2 Colombian ‘crime lords’ captured
Colombian authorities have arrested two alleged drug lords, one of them known as “The Terror of La Guajira,” a former paramilitary associated with “Los Urabeños,” Caracol Radio reported. Rodrigo Antonio…
Colombian authorities have arrested two alleged drug lords, one of them known as “The Terror of La Guajira,” a former paramilitary associated with “Los Urabeños,” Caracol Radio reported. Rodrigo Antonio…
Twenty-two drug traffickers, including 11 Colombians, are captured and over $480 million seized in an international anti-narcotics operation spanning four countries, El Pais reported Thursday. In a collaborative operation named…
Colombia’s Anti-Narcotics Police have discovered and dismantled 26 cocaine laboratories in the southcentral Colombian department of Guaviare, El Espectador reported Sunday. The laboratories were all between small and medium capacity,…
Most drugs and arms in Bogota enter through Colombia’s biggest agricultural wholesale distributor, according to a study by an NGO. Corabastos, one of the most important agricultural wholesalers in Latin…
The alleged Venezuelan drug lord Walid Makled, extradited home on Monday, is officially charged with the crimes of contract killings, drug trafficking and money laundering, AFP reported. The 42-year-old will…
Colombian ministry officials supported the creation of an international fund to combat narco-trafficking with seized drug money, but demanded “proportionality” in its financing, in meetings at the G8 summit currently…
Colombian authorities have seized assets valued at approximately $2.8 million, belonging to various extradited narco-traffickers, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. The seized property consists of nine buildings, four shops and 65…
The extradition of alleged drug lord Walid Makled has been completed Monday morning, with the Venezuelan being returned to his home country after nine months of detention in Colombia, reported…
An alleged ringleader of the neo-paramilitary organization “Los Urabeños” has voluntarily turned himself in to authorities in Medellin, Antioquia department, Caracol Radio reported. Felix Alberto Villa Valderrama, alias “Carepollo” or…