Colombia seeks demobilization of Caribbean mafia
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro ordered his peace commissioner to seek talks with “Los Pachenca,” one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the Caribbean region. Los Pachenca, who are…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro ordered his peace commissioner to seek talks with “Los Pachenca,” one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the Caribbean region. Los Pachenca, who are…
President Gustavo Petro authorized a “socio-judicial conversation” with the EGC, Colombia’s largest paramilitary organization. According to a presidential decree, this conversation seeks to convince the EGC’s top commanders of the…
Extradited Medellin crime lord Diego Fernando Murillo, a.k.a. “Don Berna,” asked President Gustavo Petro to allow him to take part in peacebuilding efforts in Colombia. In a letter to the…
Violence in Colombia’s port cities on the Caribbean coast is soaring despite efforts by President Gustavo Petro to implement his “Total Peace” policy. Local authorities in Cartagena, Barranquilla and Santa…
The National Police identified 175 alleged drug lords who control much of Colombia’s cocaine exports, according to an intelligence report given to W Radio. The report is the result of…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro told the United Nations’ Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UNCND) on Thursday he sought to radically change regional drug policies with out without UN support. In a…
Prosecutors arrested the former coordinator of its Technical Investigations Unit (CTI) in the port city Buenaventura, according to local media. Buenaventura’s former CTI coordinator Francisco Javier Martinez, a.k.a. “Pacho Malo,”…
Regional guerilla units of the ELN and Segunda Marquetalia (SM) said they will unite forces in southwest Colombia. In a video message sent to a regional television channel, an ELN…
Colombia’s government revoked a decree that allowed police to fine consumers of illicit drugs and decommission legally permitted amounts of narcotics. The decree that was issued by former President Ivan…