President of Colombia Gustavo Petro advocated for global cocaine legalization, arguing it could dismantle cartels.

More than half a dozen drug cartels with roots in Latin America will be classified as "terrorist" organisations by the United ...

Aerial surveillance of the cartels has increased, with at least 18 spy plane missions flown over the Southwest and near ...

Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) The Medellín Cartel, one of the most iconic and ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Friday that the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel was the “head of the ELN” guerilla group whose recent turf war over trafficking routes has killed dozens ...

In a darkened military command center near the Peruvian border, eight Ecuadoran marines armed with rusting M4 rifles prepare ...

MEXICO CITY—President Trump wants to deploy a blunt new tool to fight Mexican cartels that flood the U.S. with drugs, by ...

As the world's largest producer of cocaine, Colombia has suffered under years of political unrest and violence at the hands of drug cartels — Petro argues that current global drug policy often sees ...

DEA agent Steve Murphy who helped bring down Colombian kingpin Pablo Escobar says conspiracy theories about the drug lord ...

For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.

Cocaine ‘is no worse than whiskey’ – these are the words of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro. He said during a live ...

The Kingpin Act, established in the 1990s, allows for international sanctions and the prosecution of Americans aiding cartels ...