An Overview of the Effectiveness of U.S. Counternarcotics Efforts in Colombia, 2000–2020, and Recommendations for the Future T his report examines the period in Colombia from 2000 to 2020 to assess the effectiveness of U.S....
moreAn Overview of the Effectiveness of U.S. Counternarcotics Efforts in Colombia, 2000–2020, and Recommendations for the Future T his report examines the period in Colombia from 2000 to 2020 to assess the effectiveness of U.S. counternarcotics and security efforts, with the overarching goal of informing U.S. government decisionmaking and collaborative efforts.1 The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) was tasked by Congress to review U.S. counternarcotics and security efforts in Colombia over the past two decades. GAO completed two reviews, once in 2008 and again in 2018. The former report noted that drug-reduction goals were not fully met, although the security situation had improved under U.S. assistance. However, GAO later noted that gains in the area of counternarcotics were limited, and it did not identify the longterm effectiveness of many U.S. efforts. In its 2018 report, GAO made two recommendations to the U.S. Department of State, the lead U.S. agency charged with imple...
