Colombia

A street mural of Junior Roldan in Ecuador

News

Ecuador’s Choneros To Fragment Further After Ex-Leader’s Murder

by Chris Dalby and Henry Shuldiner 10 May 202313 Oct 2023

Gustavo Petro y Nicolás Maduro caminan en el Palacio de Miraflores

Colombia, Venezuela Security Partnership Puts Pressure on ELN

by Juan Diego Posada 2 May 202313 Oct 2023

Colombia's Ministry of Defense has put the protection of the environment at front and center.

News Environmental Crime

Colombia’s New Security Policy Faces Challenges on Environmental Aims

by Maria Fernanda Ramirez and Juan Diego Cárdenas 1 May 202313 Oct 2023

A photo of a coca farmer in Colombia weighing a bale of coca leaf.

Colombia’s Coca Market Crash Unlikely to Impact Cocaine Trade

by Sean Doherty 28 Apr 202313 Oct 2023

Paraguayan authorities posing for a picture with men arrested for arms trafficking in an international Interpol-led operation.

News Arms Trafficking

Across the Americas, Governments Aim to Rein in Flow of Guns

by Henry Shuldiner and Anastasia Austin 24 Apr 202313 Oct 2023

PCC graffitti on a wall in the tri-border area of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru

News

Brazil Gangs Behind Surging Violence on Colombia, Peru Tri-Border

by Juan Diego Cárdenas 4 Apr 202313 Oct 2023

The port city of Antwerp in Belgium came top for cocaine consumption in the wastewater report

News Cocaine Europe

South America’s Cocaine Supply Boom Shows Up in European Wastewater Analysis

by Douwe den Held 3 Apr 202313 Oct 2023

Bolsas con cargamentos de marihuana incautados por las fuerzas armadas de Venezuela

Venezuela Becomes Colombia’s ‘Creepy’ Marijuana Drug Corridor

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 30 Mar 202313 Oct 2023

Gustavo Petro camina con su esquema de seguridad mientras asiste a una reunión de seguridad

News

Colombia’s Peace Process Stumbles as Gaitanista Ceasefire Ends

by Javier Lizcano Villalba 24 Mar 202313 Oct 2023

Gustavo Petro y Nicolás Maduro caminan en el Palacio de Miraflores

Venezuela’s Maduro Is Key to Colombia’s ‘Total Peace’

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 9 Mar 202313 Oct 2023

Cocaine seizures in Latin America

InSight Crime’s Cocaine Seizure Round-Up 2022

by Sean Doherty and Douwe den Held 8 Mar 202313 Oct 2023

Honduran troops destroy coca crops before it can be used to make cocaine.

5 Takeaways From US State Department Narcotics Report

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson, Sean Doherty and Gavin Voss 7 Mar 202313 Oct 2023

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