Colombia’s defense minister said Wednesday that the Navy seized 7.5 metric tons of cocaine in a joint operation with American naval forces. The illicit drugs were found in international waters…
The Medellin Police Department and Colombia’s 4th Army Brigade played a key role in the Medellin Cartel and the formation of what is now known as the Oficina de Envigado.…
Colombia’s potential cocaine production reached a new high in 2019 despite a drop in registered hectares of coca, the base ingredient of the illicit drug, according to the United Nations.…
US authorities deported Carlos Lehder, one of the co-founders of the Medellin Cartel, to Germany where he arrived on Tuesday. The 70-year-old Lehder, who has both a Colombian and a…
Newspaper El Tiempo on Monday highlighted how “painful” it was for Colombia’s vice-president to conceal the fact she bailed out her brother after his 1997 arrest in Miami for drug…
Colombia’s Congress hadn’t even begun investigating evidence of President Ivan Duque’s ties to drug traffickers when local media revealed the brother of his vice-president is a convicted narco. News website…
Drug cartels from Mexico purposely frustrated Colombia’s peace process to prevent the disruption of cocaine exports, according to a recent study. The study by think tank Peace and Reconciliation (Pares)…
The United States embassy said Wednesday that American soldiers will assist Colombia’s security forces in counter-narcotics operations in war-torn areas prioritized in the peace process. The so-called Security Force Assistance…
The Colombian government thought it could outsmart farmers by taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to resume the aerial spraying of coca. Turns out farmers aren’t stupid. In the latest…