Colombia’s pilot crop substitution program to begin on July 10
Colombia’s military, FARC guerrillas and coca farmers on July 10 will begin a pilot program that seeks the destruction of coca plants, used to make cocaine, and replace them with…
Colombia’s military, FARC guerrillas and coca farmers on July 10 will begin a pilot program that seeks the destruction of coca plants, used to make cocaine, and replace them with…
Drug tourism is a common phenomenon for anyone in the Netherlands and Colombia. Drugs are easily available in both countries. The difference is that in Colombia the tourists are yet to come. A Dutchman…
Colombia’s government and FARC rebels on Friday agreed to a pilot project that seeks farmers’ voluntary substitution of coca crops, used for the production of cocaine, for legal crops. A crop…
Colombia guerrilla group FARC made at least $22.4 million with drug trafficking since 1995, according to the country’s chief prosecutor. The Prosecutor General’s Office has been putting together massive criminal…
US President Barack Obama signed into law an expansion of counter-narcotics prosecutors’ power that has alarmed Colombians who fear small coca growers could be extradited.
Colombia’s authorities said Sunday they had seized eight metric tons of cocaine, claiming it was the biggest cocaine bust in the history of the country.
Colombian authorities confirmed a return to using the possibly carcinogenic chemical glyphosate for spraying coca crops after initially banning it over public health concerns.
Colombian authorities have arrested a prominent Panama businessman they’re calling the world’s most-wanted money launderer and froze assets belonging to dozens of companies linked to him that were allegedly used…
Colombia arrested eight prosecution officials who had allegedly been stealing and selling huge amounts of seized drugs, the National Police said Wednesday.