World's cheapest cocaine is processed across the border from El Cruce in Colombia's Catatumbo region
The world's cheapest cocaine is processed across the border from El Cruce in Colombia's Catatumbo region, using cheap Venezuelan gasoline, U.S. and Colombian anti-drug and military officials say.Venezuela Leftist rebels fighting Colombia's U.S.-backed military have increasingly found refuge in Venezuela, where they get weapons, food, medical treatment and a smuggling route for the cocaine that keeps them afloat. Former rebels, local citizens and Colombian officials told The Associated Press that hundreds or even thousands of Colombian insurgents are in Venezuela at any given time.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who last month publicly recognized the rebels as "insurgent forces," denies directly supporting them. He blames Colombia for failing to police their 1,370-mile border.But former rebels say the two main Colombian rebel groups, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and the National Liberation Army, or ELN, buy protection from high-ranking Ven...