Coca Plant Eradication in Effect

384090 05: ***EXCLUSIVE*** Forty two year old Santos Rodriguez is one of hundreds working in the coca leaf plantations January 8, 2001 in the province of Putumayo, Colombia. Since the U.S. aid plan for Colombia began last December 15, the AUC, United Self Defense Force of Colombia, are manually destroying coca leaves with machetes in and around the vast areas of coca leaf plantations south of Putumayo. The Colombian leftist guerrilla group, the FARC, is attempting to take control of areas that were under their control, not more than a year ago. (Photo by Piero Pomponi/Newsmakers)