And the dragons arrived: dregdes and drugs on the caquetá river (police inspection of metá, finca “el refugio”)

This text relates the history of the arrival of alluvial mining to the Middle Caquetá region (Colombian Amazon). It is narrated from the experience of one of the leaders of the Multiethnic Community of Quinché-Metá, formed by indigenous peoples from several ethnic groups and homesteaders, which aime...