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Beachcombers In Bluefield, Nicaragua Live By Finding Cocaine Washing Ashore

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Feb 9, 2008 3:56 AM EST
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At first glance, Bluefields in Nicaragua looks like any other rum-soaked, Rastafarian-packed, hammock-infested Caribbean paradise. But Bluefields has a secret.

People here don't have to work. Every week, sometimes every day, 35kg sacks of cocaine drift in from the sea. The economy of this entire town of 50,000 tranquil souls is addicted to cocaine.

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