The updated chapters clarify the symbiotic relationship between the drug traffickers and the FARC guerrillas during the peak of the conflict. Newer research included in the PDF footnotes explains how the "peso" (tax) paid to guerrillas for protection changed the political landscape of Colombia.
The book reconstructs the true story of a woman known as “La Bruja” (The Witch) in the remote village of Suta, in the department of Boyacá, Colombia. During the 1960s and 1970s, this peasant woman—whose real name was reported as Ana Felisa—established an absolute fiefdom through herbal medicine, divination, and the administration of poison. She was not a mythical sorceress but a corporeal, cunning figure who used her knowledge of local pharmacology (especially scopolamine, derived from the borrachero tree) to drug, control, and kill those who challenged her. la bruja german castro caycedo pdf updated
Subsequent editions of La bruja (including digital and reprints after Castro Caycedo’s death in 2021) incorporate: During the 1960s and 1970s, this peasant woman—whose
La bruja: coca, política y demonio - Germán Castro Caycedo During the 1960s and 1970s
For those looking to explore this gripping investigation, digital and physical copies are available through several major platforms: Germán Castro Caycedo: Colombian Author | PDF - Scribd