00:00We are in the neighborhood of Bajito, a neighborhood that some time ago could not even enter, but
00:29now it is a neighborhood of peace, a neighborhood that is committed to total peace.
00:49What they are interested in is local control to facilitate illegal economic activity.
00:54What that means is that there has been a strategic shift in how they control territory.
00:59Rather than fighting the military or looking for clashes with the police, they want to
01:03control the population, which means installing curfews, pressuring local social leaders and
01:10local elected authorities, setting rules about what you can and cannot do.
01:24People here are often afraid to talk about this, but it is obvious.
01:35Something very difficult was experienced.
01:38Every day in Tumaco, nine or ten people were killed.
01:43We don't want to live through war anymore.
01:45We don't want to see more of war.
01:55I used to feel scared because I couldn't go to another bar.
01:59Now I feel safer.
02:01When I go out with my friends and they want to cause trouble, I tell them no.
02:07That's wrong.
02:09You know what I mean.
02:12Before the help of the state came, there was the help of the guerrillas.
02:18That is to say, this neighborhood has had a total abandonment.
02:22Not just this neighborhood.
02:24This whole coast has been totally abandoned by the state.
02:41In some way, the people, the communities, should be represented.
02:57And that they can really make the transition from illicit economies to legal economies.
03:08But with real facts.
03:10With the construction of roads, electric networks.
03:31People use the territory to plant coca, which is much easier.
03:37They can transport 5 or 10 kilos of coca to any backpack.
03:44And they start to plant and carry yucca or banana.
03:49That is impossible for the peasants.
04:07See you later.
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