Colombia’s former agriculture minister extradited 5 years after fleeing to US
United Stated authorities extradited Colombia’s former agriculture minister on Friday after a five-year attempt to evade a 17-year corruption sentence. Former Minister Andres Felipe Arias was...
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Colombia wants US engineering executive extradited in ‘biggest corruption...
A Colombian judge on Friday requested the arrest and extradition of a US engineering executive for his alleged role in what the prosecution calls the “biggest corruption scandal in history.” A judge...
View ArticleUS drug trafficking claim against missing FARC leader increasingly confusing
Colombia’s Supreme Court is at a stand still in the drug trafficking case against FARC leader Jesus Santrich as authorities and a DEA informant left the court with contradictory claims. The US...
View ArticleColombia’s foreign minister in US for high-level talks with Trump administration
Colombia’s Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo is the in the United States for a number of meetings with top officials from the administration of President Donald Trump. Trujillo met with Secretary...
View ArticleUS wants Colombia to buy $300M worth of advanced US jet fighters despite...
The United States military has offered to sell Colombia 15 of the most advanced F-16 combat jets “to defend their airspace” against possible aggression from Venezuela, Foreign Policy reported Thursday....
View ArticleColombia’s Ecopetrol to start fracking in US
Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol said Wednesday that it will begin fracking operations in the United States. Ecopetrol’s fracking operation will be carried out in a joint venture with US oil...
View ArticleUS arrests former Colombia governor and DEA witness
United States authorities arrested a former Colombia governor on after he had been acting as a protected witness of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for more than two years. The detainee, Alejandro...
View ArticlePhilip Goldberg confirmed as new US ambassador in Colombia
The United States’ Senate confirmed career diplomat Philip Goldberg as the country’s new ambassador in Colombia on Thursday. The confirmation comes almost two and a half years after President Donald...
View ArticleUS ‘committed’ to ‘dismantle’ Colombia’s ELN guerrillas
The US government is “committed” to “dismantle” Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group ELN, US State Attorney Zachary Terwilliger said Thursday. The representative from the US Eastern District of...
View ArticleColombia ‘begs’ US for cooperation in case against missing FARC leader
Colombia’s Supreme Court “begged” the United States government to cooperate and substantiate its claim that a missing FARC congressman conspired to traffic drugs, according to Blu Radio. In a letter...
View Article‘You’re talking about the country of Colombia?’: Trump on peace process crisis
US President Donald Trump stunned reporters in Washington DC on Friday when he appeared oblivious to the latest crisis in Colombia’s peace process. Voice of America correspondent Bricio Segovia...
View ArticleIvanka Trump arrives in Colombia for two-day visit
US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka arrived in Colombia for an informal introduction to the political agenda of President Ivan Duque. One of Trump’s most trusted advisers was welcomed by...
View ArticleUS allocates additional $120M after Colombia’s call to step up aid to attend...
The United States vowed to allocate $120 million for humanitarian aid Venezuelan migrants on Wednesday after Colombia’s foreign minister said his country was almost $220 million short. The extra funds...
View ArticleVenezuela’s opposition, Colombia’s narcos and the US government
Colombia’s police confirmed alleged ties between Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido and drug trafficking group “Los Rastrojos.” The police department of Cucuta, Colombia’s largest border city,...
View ArticleNew US ambassador arrives in Colombia
The United States’ new ambassador, Philip Goldberg, arrived in Colombia on Saturday, a month after the former ambassador left. Goldberg replaces former ambassador Kevin Whitaker who was expected to...
View ArticleGuaido’s trip to Colombia impossible without prior agreement with narcos: report
The trip of Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido to Colombia in February was only possible with the prior approval of drug traffickers, according to public television network Canal Uno. For hours,...
View Article‘Family of narco who helped Venezuela’s opposition leader travel to Colombia...
Four family members of the drug trafficker who helped Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido enter Colombia have been massacred, a local investigator said Monday. The massacre took place days after...
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Colombia’s narcos put Elliott Abrams in checkmate, again
The United States’ Special Representative for Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, is in trouble again over a scandal similar to the Iran-Contra Affair, this time in Colombia. The evidence of the use of drug...
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Two more Colombians who challenged Uncle Sam banned from America
The Unites States embassy in Colombia banned a governor and an attorney from entering the US in a continuation of its controversial practice of using visas to coerce politicians, experts and...
View ArticleJoint training brings Colombia and US militaries closer to multinational task...
Marines from both Colombia and the US are in joint exercises all week on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, the latest step in building a US-led multinational armed force able to intervene in Latin America...
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