A report that affected the descertification in the anti -drug fight.
News Colombia.
President Gustavo Petro reported Monday that the United Nations Organization (UN) recognized an error in the methodology used to calculate the potential production of cocaine in Colombia during the year 2023. According to the president, the international agency agreed to review and correct the results after the technical observations presented by the Colombian government.
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According to Petro, the figures initially disseminated by the UN indicated a significant increase in production, a situation that did not coincide with national records or with the advances achieved in the replacement of illicit crops and territorial control. “They recognize their mistake in the method and will correct the result,” the head of state wrote in his X account.
In this trino the United Nations recognizes the error in their method to establish the potential production of cocaine in the country. Accept to correct the result of 2023 under a new review.
All downtown was mounted on this fact.
I affirm that Colombia in this …
– Gustavo Petro (@Petrogustavo) October 6, 2025
The president assured that this review is an important step to guarantee a more rigorous and fair measurement of the drug trafficking phenomenon, taking into account the social and productive transformations promoted by his government in the areas historically affected by the economy of coca.
Sources from the Ministry of Justice explained that the United Nations technicians accepted the country’s arguments on inconsistencies in performance projections per hectare and in the use of satellite images. Therefore, the report will be adjusted under a new methodology that most accurately reflects the reality of the Colombian territory.
For 25 years, @Unodc In alliance with the Colombian State, it has generated the potential cocaine production figure through the
Integrated illicit crop monitoring system #Simci– UNODC Andean Region and Southern Cone (@unodcrocol) October 6, 2025
The Government has insisted that the fight against drugs cannot be measured solely by the number of eradicated hectares or the amount of cocaine produced, but by advances in rural development, legality and well -being of peasant communities. This position has been repeated in international forums and backed by several Latin American countries.
With the UN rectification, Colombia expects the new results to strengthen confidence in its anti -drug policies and support the voluntary substitution approach and productive transformation. President Petro stressed that this recognition is a technical and political victory that reaffirms the country’s leadership in the search for a more human and realistic approach to the world drug problem.
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