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...smuggle out stones, and hijacking is common. The shoulders of the main road between the mining zone and Bogota are dotted with crosses that mark the graves of those who lost their lives and their booty to pistol-packing esmeralderos. Last year, for example, a gang called La Pesada (the Heavy Mob) held up a caravan of smugglers working for El Ganso (the Goose), took their emeralds, and machine-gunned five of them to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: The Green Elephant | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

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