Extraditing criminals to the U.S. remains a sore spot in Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia – Last month, infamous drug lord Carlos Lehder was arrested upon arrival at Bogotá’s El Dorado Airport for historic drug and arms trafficking...
Category : drug trafficking
Carlos Lehder, co-founder of Medellín Cartel, freed days after arrest in Colombia
Infamous drug lord Carlos Lehder was freed Monday after being arrested in Colombia on charges of arms and narcotics trafficking last Friday, March 28. The...
Petro said Mexican cartels control Colombia’s armed groups; experts say otherwise
As Colombia experiences new waves of armed conflict, President Gustavo Petro has increasingly pointed the finger at an unlikely actor: Mexican cartels. In multiple statements...
Colombian drug kingpin to return to Colombia from US after 25 years in prison
The infamous Colombian drug lord Fabio Ochoa Vázques was released from a US prison last Tuesday, December 3. The former senior figure in the notorious...
Indigenous leaders are being murdered in Peru’s Amazon
Lima, Peru — On the night of April 8, Santiago Contoricón, an Indigenous leader from Peru’s Amazon, went to the window of his home in...
