Washington Vows To Send $22 Million

LIMA, Peru--Peru will receive $22 million from Washington to buy equipment for its anti-narcotics police, the U.S. ambassador to Peru announced on Friday.

Ambassador John R. Hamilton and Peruvian Foreign Minister Diego Garcia Sayan signed the agreement to fund coca plant eradication and coca-growing prevention programs, which are run by the anti-narcotics police.

These new funds come two months after Washington sent $25 million to Peru to promote alternative crops in the jungle area.

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