 Today, but the US ambassador to Columbia that a major cocaine factory had been shut down on his country contained what seemed like a record number of Superlatives, but any record set in that area was overshadowed by the record set in the drug bust itself Bob Simon in New York near HR report It was the biggest bust anywhere any time 13 tons of cocaine from the jungles of Columbia worth $1.2 billion in the streets of the United States the Drug Enforcement Agency in Washington called the operation mind-boggling airborne Colombian police accompanied by a US narcotics agent began the raid 10 days ago They encountered fierce resistance when they hit the ground when it was all over They had 11 bodies to show journalists and they had arrested 40 people including an American pilot They also had documents in Criminating officials in the Colombian government the camp was in the deepest Colombian jungles 700 miles south of Bogota and it was a complete community a cocaine community With five runways equipped for night landings a power plant Sophisticated communications a very impressive arsenal even livestock the US Embassy says it was all under the protection of the armed wing of the Colombian Communist Party 13 tons Represents 25% of all the cocaine consumed in the United States in one year in the words of the DEA It won't affect the street price right away, but it will put a definite crimp in the cocaine number 1984 Helicopter over flights of the San Miguel River indicated the presence of a large number of cocoa plant cultivations Extensive cocoa cultivations on both the Ecuadorian and Colombian sides of the river were observed Based on these overflights part of which you are seeing here an operation was planned to destroy the cocoa plantations on the Ecuadorian side of the San Miguel River Where it forms the north-eastern border of Ecuador? Operation Santiago resulted in the destruction of over 100,000 mature cocoa plants found only 30 hectares of land In addition to the plant destructs one cocoa base laboratories were discovered and destroyed One cook and lab operator was arrested two others fled into Colombia and their extradition has been requested by the Ecuadorian authorities Embarkation from the San Miguel This is the center of the cocoa traffic from Colombian Ecuador This is also the major marketplace for the cocoa paste and base produced in Ecuador for the sale to the Colombian cocaine hydrochloride lab operators Here one kilo of cocoa paste sells for approximately 100,000 sucras or $1,000 and cocoa base 350,000 sucras or $3,500 It's disembarking to invade the first clandestine laboratory Plantation and laboratory owner Now one hour down the river in contact with helicopter We locate the first cocoa paste and base lab Where both were being processed Here we have the basic living quarters and evidence that the workers departed in a hurry leaving pots And other cooking items still on the fire Second laboratory and equipment used in operation This is the base The base is a little bit There's gasoline Bicarbonate soda Acetone There's a little bit of fish base in the white hole over there in the spoon Scaled balance Don't seem to eat it Other agents arriving by the helicopter to visit the lab In the process of manufacturing the opportunity he agreed to continue his process for the camera The following is one of many different chemical processes utilized to produce cocoa paste from cocoa leaves The chemist mixes light soda ash with the green cocoa leaves And finally chops the leaves Gasoline are kerosene and allowed to stand for approximately four hours or until the cocoa leaves turn completely black Thieves are then prepped the liquid is removed The liquid contains the cocoa alkaloid Chill the process The mixture of light soda ash, gasoline and sulfuric acid is added to the liquid containing the cocoa alkaloid Here the chemist adds sulfuric acid to his mixture The chemist, his sense of taste in this process has been developed over 20 years of processing cocoa paste Here is then added and stirred vigorously for approximately 20 minutes Having mixed the liquid thoroughly the chemist allows it to stand until a precipitant is formed In this case approximately 20 to 25 minutes The chemist then removes approximately 75 to 80% of the gasoline kerosene mixture very carefully without disturbing the powder The gasoline kerosene of the gasoline mixture is poured off without losing the precipitant Here you can see the precipitant in the bottom of the barrel Approximately two gallons of liquid is left in the bottom of the barrel with the precipitant The remaining liquid is now siphoned off Liquid that has been siphoned off is again mixed with soda ash to the chemist's taste The chemist now calls for a cloth filter The chemist requests that his son clean one of the plastic containers with soda ash and fresh creek water The mixture of liquid and soda ash is now filtered into a clean container The liquid is rung from the residue remaining from the filter process The paste subsets it's used locally combined with tobacco and has a very low cocoa base content This chemist prefers to reincorporate this material and produce a higher quality cocoa paste Here the chemist mixes flesh again with soda ash