Bolivian coca leaf growers storm market after week-long dispute

Thousands of Bolivian coca leaf growers stormed the country’s main coca market in La Paz on Monday following violent clashes with security forces.

The Adepcoca market has been the centre of a dispute between two groups of coca growers – one loyal to the government, the other to its opposition – since last week.

Some 90 percent of Bolivia’s legal coca leaf business, worth $173m a year, passes through the Adepcoca market, according to United Nations figures.