Carlos Lehder, Medellín Cartel boss and Pablo Escobar's partner, freed in Colombia 3 days after arrest
Carolos Lehder, who served over 30 years in a U.S. prison, once owned a luxurious hotel, which had caged lions and a large ...
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US border feels impact of ramped-up cocaine production in Colombia
They are more powerful than Pablo Escobar […].” Petro is now the president of Colombia. The DEA says cocaine is part of the Mexican cartels’ portfolio. However, synthetic opioids like ...
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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 cocaine's main ingredient from its list of harmful substances, after its president said the drug is 'no worse than whiskey.' The country is the world's biggest ...
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Indigenous groups demand coca leaves be legalized. Will the world listen?
The struggle to dominate the cocaine trade has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. However, Colombia’s progressive president Gustavo Petro now wants to go further and end the war on drugs ...
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Suspect tried to smuggle more than €10,000 of cocaine from Cartagena to Amsterdam ... visa restrictions imposed after a spat with Colombia. President Gustavo Petro agrees to accept deported ...