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

A flood of cocaine from Colombia and Peru through Ecuadoran ports has created a plethora of mafias with striking names and ...

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

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 ...

Colombian national Cristian Javier Vente Ocoro pleads guilty to charges of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the U.S., ...

Colombia's defense ministry says a rebel group called the Commoners of the South has begun handing its weapons over to the ...

Colombia said it’s acting “decisively” against transnational organized crime after a senior US official described the country ...

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Colombia’s fragile peace process, in which the government has sought to bring the country’s multiple armed groups to the ...

The arrests of seven mayors in Venezuela show how President Maduro has weaponized the supposed fight against crime for his ...