BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced a ... violence and weaken rebel groups that profit from the cocaine trade. The region has approximately 55,000 hectares of coca ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has repeatedly claimed Mexican cartels are behind violence in the country's conflict zone, ...

Carolos Lehder, who served over 30 years in a U.S. prison, once owned a luxurious hotel, which had caged lions and a large ...

Colombian authorities have released former Medellin Cartel boss Carlos Lehder after a judge ruled that a drug trafficking ...

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 ...

Cocaine production in South America is surging, and much of that is being found and seized at the U.S.-Mexico border.

March 3 (UPI) --Colombia President Gustavo Petro is calling on ... nations to legalize coca leaves "for purposes other than cocaine," following the recent arrest of Namoussir Mounir, a Belgian ...

They are more powerful than Pablo Escobar […].” Petro is now the president of Colombia. The DEA says cocaine is part of the Mexican cartels’ portfolio. However, synthetic opioids like ...

Two former Colombian Navy cadets have been extradited to the United States to stand trial for allegedly recruiting active ...

Carlos Lehder, former drug trafficker and one of the founding leaders of the Medellin Cartel, was arrested on Friday by Colombian authorities upon his arrival from Germany on a warrant in the Latin ...