Colombian drug trafficker Tito Aldemar Ruano Yandun, known as "Don T," was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a U.S. federal court in Brooklyn on Thursday for leading an international cocaine ...

But it left a vacuum increasingly filled by armed gangs that have shaken Colombia with a violent, cocaine-fueled conflict raging across several provinces of the country where the government has ...

The death toll from attacks by a rebel group in Colombia's Catatumbo region has risen to 60, the country's human rights office has said. Rival factions have been vying for control of the cocaine ...

Colombia's cocaine production reached a record high in 2023, despite government efforts to combat the illicit industry. The booming cocaine trade is driving insecurity, corruption, and violence ...

A Colombian customs worker admitted his role Tuesday in taking bribes and funneling more than $1 million in drug proceeds in a case that threatened to expose dirty dealings between U.S. Drug ...

More than 32,000 people have fled to towns in northeast Colombia as they attempt to escape a sharp rise in fighting between militant factions, according to the country’s ombudsman. Iris Marín ...

TAMPA, Fla. – The cocaine was hidden in boxes of fruit. It traveled in commercial planes from Colombia and into the United States after a stop in Central America. That is how federal agents ...

The mountainous region, on Colombia's north-eastern border with Venezuela, is a hotspot for cocaine production and trafficking. President Petro, who was a member of a left-wing rebel group in his ...

With almost 44,000 hectares of coca crops — much of it concentrated in the municipality of Tibú — the region is an important cocaine trafficking route into neighboring Venezuela, a long-time sanctuary ...

A Colombian drug lord was denied entry into Argentina, where he was seeking to avoid deportation. Ignacio Alvarez Meyendorff, 62, arrived at the Ezeiza airport on Avianca's Flight 87 on Dec. 23 ...

DETROIT – Two alleged Colombian drug traffickers have been extradited to Detroit to face charges handed down by a federal grand jury, acting U.S. Attorney Terrence Berg announced Thursday. Carlos ...