Colombia’s justice minister took another step towards the aerial spraying of coca, which scholars believe will condemn the country to a new cycle of extreme violence. The decree that regulates…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque vowed to resume the aerial spraying of coca after taking office in 2018 and has gloriously failed to do so ever since. Duque has embarrassed and…
At least 11 people were killed in Colombia’s most southwestern municipality over the weekend amid a turf war between drug trafficking groups. Defense Minister Diego Molano told press on Monday…
Colombia’s defense minister is trying to get media support for his government’s desire to restart the aerial fumigation as farmers are doing all they can to stop him. Defense Minister…
Colombia’s defense minister may have to tell the US government he screwed up the involvement of American soldiers in counternarcotics operations for the second time in three months. Approximately 50…
A court in southwest Colombia ordered the National Army to halt the forced eradication of illicit crops and prioritize crop substitution on Thursday after farmers from a war-torn area filed…
Colombia’s defense minister said Monday the government is ready to resume the aerial fumigation of coca after local media reported that forced eradication statistics were inflated. Defense Minister Carlos Holmes…
Colombia’s defense ministry has been reporting inflated statistics on the forced eradication of coca, the base ingredient of cocaine, multiple counternarcotics officials told weekly Semana. Eight civilian eradicators and counternarcotics…
Colombia’s potential cocaine production reached a new high in 2019 despite a drop in registered hectares of coca, the base ingredient of the illicit drug, according to the United Nations.…