Opposing them too openly can prove fatal: In 2023, the right-wing politician Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated by Ecuador’s largest domestic organized crime ring, Los Lobos, after calling for a ...

Calera police announced the arrest of two Colombian citizens on drug trafficking charges Monday. Calera Police Chief David Hyche says probable cause for a search was ...

Pausing assistance to crime-battered countries like Haiti, Colombia and Ecuador may worsen the very issues the Trump ...

Tren de Aragua is a notorious Venezuelan gang with footholds all over South America. Its nefarious activities allegedly range from drug smuggling and extortion to human trafficking and running prostit ...

Polls opened Sunday across Ecuador in a presidential election amid a rise in cartel turf wars and soaring murder rates. The ...

Colombia's president Gustavo Petro has argued there's only one way to achieve 'peace' when it comes to the drug trafficking ...

COLOMBIA'S president has sparked controversy by claiming cocaine is 'no worse than whiskey' and should be 'sold like wine'.

Cocaine ‘is no worse than whiskey’ – these are the words of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro. He said during a live ...

President Donald Trump's executive order freezing foreign aid has dealt a blow to Colombia's military and police, weakening its ability to counter armed groups and drug trafficking organizations, ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro caused a stir during a live broadcast of a government meeting, where he controversially ...

According to CBS News, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said cocaine is "no worse than whiskey" and is only illegal because ...