To reach La Macarena in the Meta department, you have to drive all the way to Villavicencio and from there grab a small one-engine plane to take you deep into the jungle.
La Macarena used to be a stronghold for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farca. It was there where they controlled an area the size of Switzerland after the failed peace negotiations with the government of Andres Pastarana in 2001.
When Alvaro Uribe took office he doubled the size of the military and retook the territory that was once controlled by the Farc. La Macarena was one of those areas.
We landed at the small airport where there were two planes from the United States. From that area operates the Omega Force that is going after Farc leaders such as the "Mono Jojoy" and others.
The United States aids the Colombian military in its fight against the Farc ... and drug trafficking.
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