Colombia is the world’s top producer of cocaine, and cultivation of coca, the drug’s base product, has hit record levels two years in a row. The area under coca cultivation grew 39% in 2014 and 42% in 2015, hitting 392,897.5 acres, according to the US State Department’s annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report.
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Colombia protests China’s execution of 72-year-old drug mule
A retired journalist who joined the criminal underworld while researching a book on South America’s drug cartels became the first Colombian, and possibly the first Latin American, to be executed in China for drug The execution Monday night of Ismael Arciniegas occurred amid a last-ditch diplomatic effort by Colombia’s government to save the 72-year-old’s life. Arciniegas was arrested in 2010 arriving by plane to the southern port city of Guangzhou trying to smuggle almost 4 kilograms of cocaine in exchange for $5,000.
Colombian Police Suspect ELN Rebels Behind Bullring Explosion
Colombian authorities suspect Marxist ELN rebels were behind a bomb attack near Bogota’s bullring on Sunday, leaving dozens of police officers injured as they prepared for anti-bullfighting protests in Colombia’s capital. “It’s a hypothesis we’re investigating,” Bogota police chief General Hoover Penilla told reporters on Monday.
A Gang Of Police Officers Injured In Bogota Explosion
At least 26 people were injured in the explosion near a bullring in Bogota, Colombia. Police officers, who were prepping for anti-bullfighting protests in the country’s capital on Sunday, made up a majority of the victims.
Bomb explodes by Colombia bull ring, killing 1 policeman
A homemade bomb exploded near Bogota’s bullring on Sunday, killing a police officer and injuring as many as 31 bystanders. The artefact, whose loud explosion shattered windows in nearby apartment buildings, appears to have been left in a sewer outside a new youth hostel popular with foreign backpackers.
Higgins ‘moved’ by influence of peace process on Colombia
President Michael D Higgins said it was “deeply moving” that Colombia used the peace process in Ireland as an inspiration for its own conflict agreement, in a keynote address in Bogota yesterday. President Michael D Higgins at the Universidad National de Colombia as he makes his way to give his address on the Irish and Colombian peace processes with Professor Ignacio Mantilla Prada, left, rector of UNAL.
Regis Prograis Gets Back To Work at The Hard Rock in Biloxi
Junior welterweight contender Regis Prograis will be fighting tonight against Wilfrido Buelvas, promoter Lou DiBella recently confirmed to BoxingScene.com. The 10 round bout will take place at the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Colombia’s Santos may have received Odebrecht contributions
In this Dec. 14, 2016 file photo, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos acknowledges applauds after receiving the Nueva Economia Forum award at the Royal theater in Madrid. Colombia’s chief prosecutor said Tuesday, feb.
Pregnant wife stabbed to death by raging policeman as supermarket customers try to fight him off
Horrifying CCTV has caught the moment a raging policeman stabs his pregnant wife in a packed supermarket as frantic customers try to fight him off. Tragic Angie Katerine Herrera was shopping in a crowded supermarket in her home of Bogota when her off duty policeman husband came storming in.
Ecopetrol – A High-Risk Investment
It has been a tough two years for energy companies globally with sharply weaker oil placing considerable pressure on margins and the economic viability of a range of oil assets. One integrated energy company that has been hit particularly hard is Colombian government controlled integrated energy major Ecopetrol .