Trump has begun another trade war. Here’s a timeline of how we got here
Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a global trade war — all while ...
Colombian trafficker who was working to smuggle a ton of cocaine into U.S. sentenced to 24 years
A drug trafficker was sentenced to 24 years in prison Tuesday along with two others for a conspiracy to bring in more than a ...
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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.” ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Cocaine Canyon: Inside Colombia's guerrilla-run micro-state
Drug-running guerrillas have repelled military efforts to retake a slice of southwest Colombia -- a virtual microstate where ...
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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 - ...
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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 ... 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 ...
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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 ...
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Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
The region has approximately 55,000 hectares of coca crops and is one of Colombia’s main producers of cocaine. Petro said farmers in Catatumbo will eradicate their coca plantings voluntarily and ...