Families depend on coca paste production

In bright green Andean mountains wrapped in clouds, a country family produces the coca paste that is used to make cocaine at a humble home in territory controlled by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC.

The family head explained the process, speaking on condition of being identified only by his first name, Gonzalo, for safety reasons.

It begins with the coca plants, which grow just two months in a tropical, temperate climate before they are harvested.