The U.S. Treasury adds 20 Colombian nationals and 24 businesses to to a list of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers banned from doing business with U.S. citizens. The individuals and businesses…
Ecuador has named writer Raul Vallejo as the new ambassador to Colombia, reports Caracol. Vallejo is the first ambassador in the post since relations between the neighboring Andean nations broke down…
Extradited paramilitary warlord Diego Fernando Murillo, alias “Don Berna,” once again refused to cooperate with Colombia’s Justice and Peace process, reports El Tiempo. Speaking from Miami the 49-year-old former paramilitary leader…
Colombia’s national police are working with the Venezuelan National Guard to combat paramilitary group ERPAC, reports Semana. Cooperation between the two countries led to the arrest of ERPAC member Edixon Vanegas…
Colombia’s scandal-hit drugs enforcement agency will use a U.S. system to digitally monitor assets seized from narco-traffickers, reports Caracol. National Narcotics Office (DNE) head Juan Carlos Restrepo said that the…
The Colombian Campaign against Landmines (CCCM) criticises the Mine Ban Treaty conference for allowing Colombia ten extra years to clear landmines from its territory. Colombia’s request for an extension to the…
Colombia’s Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez claims that his dismissal of Senator Piedad Cordoba in November led to the FARC’s decision this week to release five hostages, reports El Espectador. Ordoñez said that he…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced that it will begin assessing documents released by Wikileaks to see if they contain more information about illegal wiretapping by security agency DAS, reports RCN.…
Twenty-six members of an international drug smuggling network were arrested in Colombia and the United Kingdom by Colombia’s Anti-Narcotics Unit in conjunction with British authorities, reports El Pais. The network sent…