Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants to reduce coca planting in a northeastern region rattled by rebel attacks by paying ...
Narco-submarine crew arrested in plot to ferry thousands of kilos of coke on the high seas
A federal grand jury indicted six Colombian nationals for operating a narco-submarine fleet to bring 5,000 kilograms of cocaine to the U.S.
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Colombia's president says FARC dissident guerrillas are ‘private army’ of Mexican cartels
FARC dissidents, Mexican cartels and local groups fueling escalating conflict in Micay Canyon - Anadolu Ajansı ...
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Colombia urges UN to remove coca leaf from harmful substances list
Colombia, whose President Gustavo Petro is a vocal critic of the US-led war on drugs, on Monday urged the UN to remove coca - ...
Colombia's leftist ELN guerilla group warns of 'total war', vows to resist govt's counteroffensive
Authorities accuse the ELN of collaborating with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, though the group denies direct involvement in drug ...
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Colombia calls for UN to pull cocaine's main ingredient from its 'harmful substances list' after president said the drug 'is no worse than whiskey'
Colombia has urged the UN to remove ... country set a new record last year for coca leaf cultivation and cocaine production, which rose 53 percent from 1,738 tonnes (1,915 US tons) to 2,600 ...
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Colombian president asks congress to legalize marijuana
I ask Colombian Congress to legalize marijuana,' says Gustavo Petro, adding that 'prohibition of marijuana in Colombia only ...
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Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
Cocaine production in Colombia has been rising since 2013, according to the U.N. Office on Drug and Crime. It reported in October that cultivation of coca bushes increased by 10% in Colombia in ...