Colombia to begin replacing crops to curb coca cultivation
The Colombian government will launch its crop substitution plan this year in the two provinces which produce the largest amount of coca, the plant used to create cocaine.
The Colombian government will launch its crop substitution plan this year in the two provinces which produce the largest amount of coca, the plant used to create cocaine.
A former guerrilla from the now defunct EPL was arrested following months of searching by the Colombian authorities.
Colombia’s police force and the Prosecutor General’s Office were responsible for seizing 39 “luxury” buildings belonging to drug lord “Megateo,” with a value of almost $6.7 million.
Colombia’s House of Representative is debating a bill that would allow for the demobilization of criminal groups on a massive scale.
Properties of Colombia’s late “Queen of Cocaine,” Griselda Blanco, are worth over $500 million dollars, according to the DEA.
Salvadorian authorities arrested three Colombian drug traffickers carrying 532 kilos of cocaine through Central American waters.
Colombian authorities seized a ton of cocaine at Colombia’s main international airport in the capital Bogota on Sunday.
Seven Colombian migration officials are facing jail time for a coordinated crime ring that allowed criminals wanted by national and international authorities to leave the country unchecked.
Colombia’s government announced on Thursday that it is going to combat drug traffickers and increase the eradication of coca cultivation in the northwestern border region of Catatumbo.