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

In a first-of-its-kind, six-hour live broadcast ministerial meeting in the South American country, Colombian President ...

A Colombian customs worker admitted his role Tuesday in taking bribes and funneling more than $1 million in drug proceeds in a ... as Colombia's "Contraband King" for allegedly laundering money ...

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 ...

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 armed groups are fighting over control of strategic drug routes that have been fueling a boom in cocaine production from Colombia in recent years. It’s not clear what upset the delicate truce ...

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 ...

Notorious gangster Dritan Rexhepi - dubbed the "King of Cocaine" - had ... cartels as he created a huge cocaine trafficking network that connected Colombia with the ports of Ecuador and the ...

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 ...

Cocaine "is no worse than whisky" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro during a live broadcast of a government meeting.

chief negotiator for the Colombian government, as a part of the peace talks between both parties in Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File) ...