Crystalized cocaine base displayed on palm of hand in illegal lab. in Vaupes Intendencia N W Amazon

William half-Tukano Indian whose father runs this illegal cocaine lab. Sieves base cocaine before processing to final product

Llanero worker in small N W Amazon forest cocaine lab. Prepares coca leaves adding sodium bicarbonate to leach cocaine alkaloid out of them as they "sweat" in sun for a day.A man wearing a hat making...

Coca leaves soaked in petrol for 24 hours to further leach out cocaine alkaloid. Liquid then poured off hydrochloric acid added to act as catalyst to form cocaine base then acetate and ether act as...

Llanero workers mixing sodium bicarbonate powder into coca leaves to help leach out cocaine alkaloid as leaves sweat in the sun.

Magdalena Medio small cocaine lab. Workers stamp on leaves to mix in sodium bicarbonate and then petrol which leach out cocaine alkaloid. This lab. Was under ELN Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional guer...

Barasana Indian sub group of Trukano picking coca leaves in a chagra slash and burn cultivation patch in Vaupes N W AmazoniaMan picking Coca leaves

Muzo Emerald Mine in Cordillera Oriental of Colombian Andes. View over guaceros illegal workers searching in slurry washed down from main mine above to find emeralds missed by the official syndicate...

Muzo Quipama Emerald Mine earth moving equipment belkonging to the official syndicate excavate the shales to reach a veta - emerald vein

Manaure Salt Mines in the Guajira Peninsula. A worker pushing a wheel barrow load of salt through the salt pans to trucks which transport the salt throughout Colombia.

Guavio 1 1959 the first wildcat exploration oil rig on the edge of the Llanos in foothills of Cordillera Oriental. Texaco drillers found oil and this well was forerunner to large oil discoveries in 1...

Barasana man sub group of Tukano mixing white chalkey clay in a gourd to paint ceremonial design on front of the maloca large communal home.