What is th chain of command for the counter-drug infrastructure
in respect to the police, law enforcement, military?

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Request for Question Clarification by omniscientbeing-ga on 07 Jul 2002 19:17 PDT

Are you interested in Colombia's counter-drug infastructure, or in the
U.S.'s counter-drug infastructure pertaining to Colombia?

The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report published annually
by the State Department gives a current overview of the departments
involved in anti-drugs efforts within the various branches of the
military, law enforcement and judiciary. The latest version is current
as of March 2002 and may be found at:

http://www.state.gov/g/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2001/rpt/8477.htm
(Please notice you have to look up Colombia for yourself using Ctrl+F)

Also of use may be the web pages of the Narcotics Affairs Section of
the US Embassy in Colombia. However, this information is available in
Spanish only:
http://usembassy.state.gov/bogota/wwwsnasc.shtml

Amnesty International gives a critical appraisal of the latest efforts
by the Colombian government to empower its military with judicial
authority in their fight against narcotics smuggles and para-military
groups:
http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/Index/AMR230792001?OpenDocument&of=COUNTRIES\COLOMBIA

This is a statement by the US Assistant Secretary for International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs made before a Senate Committee
in July 2001 detailing the degree of US involvement in the Colombian
government's fight against drugs smugglers. It also gives an account
of the methods used by the Colombian authorities:
http://www.state.gov/g/inl/rls/rm/2001/jun_aug/4054.htm

And finally, this report produced by the Library of Congress gives a
historical glimpse into the organisation and evolvment of the
Colombian armed forces and law enforcement authorities as well as the
judiciary. Unfortunately, it is rather dated as it was last edited in
1988:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cotoc.html

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