Now, police are trying to find and destroy the illegal labs in an effort to curb the ... is one of the main ingredients for processing cocaine in Colombia. But as fuel prices increase, some ...

Still, a couple of months ago, soldiers walked into this coca lab and sheepishly ... understand why Colombia is the way it is: violent, charismatic, corrupt, happy, swimming in cocaine, a tragic ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that “cocaine is no worse than whiskey” as he suggested the global cocaine ...

The short but intense crisis between the U.S. and Colombia was overcome. But there is ample opportunity for tensions to flare again in the near future. The post Last Week's U.S.-Colombia Crisis Won't ...

CÚCUTA, Colombia — Colombia’s historic peace deal was hailed as an end to the longest-running civil conflict in the hemisphere. It hinged, in part, on a promise: Thousands of guerrilla ...

The dissident factions were responsible for protecting coca crops and cocaine processing labs, while the Constru handled international ... According to data from Colombian’s Attorney General’s Office, ...

Colombia's national potential cocaine output and the amount of cocaine produced per hectare are growing, thanks to highly-productive coca strains, even as crop area shrinks. (% change) Net coca ...

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 ...

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 ...

FARC rebels have been heavily involved in Colombia's drug trade, "taxing" the production of farmers and controlling vast swaths of the country's drug-producing regions. Source: The Washington Post ...