Rebels kill 7 amid coca crackdown
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Peruvian rebels killed five police officers and two workers from state coca company Enaco in an ambush in the country’s cocaine-producing southern jungle, police and officials said.
Rebels attacked a convoy during a police crackdown on illegal coca production, the raw material for cocaine. Enaco is the only company permitted to buy coca to make food and teas that are sold legally in Peru.
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