Colombia’s police say 175 “invisible narcos” control drug trade
The National Police identified 175 alleged drug lords who control much of Colombia’s cocaine exports, according to an intelligence report given to W Radio. The report is the result of…
The National Police identified 175 alleged drug lords who control much of Colombia’s cocaine exports, according to an intelligence report given to W Radio. The report is the result of…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro told the United Nations’ Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UNCND) on Thursday he sought to radically change regional drug policies with out without UN support. In a…
Prosecutors arrested the former coordinator of its Technical Investigations Unit (CTI) in the port city Buenaventura, according to local media. Buenaventura’s former CTI coordinator Francisco Javier Martinez, a.k.a. “Pacho Malo,”…
Regional guerilla units of the ELN and Segunda Marquetalia (SM) said they will unite forces in southwest Colombia. In a video message sent to a regional television channel, an ELN…
Colombia’s government revoked a decree that allowed police to fine consumers of illicit drugs and decommission legally permitted amounts of narcotics. The decree that was issued by former President Ivan…
Colombia’s government proposed legislation that would allow the legal cultivation and use of coca, cannabis and poppy for limited purposes. Current antinarcotics legislation bans the cultivation and use of the…
Two prosecutors accused Colombia’s deputy chief prosecutor of protecting corrupt officials allegedly involved in drug trafficking. The accusation comes less than a year after jailed drug trafficker Carlos Ramon Zapata,…
A leaked report of Mexico’s military attaché in Colombia linked the bank of the controversial Char Clan to Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficking operations. According to the leaked intelligence report, the…
Colombia’s estimated potential coca increased 24% to 1,738 metric tons between 2021 and last year, according to the United Nations drug agency UNODC. This increase is partly due to a…