Plea deal back on for reputed Colombian drug lord
The on-again, off-again plea deal for a reputed Colombian drug lord in jail in the U.S. is apparently back on again. Court records showed Wednesday that Jaime Alberto Marin-Zamora, best…
drug trafficking
Colombian drug mule dies in New Zealand
A Colombian woman died Thursday after smuggling an estimated $175,000 worth of cocaine to New Zealand inside her stomach. Sorlinda Arirtizabal Vega, a 37-year-old Colombian woman, traveled with her family…
5 Colombian Navy sailors arrested in drug sub sweep
Eighteen members of an organization that builds submarines for narco-traffickers, including five former and current Colombian Navy sailors, were arrested in a nationwide sweep, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. Included…
Venezuela to deport 5 crime suspects to Colombia
Venezuelan authorities are planning to deport five alleged criminals to Colombia for their involvement in guerrilla movements, drug trafficking, and gangs, announced Colombia’s chief of police on Tuesday. Among the…
1,350 pounds of cocaine found in jungle laboratory
Colombian military battalion found more than 1,350 pounds of cocaine in a jungle laboratory located in the border zone between southern Colombia and Ecuador. According to local military sources, the…
Colombian forces shut down 20 FARC cocaine labs
Colombian armed forces shut down 20 FARC cocaine labs in operations across the country in the month of July, El Espectador reported Wednesday. The government said that it has disrupted…
Police seize 3 semi-submersibles belonging to ‘Los Urabeños’
Colombian police discovered three semi-submersibles allegedly belonging to the neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños.” Authorities located the semi-submersibles in a craft workshop in Neococli, a Caribbean coastal town in the department…
Half ton of cocaine seized on Colombian island
A half ton of cocaine was found on the island of Providencia in a joint operation between the Colombian navy and the intelligence agency, the Department of Administrative Security (DAS),…
13.2 ton drug bust proves to be 99% smaller
A 13.2 ton drug bust the Cartagena police announced in May turned out to actually be only 35.3 pounds. The single container of panela (a substance similar to brown…