Agence France-Presse on MSN7h
Cocaine Canyon: Inside Colombia's guerrilla-run micro-state
Drug-running guerrillas have repelled military efforts to retake a slice of southwest Colombia -- a virtual microstate where the rifle rules. Welcome to Micay Canyon, a lush mountain-fringed valley in ...
Anadolu Agency9h
Colombia's president says FARC dissident guerrillas are ‘private army’ of Mexican cartels
FARC dissidents, Mexican cartels and local groups fueling escalating conflict in Micay Canyon - Anadolu Ajansı ...
Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants to reduce coca planting in a northeastern region rattled by rebel attacks by paying ...
Daily Mail2d
Colombia calls for UN to pull cocaine's main ingredient from its 'harmful substances list' after president said the drug 'is no worse than whiskey'
Colombia has urged the UN to remove cocaine's main ingredient from its list of harmful substances, after its president said the drug is 'no worse than whiskey.' The country is the world's biggest ...
Hundreds of ‘Cocaine Hippos’ Are Terrorizing Colombia. This Biologist Has Agreed to Help Track Them Down
TV host and wildlife biologist Forrest Galante is helping the Colombian government capture and sterilize the country's ...
Colombia's new defense minister vows to reclaim territory lost to rebel groups
Colombia's newly appointed defense minister says he will focus on taking back territory lost to rebel groups that have forced ...
Business Day10dOpinion
WATO’s controversial position on Colombia’s FARC and the cocaine trade: A case study in narcoterrorism
The World Anti-Terrorism Organization (WATO TRUST), under the leadership of Dr. Yogita Karache and its Director of ...
FOX 13 Tampa Bay on MSN6d
$141M of cocaine seized by U.S. Coast Guard offloaded in South Florida, 17 suspects face charges
The U.S. Coast Guard says more than a dozen people face federal charges after crews seized more than $141 million worth of ...
Woman accused of testing cocaine quality faces charges in U.S.
Irma Elvira Cruz, a 60-year-old woman known as "Madre," has been extradited from Mexico to face federal charges, according to ...
Newsday9d
Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
The region has approximately 55,000 hectares of coca crops and is one of Colombia's main producers of cocaine. Petro said farmers in Catatumbo will eradicate their coca plantings voluntarily and ...