Colombian navy finds drug submarine
The Colombian navy said Monday it has found a semi-submergible submarine used to transport cocaine in a remote riverbed in the southwest of the country. The 20 meter long, diesel-driven…
The Colombian navy said Monday it has found a semi-submergible submarine used to transport cocaine in a remote riverbed in the southwest of the country. The 20 meter long, diesel-driven…
Coca cultivation rose in Colombia in 2011after seven years of stagnation, said an as of yet unpublished report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, reported Colombian newspaper…
U.S. prosecutors are set to indict three more Colombian police officials for drug trafficking, newspaper El Tiempo reported Sunday. According to the newspaper, the recent charges against retired police general…
The Colombian army said Thursday that several “terrorist actions” allegedly committed by the FARC and others have been “neutralized” in southern Colombia, newspaper El Espectador reported. According to the army,…
Police have seized a shipment of marijuana valued at $225,000 in central Colombia, Radio Caracol reported Wednesday. The drugs were apparently concealed in a load of pumpkins on a service…
Police said Tuesday they have seized a large number of weapons, in collaboration with the DEA, after heavy clashes between elite forces and alleged members of the drug gang “Los…
The suspected leader of the drug gang “La Cordillera,” was killed along with two others Monday on a highway near the city of Medellin. Police identified Oscar de Jesus Perez…
Retired General Mauricio Santoyo, who served as former President Alvaro Uribe‘s security chief, responded to drug trafficking charges filed by U.S. authorities Monday. A Virginia court charged Santoyo with drug trafficking after…
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe asked Mauricio Santoyo, his retired chief of security, to explain drug trafficking charges of drug trafficking made against him in the United States, local media…