| The war between right-wing paramilitaries, known as the "paras," and leftist guerrillas in Colombia has left more than 100 dead along the San Juan River. Over the last two months the war for control of the coca trade has divided the river valley into two areas: upstream & downstream. Paramilitaries pay 2.5 million Colombian Pesos ($910 U.S.) per kilo of coca & the F.A.R.C. guerrillas, or Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,) pay 3.6 million Colombian Pesos ($1,311 U.S.) per kilo. |