Colombia’s Caribbean port city Cartagena has seen a surge in assassinations this year as paramilitary organization AGC is struggling to maintain control over local gangs. More than 75 people have…
A court slammed Colombia’s prosecution and US prison authorities for frustrating investigations into war crimes of former paramilitary bosses who were extradited on drug trafficking charges. Medellin’s Superior Tribunal criticized…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro proposed the government of US President Joe Biden to radically reform policies on the extradition of alleged drug traffickers. The Petro administration proposed to Rahul Gupta,…
Colombia’s police suspended forcibly eradicating coca, the base ingredient of cocaine. The historic decision was announced by the director of the National Police, director General Henry Sanabria. Authorities ended the…
President Gustavo Petro has rejected his predecessor’s disastrous response to a security crisis in Colombia, but can’t immediately implement his own. Since the president took office earlier this month, hundred…
Colombia’s incoming government wants to decriminalize illicit drugs despite the government of the United States, which insists on a disastrous prohibition policy. The effort to end the prohibition of illicit…
The president of Colombia’s Truth Commission called on the global community to regulate the drug trade and “not to give us anything for war” in a speech before the United…
President Ivan Duque’s drug policy of the past four years has been a failure that frustrated Colombia’s peace process, according to a study. Think tank Elementa DDHH came to these…
A prison guard who was arrested over the alleged jail break of “Matamba” claims that the drug lord “disappeared” to prevent him from confirming military involvement in drug trafficking. According…