US authorities have registered more than $30 billion in imports from Colombia over the past decade that don’t appear in the South American country’s export statistics. The discrepancy in the…
The United Nations expressed support for talks between Colombia’s government and illegal armed groups involved in armed conflict and organized crime. The United Nations’ representative in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz, expressed…
A gang truce in Buenaventura returned peace to Colombia’s main port city on the Pacific Coast after three years of turf wars. Members of the “Spartans” and the Shotas” took…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has made it clear that his government will combat drug trafficking with or without the government of the United States. In his speech before the United…
The participation of organized crime groups in the “Total Peace” proposal of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro would severely disrupt global drug trafficking. Almost all illegal armed groups that are involved…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro on Saturday proposed a multilateral ceasefire with illegal armed groups that agree to negotiate their demobilization and disarmament. Petro announced the ceasefire proposal on a visit…
President Gustavo Petro has rejected his predecessor’s disastrous response to a security crisis in Colombia, but can’t immediately implement his own. Since the president took office earlier this month, hundred…
Gold has become the most important revenue stream of Colombia’s illegal armed groups, according to the organized crime agencies of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations…
Kidnapping used to be common for guerrillas and criminals to extort people. While the days that kidnapping were widespread are over, extortion is booming business. Criminals have been kidnapping victims…