He wished to inspect the Coca fields that had been fumigated by the Colombian army on the behest of the United States government, which provided at the time billions of dollars of military aid. He tells of the treatment he received in the hands of the FARC, the fears he had and what he discovered as the result of his investigation. He speaks of the hardships, both economical and physical, faced by the peasants who live in the most rural parts of Columbia. The human rights abuses that they face as a result on the war on narcotics.