President Gustavo Petro is locked in a war of words with President Trump over Colombia’s major role in the global drug trade.

US President Donald Trump has “decertified” Colombia as a partner in its effort to combat the drug trade, relegating the longtime US ally to the same category as Venezuela, Bolivia, Afghanistan and ...

In late May, British Security Minister Dan Jarvis visited Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city and economic capital, whose port is used to export much of the country’s booming cocaine trade. There, ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — The drug lord had already escaped the law in three countries, and he planned to do it again. In less ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced a plan Monday to reduce coca planting in a northeastern region rattled by rebel attacks by paying farmers while they switch to legal ...

A United Nations report found a rise in users, confiscation and deaths as cocaine trafficking expands into Africa and Asia, and violence spreads into Europe. By Genevieve Glatsky Genevieve Glatsky ...

Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against high-ranking Bahamian law enforcement officials accused of enabling the flow of cocaine into the United States for years in exchange for bribes.

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The distribution of cocaine has surged globally in recent years, astonishing law enforcement officials, as smugglers become more adept at spreading the drug worldwide. In addition to a historic peak ...

When soldiers and anti-drug officials dug up 4.4 tons of cocaine at an illegal airstrip in northwest Guyana on August 31, 2024, they uncovered more than just drugs. They found evidence that Guyana’s ...

HUANTA, Peru (AP) — The lung-searing ascents into the Andean highlands aren’t what worry the untold hundreds of young men who hump backpacks loaded with drugs out of the remote, lawless valley that ...

Pereira-Phillips murders highlight Amazon violence Police see nexus between drugs, environmental crimes Illegal fishing, logging seen linked to money laundering Indigenous leaders blame weaker ...