Armed with rifles and machetes, nearly 300 soldiers and police officers from elite anti-narcotics units scoured mist-covered mountains bordering Guatemala and Mexico in search for poppy fields, but found only scattered plots, signaling a seismic change in Latin American drug trafficking.
A commander mentioned that previously the land was covered with poppies, but as opium prices plummeted, from $64 to $9.60 per ounce, the cultivation has drastically reduced, indicating the impact on drug production.
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