Colombia

Colombian Authorities Deported Peruvian Drug Lord Arrested in Medellin

Gerson Galvez, the most wanted drug lord in Peru, was arrested in a restaurant in Colombia last Satu...

May 04, 2016 01:54 AM EDT

Colombia's high court rules in favor of same-sex unions in landmark decision

Colombia's Constitutional Court has ruled that gay couples have the right to civil marriage despite ...

Apr 08, 2016 05:12 AM EDT

Colombian Model arrested for kidnapping, torturing a rival after online war

Police arrested a Colombian model for kidnapping and torturing one of her colleagues after a bitter ...

Feb 15, 2016 06:35 PM EST

U.S. to charge Venezuela's National Guard chief with drug trafficking

U.S. prosecutors are preparing to unveil drug trafficking charges against the head of Venezuela's Na...

Dec 15, 2015 10:15 PM EST

Shaken by deportations, Colombians in Venezuela fret for future

Shaken by the deportation of over a thousand compatriots, Venezuela's roughly 5 million Colombians a...

Aug 26, 2015 09:01 PM EDT

Shortages push some Venezuelans to queue overnight for food

As dawn breaks over the scorching Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, smugglers, young mothers and a handf...

Aug 14, 2015 01:43 AM EDT

U.S. authorities seize $180 million Colombian cocaine shipment

U.S. authorities confiscated a $180 million shipment of cocaine from Colombian drug traffickers aboa...

Mar 22, 2015 05:19 AM EDT

Honduras seizes cocaine paste hidden in wooden sticks

Security forces in Honduras have seized 2,852 wooden sticks stuffed with cocaine paste in the Caribb...

Dec 26, 2014 06:39 AM EST

U.S. corporations winning fight over human rights lawsuits

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2013 that made it all but impossible to sue foreign compan...

Dec 13, 2014 09:42 AM EST

Colombia rebel chief says peace talks suspension destroyed confidence

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos "destroyed" confidence in the peace process by suspending tal...

Nov 25, 2014 01:33 AM EST

Secret Service director faces grilling over security breaches

The head of the U.S. Secret Service is expected to face blistering questions from lawmakers on Tuesd...

Sep 29, 2014 08:09 PM EDT

Colombia arrests suspected drug trafficker for major Mexico cartel

Colombian authorities have arrested a Costa Rican man accused of trafficking shipments of cocaine to...

Aug 31, 2014 10:19 AM EDT

Colombians Indicted: Virginian Grand Jury Charges 6 South American Nationals For Kidnapping and Murder

A Virginia grand jury indicted six Colombians for the kidnapping and murder of a Drug Enforcement ag...

Jul 19, 2013 04:47 PM EDT

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