By Matthew Bristow *
The biggest cocaine boom in history originated in the suburbs of cities like La Dorada, Colombia. Here, just a few miles down a rugged road through the Amazon, cattle ranches and fish farms give way to endless fields of coca, the pale green bush used to make the drug.
Apart from a few teachers and occasional incursions by the armed forces, the Colombian state hardly exists beyond this point. To travel here, outsiders need permission from a fearsome drug cartel known as the Border Commandos, whose pickpockets in army green T-shirts patrol the highways in . . .
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