The demobilization of neo-paramilitary groups in Colombia “risks going down as a failure,” said a report published Friday by the International Crisis Group (ICG), an NGO specializing in the prevention…
The Colombian police said they will pay a reward to two informants that helped secure the arrest of Diego Perez Henao, alias “Diego Rastrojo,” a top commander in Colombia’s largest…
Former U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) informant Baruch Vega said that an alliance of drug dealers and guerrillas threatened to kill his sister, journalist Olga Cecilia Vega, news agency Noticias…
Colombia’s Technical Investigation Team captured suspected drug trafficker Aristides Pacheco Benitez in western Colombia, newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday. Pacheco is believed to be linked to the criminal gang the…
Colombian judicial police have found gold bullion, gold dust, euros, dollars and Colombian pesos worth $2.4 million in an apartment in a gated community in Cali, Colombian media reported Tuesday.…
Spanish police dismantled a narco-trafficking ring allegedly linked to Colombia’s now-defunct Cali Cartel, seizing 330 pounds of high-purity cocaine, Spanish news agency EFE reported Wednesday. Twenty-two suspects were detained in…
Ten pilots allegedly working for the narco-trafficking organization ran by Daniel Barrera Barrera, alias “El Loco,” have been arrested across Colombia, reported the newspaper El Espectador Monday. “These ten captives…
Colombia’s National Police have captured 17 people allegedly belonging to a criminal network that complied with the orders of Antioquia-based narco-trafficking kingpin “Valenciano,” Radio Santa Fe reported Wednesday. Among the…
An alliance between “Los Urabeños” and alias “Valenciano” could be shifting the dynamics of the fierce gang war in the Antioquian capital of Medellin, threatening the dominance of alias “Sebastian,”…