Counter-narcotics officers said they had occupied the properties during a four-day joint operation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

BBC: Colombia seizes drug lord Madman Barrera's properties

Mr Morales said that he himself had been a "victim" of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a coca growers' union leader.

BBC: President Evo Morales on 10 March 2011

And for the last few years, the Canadian authorities have left him alone--until this summer, when they suddenly raided his seed business at the behest of the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

NPR: Canada's 'Prince of Pot' Busted for Seed Sales