Colombia’s constitutional court ruled Thursday that authorities must first consult with indigenous people before eradicating drug crops on native lands, Caracol Radio reported. Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras called the…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s World Drug Report 2011 showed a 6% decrease in global coca cultivation area directly related to reductions in Colombia, while Peruvian…
A Spanish woman was caught smuggling cocaine from Colombia to Barcelona hidden in walnuts and wine bottles. The smuggler was arrested carrying almost nine pounds of cocaine at Barcelona’s El…
An extradited leader of the defunct Norte del Valle cartel Hernando Gomez, alias “Rasguño,” has declared that the police worked with the cartel to kill Conservative Party Senator Alvaro Gomez…
Colombia’s National Police have captured 17 people allegedly belonging to a criminal network that complied with the orders of Antioquia-based narco-trafficking kingpin “Valenciano,” Radio Santa Fe reported Wednesday. Among the…
Three Colombian drug traffickers wanted in Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil were captured in different parts of Colombia Tuesday, reported El Espectador. According to a police report, 30 year old Julian…
The cultivation and sale of genetically modified marijuana is becoming more common in southwest Colombia, leading to an increase in prices, newspaper AFP reported. Locals reported that in the mountains…
The United States reported that potential cocaine production from 2009 to 2010 increased, while over the past ten years potential cocaine production has decreased by 57%. According to the report…
An alliance between “Los Urabeños” and alias “Valenciano” could be shifting the dynamics of the fierce gang war in the Antioquian capital of Medellin, threatening the dominance of alias “Sebastian,”…