'We have no choice': Indigenous guards take on cocaine gangs in Peru's Amazon
- Posted on November 16, 2025
- By NPR
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'We have no choice': Indigenous guards take on cocaine gangs in Peru's Amazon
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the Kakataibo Indigenous Guard patrols their ancestral land armed with spears, machetes and a drone — risking their lives to keep cocaine producers out of the forest.
