Colombia to increase border patrols
Colombia’s security agency DAS announced Thursday plans to install 28 new border patrol units around the country, intended to stop people traffickers using the country as a stop on the…
Colombia’s security agency DAS announced Thursday plans to install 28 new border patrol units around the country, intended to stop people traffickers using the country as a stop on the…
Colombian police arrested 15 alleged drug traffickers, believed to belong to the “Los Rastrojos” gang, in Buenavista in the north-western Cordoba department. A prosecutor from the Anti-Narcotics Unit ordered the…
Ecuadorian authorities on Tuesday arrested one of Colombia’s most wanted drug-trafficking kingpins, Ramon Quintero Sanclemente, for whom the U.S. has offered a $5 million reward, reported Colombian media. Quintero, who…
Colombian commander of the armed forces, General Freddy Padilla, will on Wednesday meet with military heads from Mexico and the U.S. to discuss working together to combat drug-trafficking and terrorism,…
The drug-trafficking gang “Los Rastrojos” is working to infiltrate national politics, according to an article published Tuesday by Colombian electoral analysis website Votebien. According to Votebien, Los Rastrojos, who many…
After a three year search, police in Cali arrested the leader of drug trafficking gang “Los Combas,” reports Caracol Radio. The head narco, Jorge Alberto Rengifo Lopez alias “Señor de la guerra” is wanted…
A hostel in Medellin, Colombia, where 32-year-old Irish backpacker David Thorne allegedly suffered a fatal drug overdose on Easter Sunday, told Colombia Reports it denies allegations that the hostel was…
Officials from Colombia and Peru will meet Friday to discuss developing a system of information sharing, as part of a plan for international cooperation in the fight against terrorism and…
Following a six month long investigation, Colombian police announced Thursday that they have arrested eighteen suspected members of the Medellin-based criminal group the “Office of Envigado,” reports El Colombiano. According…