US offers $5m reward for Colombian drug lord
The U.S. announced it will pay a $5 million reward for information on Colombian drug lord Maximiliano Orozco Bonilla alias “Valenciano,” one of the leaders of Medellin’s “Office of Envigado”…
The U.S. announced it will pay a $5 million reward for information on Colombian drug lord Maximiliano Orozco Bonilla alias “Valenciano,” one of the leaders of Medellin’s “Office of Envigado”…
A report by the European Law Enforcement Agency (Europol) found that the FARC consider Europe to be an “area of strategic interest” for its drug trafficking operations and procurement of…
Colombian police announce the arrest of fifteen people accused of exporting FARC-produced drugs to foreign markets, El Espectador reported Wednesday. According to authorities, the men, who were arrested in eastern Colombia,…
An Argentine appeals court on Tuesday ruled that it would not grant Colombian suspected cartel boss and former model Angie Sanclemente a prison waiver on her arrest, on the grounds…
The Colombian government confirmed Monday that it would not authorize the extradition to the U.S. of drug lord Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias “Don Mario,” backing the Colombian Supreme Court’s decision on the…
Six is the most-discussed number currently circulating in the latest news cycle. This is reportedly the percentage by which Green party candidate Antanas Mockus would beat the conservative favorite Juan…
Recent arrests of Colombian narco-traffickers hiding in foreign countries demonstrate the success of cross-border police collaboration in combating the drug trade, reports Semana. “The pressure within Colombia is very great…
A year-and-a-half joint investigation by Colombian and U.S. authorities culminated in the arrests of six men linked to the “Los Comba” gang on money laudering charges, reports El Pais. The director…
A article published Saturday in El Tiempo documents the intertwined networks that exist between Colombia’s various neo-paramilitary groups, drug cartels, left-wing guerrillas, and a Russian trafficking syndicate, all of whom have…