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Word: yari (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...estimated that Colombia's annual production of the drug was perhaps 50 tons; Tranquilandia alone, however, could process about 300 tons a year. The police arrested 40 workers and seized almost 14 tons of pure cocaine. Then they poured all $1.2 billion worth of the powder into the nearby Yari River, turning its waters white...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting the Cocaine Wars | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...Bogotá that boasted 19 laboratories, where a thousand workers produced an estimated 25 tons of cocaine a month. The plant's 13.8 tons of cocaine represented roughly one-fifth of U.S. yearly consumption (estimated street price: $1.2 billion). When the police dumped it into the nearby Yari River, the waters ran white with foam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia: War on the Cocaine Mafia | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

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