Police destroy 18 cocaine laboratories throughout Colombia
In a blow to rebel group FARC and the neo-paramilitary organization “Los Urabeños”, Colombian police destroyed 18 cocaine laboratories and seized one ton of unprocessed cocaine on Sunday.
In a blow to rebel group FARC and the neo-paramilitary organization “Los Urabeños”, Colombian police destroyed 18 cocaine laboratories and seized one ton of unprocessed cocaine on Sunday.
A bill that was proposed by Colombia’s liberals to decriminalize the cultivation of illicit crops was denied on Wednesday. According to La FM Radio, the bill was rejected by the…
255 “manual coca eradicators” have been killed by mines while performing their duties, reported the government on Tuesday. The official number of deaths while performing duties of destroying coca crops…
The cultivation of coca in Peru has gone up in 2011, but slightly less than in Colombia which remains the world’s largest producer of coca, the United Nations says. According…
A police helicopter pilot has been injured when alleged FARC rebels opened fire at the helicopter giving air support to counter-narcotics operations in central Colombia, local media reported Sunday. According…
A bill seeking to decriminalize the cultivation of illegal crops in Colombia was debated again by Colombia’s Congress on Tuesday. If passed, the bill authored by Liberal Party representative Hugo…
Chinese herbicide worth over $6.5 million has caused friction between Colombian anti-narcotics police and U.S. embassy to Bogota, reported newspaper El Espectador Monday The glyphosate used for the eradication of…
Cultivation of coca crops in indigenous reserves in southwest Colombia is increasing, said head of anti-narcotics police department, general Luis Alberto Pérez Alvarán on Monday. According to Perez, drug-traffickers are…
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC control 93% of coca and marijuana crops in the southwestern Cauca department, the National Police told Congress Friday. According to newspaper El Tiempo, Police director…