Peru is the world's No. 2 cocaine producer after Colombia



In this April 22, 2009 photo, a coca farmer displays coca leaves in Quisto Central, Cuzco in Peru's Apurimac valley. Shining Path rebels based in the Apurimac valley produce their own cocaine and control its outflow, according to the chief of Peru's anti-drug police Gen. Miguel Hidalgo. Peru is the world's No. 2 cocaine producer after Colombia

In this photo taken April 22, 2009, children play during a street fair in Union Mantaro in Peru's Apurimac valley. Shining Path rebels based in the Apurimac valley produce their own cocaine and control its outflow, according to the chief of Peru's anti-drug police Gen. Miguel Hidalgo. Peru is the world's No. 2 cocaine producer after Colombia

In this April 23, 2009 photo, a man dries coca leaves in Canaire in Peru's Apurimac valley. Shining Path rebels based in the Apurimac valley produce their own cocaine and control its outflow, according to the chief of Peru's anti-drug police Gen. Miguel Hidalgo. Peru is the world's No. 2 cocaine producer after Colombia

In this April 24, 2009 photo, a coca farmer walks on drying coca leaves as his family looks on in Omaya in Peru's Apurimac valley. Shining Path rebels based in the Apurimac valley produce their own cocaine and control its outflow, according to the chief of Peru's anti-drug police Gen. Miguel Hidalgo. Peru is the world's No. 2 cocaine producer after Colombia

In this April 24, 2009 photo, a truck carrying kerosene, one of the principal ingredients for cocaine production, moves along a road to San Francisco in Peru's Apurimac valley. Shining Path rebels based in the Apurimac valley produce their own cocaine and control its outflow, according to the chief of Peru's anti-drug police Gen. Miguel Hidalgo. Peru is the world's No. 2 cocaine producer after Colombia.