The Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), the country’s largest paramilitary successor group said over the weekend they will not intervene in areas where FARC guerrillas plan to be demobilizing and…
In an ongoing attempt to curb the power of successor groups, authorities in central Colombia arrested “Nube Negra,” the alleged leader of AUC successor “Libertadores de Vichada.” Nube Negra, whose…
The Colombian authorities, backed by Interpol, have captured a suspected leader of a major international drug-trafficking group who is sought by Brazil, the police said Saturday. Jose Esteyman Poveda, also…
The potential cocaine production in Colombia shot up a staggering 46% between 2014 and 2015, meaning the country now has the resources to produce 646 metric tons (712 US tons)…
Colombia’s government and the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC, on Sunday kicked off a pilot project that seeks to curb the cultivation of coca by offering farmers alternative crops.…
Coca cultivation in Colombia, one of the world’s biggest cocaine producers, rose 39% last year as farmers ramped up production on hopes they would be paid to switch to legal…
Italian, Colombian and U.S. police have seized 11 metric tons of cocaine and arrested 33 people from a mafia-linked ring which refined the drug in the jungles of Colombia and…
The former primary hitman of slain drug lord Pablo Escobar, who was released from prison in 2014, said Thursday he plans to run for senator in the 2018 elections. “Popeye,”…
Snipers have reportedly killed at least eight members of Colombia’s security forces in the virtually lawless northeastern province of Norte de Santander so far this year. The province for decades has been…