Colombia has announced a $1.1 million reward for information leading to the capture of former guerrilla leader and alleged drug trafficker Victor Ramon Navarro, alias "Megateo."…
Venezuela authorities seized 330 kilos of cocaine and arrested two people, one a Colombian national, in two separate operations in Tachira, close to the border with Colombia.
Colombian authorities discovered 12 tons of cocaine in a container headed for Mexico, most likely a shipment from Colombias Rastrojos to a Mexican cartel, while police simultaneously seized $2.8 million…
The Colombian province of Cauca is one of the most strategic in the country and the site of the most sustained combat between Marxist guerrillas and the army. The authorities…
Colombia's biggest guerrilla group the FARC is holding 200 individuals prisoner in the Pacific coast province of Choco, according to reports which have been denied by the armed forces.
Colombian authorities reported that $2.8 million in cash was confiscated from a Mexican citizen, thought to be connected to the Sinaloa Cartel, as he arrived at El Dorado airport in…
Nine bodies were found in three mass grave in northern Colombia, which police said could be linked to the conflict between two rival factions of Medellin criminal gang the Oficina…
Colombia's police have announced a wave of arrests of suspected members of drug gangs, known as BACRIMs, across the country.
Colombia's police captured 25 members of gang 'La Camila,' an armed group that is accused of murders, narco-trafficking, extortion and forced displacement in the north-east of Medellin.
Two Colombian local politicians, both members of the Liberal Party, were murdered Saturday in a town close to the border with Ecuador.
Drug trafficking has made only a minor contribution to Colombia's economy, according to one Bogota academic, who says the illegal trade has never constituted more than four percent…
Colombia signed a security pact with Peru and also asked Venezela to better monitor the shared border region, in a joint effort to better combat drug trafficking. …
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