The demobilization of an ELN faction is a symbolic rather than substantive step forward for Colombia’s Total Peace policy.

Ecuadorans go to the polls on Sunday under the shadow of surging drug violence and a troubling explosion in the number of local gangs and mafias.

Ecuador has become a key route for global cocaine trafficking controlled by the Albanian mafia, leading to rising violence, ...

Days after the death of a top Gulf Clan commander, the military said it had killed eight more of the cartel's members and ...

Gangs use three main methods to smuggle cocaine into shipments: hiding drugs in cargo before it reaches the port, breaking ...

Agents with the Department of Homeland Security stopped a yacht involved in a smuggling operation over the ...

Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla member, was elected as Colombia’s first avowedly leftist president, promising to fight ...

A Colombian drug kingpin who went by kid-friendly names like "Shrek," "Happy," and "Teletubis" is facing life sentence after ...

TAMPA, Fla. - Cristian Javier Vente Ocoro, 39, of Colombia, also known as "Shrek," "Happy," and "Teletubis," has pleaded ...

Carlos Lehder, one of the founding leaders of the Medellín Cartel and a key figure in the history of cocaine trafficking, was ...

state-issued IDs are worthless and cocaine production is not just tolerated, but encouraged. Welcome to Micay Canyon, a lush mountain-fringed valley in southwest Colombia where the self-styled ...

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