Bolivian police suspect that former members of the Norte Del Valle Cartel have infiltrated their borders, following the dismantling of the Colombian organization in 2010.
In a display of drug cartels increasing technological sophistication, Colombian officials have captured the first submarine capable of smuggling cocaine underwater to Mexico. Drug seizures along Colombias Pacific Coast in…
The U.K. release of My Kidnapper, a documentary film about a British former hostage's meeting with his captors, ex-members of Colombian rebel group ELN, draws attention to the declining role…
While Colombian rebel groups and the new generation of drug cartels have been moving ever closer in the interests of the drug trade, the FARC and the Rastrojos have engaged…
Colombia and Panama signed an agreement to cooperate in fighting crime along their shared border region, which is a key location for groups trafficking drugs, people, and arms.
Members of one of the most militarized drug-trafficking groups in Colombia are now being recruited by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC), reports…
In a signal of the growing power of Colombia's drug-trafficking criminal bands, or BACRIMs, the Miami Attorney General's Office has created a new prosecution unit dedicated to investigating groups…
The drug-trafficking bands competing for territory near the Colombia's Caribbean coast may be willing to negotiate their surrender to authorities, according to the bishop of Monteria, whose diocese, the…
In the most serious attack yet this year by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC), at least 29 soldiers were injured by…
In an unprecedented display of non-partisanship, President Hugo Chavezs government is teaming up with opposition political officials in the Venezuelan border state of Zulia in order to fight organized crime…
A video shows Colombian guerrillas testing a homemade bazooka, using 80mm mortar rounds, providing visual evidence of the rebels' capacity to produce cheap and deadly weapons, which could be used…
A high-ranking police commander in Colombia was arrested Thursday with over 100 kilos of cocaine hidden in his car. Police corruption has a long and troubled history in Colombia, but…
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