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US border feels impact of ramped-up cocaine production in Colombia
Cocaine again is making headlines 40 years after Pablo Escobar and his Medellin cartel flooded America with “blow.” ...
2 Colombian Navy cadets to face U.S. trial over alleged Navy recruitment to smuggle drugs
Two former Colombian Navy cadets have been extradited to the United States to stand trial for allegedly recruiting active ...
Daily Mail13d
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 ... She argued that legalisation was the only way to stop drug traffickers monopolising the plant - forcing rural communities to grow it for them, and razing ...
Purdue Exponent14d
Colombia urges UN to remove coca leaf from harmful substances list
Colombia, whose President Gustavo Petro is a vocal ... She argued that legalisation was the only way to stop drug traffickers ...
Salon14d
Indigenous groups demand coca leaves be legalized. Will the world listen?
The authorities still carry out inspections and rip out excess plants ... struggle to dominate the cocaine trade has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. However, Colombia’s progressive ...
New DEA El Paso head focuses on combating drug cartels, stopping fentanyl flow into US
Omar Arellano, the first El Pasoan to lead the DEA El Paso Division, is focusing on supporting Trump's border security and ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph6d
Colombia's 'Lord of the Fruit' fighting for native species
Bent over his cellphone on the terrace of his Bogota apartment, Colombia's "Lord of the Fruit" describes the flavors, ...
El Paso Times3d
New DEA El Paso head focuses on combating drug cartels, stopping fentanyl flow into US
"It's no longer plant-based drugs that we ... It goes all the way back to Colombia to Peru to Chile, where the command and control of these (drug cartels) organizations are operating on a day ...