Colombia's cocaine output increased to a record 1,738 tons last year, compared to just 972 tons in 2021. Meanwhile, the country's most prominent oil company saw first-half profits crash by over ...

A United Nations report found a rise in users, confiscation and deaths as cocaine trafficking expands into Africa and Asia, ...

Rising tensions between the US and Colombia suggest Donald Trump’s administration is upping the pressure on the Andean nation ...

Colombia's national potential cocaine output and the amount of cocaine produced per hectare are growing, thanks to highly-productive coca strains, even as crop area shrinks. (% change) Net coca ...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — It’s the largest producer of cocaine in the world, the source of more than 90 percent of the drug seized in the United States. It’s home to the largest Drug Enforcement ...

In a shocking development, Colombia’s cocaine production, for the 10th year straight, soared to a new record high. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that the year’s annual ...

In a few cases, the Colombian groups have maintained direct routes to foreign markets. Most of Colombia’s current drug trafficking organizations were formed a decade ago by mid-level commanders of ...

Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, has focused on targeting drug trafficking networks and a shift away from eradicating the coca leaf has helped feed the surge in cocaine production, according ...

The militias have grown as the amount of coca leaf and cocaine produced in Colombia have reached historic highs. The country ...

A worker checks marijuana plants at a legal cannabis plantation for medicinal purposes in Guatavita municipality, Cundinamarca department, Colombia on September 14, 2021.

Colombia's military says 57 soldiers have been kidnapped by civilians in the country's south-western Micay Canyon area. It ...

In Colombia, government policies, including a move away from eradicating coca plants, and technological advances in cultivation, have allowed coca production to expand despite decades of ...