The return of notorious drug lord Hector Restrepo Santamaria, aka “Perra loca” to Colombia after serving five years in a US prison has stoked fears of growing activity in Colombia’s…
Colombia’s government is protesting China’s execution of a retired journalist who was sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine into the Asian country. Chinese authorities said Tuesday that Ismael Arciniegas was…
Colombia’s government on Monday protested to China over the impending execution of a convicted drug trafficker in a last-minute diplomatic effort to stop the death penalty from being applied against…
The Colombian army has formally asked forgiveness for a 2006 massacre of 10 anti-narcotics police agents by an army unit working for local drug traffickers. Colonel Byron Carvajal and 14 other members of…
A US judge has sentenced the former top boss of Colombia drug cartel “Los Rastrojos” to only nine years in prison in spite of being responsible for dozens of killings,…
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has called ex-Colombia President Cesar Gaviria an “idiot”, after the latter wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times regarding the the war on drugs…
Colombia’s police arrested a suspected drug trafficker who is wanted by Sweden to stand trial on charges he trafficked drugs from South America to Europe. The 27-year-old Silviu Adrian Cazimir…
A former soccer player from Colombia’s national team is facing charges relating to drug trafficking, the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced. Diego Osorio, 46 who played with Colombia in the…
Defense ministers from Brazil and Colombia agreed to step up their fight against drug traffickers at a meeting on Tuesday in the Brazilian city of Manaus, where feuding drug gangs…