Colombia’s security forces killed drug lord “Megateo” in an offensive in the northeast of the country. The killing is the second major blow to Colombian drug trafficking operations this week.
Colombia’s police force and the Prosecutor General’s Office were responsible for seizing 39 “luxury” buildings belonging to drug lord “Megateo,” with a value of almost $6.7 million.
Military operations against Colombia’s most wanted drug lords, “Otoniel” and “Megateo,” have displaced more than a 1,000 people this week.
Authorities on Monday claimed that “Megateo,” one of Colombia’s most feared drug lords, had been shot by a sniper. Nevertheless, police and soldiers looking for the former guerrilla have no…
Investigators of Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office and military intelligence have identified almost 50 public officials that allegedly form a vast network of one of the most wanted drug trafficker in…
Colombia’s Supreme Court confirmed the sentence of one of the country’s most prominent former paramilitary leaders on Tuesday, according to national media reports.
Colombia’s police announced Tuesday the capture of a former paramilitary who is believed to have killed defunct paramilitary group AUC’s founder and leader, Carlos Castaño.
“Megateo,” the leader of a dissident faction of the officially demobilized EPL and heavily involved in drug trafficking in the northeast of Colombia, said he is interested in joining peace…