US counternarcotics in Colombia: a prehistory
The aerial spraying of marijuana in Mexico made Colombia the main supplier to the United States, whose potheads were corrupting the South American country, US lawmakers were told in 1979.…
The aerial spraying of marijuana in Mexico made Colombia the main supplier to the United States, whose potheads were corrupting the South American country, US lawmakers were told in 1979.…
A US Embassy official was actively involved in a DEA conspiracy to discredit Colombia’s war crimes tribunal last year, according to evidence revealed by Noticias Uno. In a letter, Special…
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reportedly bungled a conspiracy against Colombia’s war crimes tribunal in an attempt to cover up a botched conspiracy against demobilized guerrillas. A DEA agent and…
Colombia’s defense minister contradicted findings of a US drug policy commission that deemed the abandoned joint strategy “Plan Colombia” a “counternarcotics failure.” In an interview with El Tiempo, Defense Minister…
The report of a commission advising US Congress on counternarcotics efforts in the Americas was so superficial not even Colombia’s largest drug trafficking organization could have taken offense. In fact,…
Colombia’s former chief prosecutor has gone from being one of the most powerful and influential corporate lawyers to facing trial for treason in just four years. Nestor Humberto Martinez was…
Colombia’s former chief prosecutor can expect high treason charges for seeking to end the peace process in collusion with the DEA, according to the opposition. In a bombshell debate, opposition…
President Ivan Duque wants the US to maintain support for “what used to be Plan Colombia,” the counternarcotics strategy that subsidized at least three drug traffickers. In an attempt to…
Colombia’s former chief prosecutor is facing criminal charges for allegedly conspiring with the US Government in order to file bogus drug trafficking charges against a demobilized guerrilla leader. The reintegration…