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Puerto Asis, the main town in the area, is surviving thanks only to government airlifts.
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The chemical spray poisons water sources and damages human health, according to people in Puerto Asis.
ECONOMIST: Putumayo��s tense wait for the arrival of Plan Colombia
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Yet in and around Puerto Asis, many people fear that, far from helping peace, Plan Colombia will exacerbate the war.
ECONOMIST: Putumayo��s tense wait for the arrival of Plan Colombia
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Add to that a second hit list naming 31 local young women, all targeting the town of Puerto Asis in Colombia.
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Based at Tres Esquinas, 145 kilometres (90 miles) from Puerto Asis, the prime task of these battalions, officials say, is to secure Putumayo, to enable police to attack its drug-processing laboratories and intensify their efforts to wipe out its coca plantations by spraying them with herbicides.
ECONOMIST: Putumayo��s tense wait for the arrival of Plan Colombia