Illicit Drug Production Infrastructure Destruction Records

Records detail the number of illicit drug production laboratories destroyed by public forces. The dataset includes classifications for different laboratory types, such as cocaine hydrochloride, coca paste, heroin, potassium permanganate, sulfuric acid, and psychotropic substance labs. It is published by the Colombian government via www.datos.gov.co.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in lab destruction by aggregating counts using the FECHA HECHO column.
• Map the geographic concentration of destroyed infrastructure using the DEPARTAMENTO and MUNICIPIO columns.
• Compare the scale of operations across different lab types by analyzing the CANTIDAD and UNIDAD DE MEDIDA fields.
• Join with other datasets on narcotics using the COD_DEPTO and COD_MUNI geographic codes for regional analysis.

Strengths

• Includes detailed classification of 6 distinct types of drug production laboratories.
• Contains geospatial identifiers (COD_DEPTO, COD_MUNI) for mapping and regional joins.

Limitations

• Unknown total record count and temporal coverage range.
• Sample data is unavailable for previewing data quality and completeness.

Provenance

Source

Colombian government via www.datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Records of infrastructure destruction actions by public forces.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-19, indicating a future timestamp which may be a data entry error.

Geography

Colombia, based on DEPARTAMENTO and MUNICIPIO columns.