Santos announces operation to dismantle micro-trafficking in Colombia
Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, has announced an operation to dismantle micro-trafficking sites across the country, national media reported on Friday.
Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, has announced an operation to dismantle micro-trafficking sites across the country, national media reported on Friday.
Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon on Thursday confirmed 335 arrests were made in 72 hours as part of the police intervention in Medellin. According to the Ministry of Defense, since…
A shootout between two criminal gangs left three people dead Sunday in an area known as Ciudadela de Occidente in the northwest Colombian city of Medellin, according to a report…
Bogota metropolitan police have identified and dismantled 203 small criminal gangs operating in the capital city this year, newspaper El Tiempo reported Monday. The criminal bands that have been found…
Most drugs and arms in Bogota enter through Colombia’s biggest agricultural wholesale distributor, according to a study by an NGO. Corabastos, one of the most important agricultural wholesalers in Latin…
Colombia’s national police seized 2.3 tons of drugs in a three-day operation to combat micro-trafficking, reports Caracol. Between Monday and Wednesday of this week, police seized heroin, cocaine, coca leaves,…
Colombian police chief General Oscar Naranjo said Friday that success in preventing the export of narcotics has caused producers to focus on the domestic market, arguing that Colombia “has completed…