Alleged Venezuelan drug trafficker Walid Makled, extradited from Colombia last year, remained silent during the second day of his trial following recommendations from lawyers, reported local media. “They [prosecutors] asked…
Colombia and Mexico have agreed to share intelligence as part of a new bilateral pact to fight drug trafficking. The countries will exchange weapons smuggling routes, information on specific targets…
President Juan Manuel Santos called for a “rational” and “objective” discussion on drugs at the Summit of the Americas. In an interview with U.S. news network Univision, Santos said he…
Fighting between drug gangs makes Cali the most violent city in Colombia, with a murder rate of 75.7 homicides per 100,000 residents, international news agency AFP said Wednesday. According to the…
An average of 14 airplanes have been stolen by drug traffickers in Colombia each year since 2008, reported Radio Caracol. Reports of a $6 million plane missing from Bogota’s El…
Anti-Narcotics Police seized three tons of marijuana in the western Colombia department Valle de Cauca, said a police press release Sunday. According to the report, police seized the drugs and…
Colombia’s National Police captured a financial head of the Urabeños neo-paramilitary organization in the central Antioquia department, said local media Tuesday. Alexander Hoyos Arenas alias “El Ingeniero” was wanted by…
52 suspected members of the neoparamilitary group “Los Urabeños” faced prosecution in Colombian courts around the country Friday, reported in newspaper El Heraldo. Operations in the departments of Cesar, Cordoba…
Colombian police reported that they have seized more than a thousand tons of cocaine and coca base since 1998. 1,141,322 kilos of cocaine, 776,797 kilos of marijuana and 7,767 kilos of…