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Mexico s military destroyed a small coca plantation in February, the third one found since 2014.
It was another sign that Mexican criminal groups are pursuing more control of the cocaine trade.
But a number of factors will prevent those cartels from cultivating the drug on their home turf.
MEXICO Mexican drug cartels longstanding attempts to bring coca plantations out of South America and onto their turf may be bearing fruit.
Mexico s military found and destroyed a 4-hectare plantation of coca in the mountains of Guerrero state in February. This was the third time authorities have found coca plantations in Mexico. The other two were found in the state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, in 2014 and 2020, according to reports.