy 24 /AF 2 /Police 1153 /DAS 113 Total 1507

Foreigners Army - /Navy - /AF 2/ Police 21/ DAS 3 .................Total 26
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Cocaine Source Country Dollar Export Earnings, 1989 (billions of dollars) (roughly estimated. ed.)

Colombia 1989: $1.5-4 billion (equivalent to 29-77% legal exports, 4-10% national GDP)

(Terrorism 1990s, p.18)
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Whitewash, by Simon Strong, 1991

Colombian Revenue From The Drug Trade (all illegal drugs produced in the country- primarily cocaine, marijuana, heroin)

1993 Colombian government judicial authorities estimate- $5 billion

1993 U. S. government law enforcement agencies estimate- $7 billion