•In the north of Bogota, Colombia, the CTI* found 2 kilos of liquid cocaine in 61 preservatives. •According to cmi.com.co, traffickers were planning to transport them through “mulas**.” •The people captured in the operation will be prosecuted for narcotics trafficking. Read Article ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * CTI stands for Cuerpo Técnico de Investigación (Technical Body of Investigation) […]
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•26 narcotics traffickers in the services of Henry de Jesús López Londoño alias Mi Sangre have been captured. •The captures were part of Operación Tormenta (Operation Storm) which the Colombian Police performed with the DEA. •According to El Tiempo, one of the traffickers, Sanmartín Giraldo, was responsible for transporting cocaine in commercial airplanes from such […]
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•Colombian authorities have captured 2 individuals suspected of having murdered two girls in Kennedy, Bogotá, Colombia. •One of the suspects is a minor, and the two girls were 14 and 7 years old. •They are to face charges of aggravated homicide and illegal possession of arms. •The captain of the metropolitan police believes that the […]
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•According to Colombian investigators, there are about 3,000 Colombians in Bolivia participating in the Martín Llanos narcotics trafficking group. •A report from eju.tv reveals that within the last 5 years, Colombians have been participating in this group which operates in the capital of the Santa Cruz department, Bolivia. •Currently, 32 Colombian citizens stand accused of […]
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•During a conjugal visit, María del Carmen Arjona Rivero attempted to sneak her boyfriend, Juan Ramírez Tijerina, out of the Centro de Readaptación Social in a piece of luggage. •El Espectador reports that authorities at the facility in Chetumal, Quitana Roo, were suspicious of the luggage’s abnormally large bulge. •When asked about it, she replied […]
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•President Santos proposed that countries work together to fight narcotics trafficking in Central America in the International Conference of Support for the Central American Security Strategy currently in Guatemala. •He referred to Colombia’s example and its cooperation with the U.S. in Plan Colombia, which has helped to combat the threat of narcotrafficking in the country. […]
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•According to Radio Nacional de Colombia, 10% of the youth turn to the trafficking of narcotics for work for lack of other opportunities. •The youth of San Andrés, which annually is 900 high school graduates, are seeking work and usually turn to positions such as seasonal hotel workers and motorcycle taxi drivers. •Deputy Fernando Cañon […]
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•The three individuals, including two officers of the Colombian National Police, are suspected members of Los Rastrojos. They are facing charges for narcotics trafficking, responsibility for homicide, and conspiracy for delinquency. •As Radio Santa Fe reports, the two Police officers of Norte de Santander are John Jairo Rosas Carrascal and Raúl Alberto, and the other […]
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•17 members of the Colombian National Police have been arrested for being connected to narcotics trafficking in different cities in Colombia as reported by Rcn Radio. •The case is still in the initial stages and after Friday, the officers will face charges of narcotics trafficking and conspiracy to commit a criminal offense. Read Article
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National Deputy of Argentina, Natalia Gambaro, announced today that the country is a sanctuary for drug traffickers. She says the government doesn’t want to accept that Argentina has a drug problem and has no political resolve to combat the issue. Gambaro sites Brazil as an example of national security in response to president Dilma Rousseff’s […]
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As described in the video by elespectador.com, in Barrancabermeja, Santander, Colombia, the young boy was caught in school with 7 small packets of marijuana in his bag. Authorities believe that narcotics sellers were using the child to sell the drug at his school. Read Article
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•According to eltiempo.com, 15 officers of the Policía Nacional of Colombia have been captured in areas such as Bogotá, Cali, and San Andrés and are believed to have links with a narcotics trafficking network. •These officers allowed shipments of narcotics to pass in speedboats headed to Central America, and have been identified to have been […]
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•Hoy.com.ec reports that the Ecuadorian police force considers FARC an internal security issue as the Colombian guerrilla group uses Ecuador as a base for planning and carrying out operations. •Their actions according to the Ecuadorian police force include trafficking of narcotics and arms, assassinations, and smuggling of fuel among other activities. •Between 2005 and 2008 […]
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•So far in 2011, The National Police of Colombia have captured 34,456 people, 3,968 of them under 18, involved in narcotics according to policia.gov.co. •In the last two days, the police have shut down 250 stores of hallucinogens as part of the operation. •198 firearms and 12,209 white arms were seized as part of the […]
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•Elespectador.com reveals that during a 100-man operation in the Calle del Bronx, 17,000 doses amounting to 843 kilos of marijuana were confiscated which is worth over 200 million pesos. •Investigations revealed that marijuana came from the south of Colombia to be sold in Bogotá. •Seven people were captured in the operations, and these illegal actions […]
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•On Tuesday, the Santos Administration presented a three-year plan called the Integral Policy of Security and Defense for Prosperity to end organized crime and narcotrafficking as revealed by eldiarioexterior.com. •This plan is seen as an update to the Plan Colombia of the Uribe Administration. •Details about the funds for the plan have not yet been […]
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