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Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:44:18 +0000DEA designated Colombia’s president as a “priority target:” AP
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has designated Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro as a “priority target,” reported the Associated Press (AP) news agency on Friday. AP was given access to records that would pr...
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:36:19 +0000US prosecutors investigating Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro: NYT
At least two US federal prosecutors have opened preliminary investigations into Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, the New York Times (NYT) reported on Friday. According to the US newspaper, the criminal investigations were being conducted by ...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:33:59 +0000Colombia being bombed from Ecuador: Petro
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Monday that evidence suggests Ecuador’s armed forces are carrying out cross-border air strikes. During a televised cabinet meeting, Petro said that “a bomb has been found” that was appar...
Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:39:16 +0000The New Junta del Narcotrafico | Part 2: Super cartels
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Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:13:05 +0000Colombia’s government says Petro and Trump called ahead of now-canceled Venezuela meeting
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro and his US counterpart Donald Trump spoke on the phone ahead of a planned meeting with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez, the President’s Office said Thursday. In a post on social media ...
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Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:10:22 +0000U.S. prosecutors probe Colombia’s Petro over alleged narco links, NYT reports
U.S. federal prosecutors have opened preliminary criminal investigations into Colombian President Gustavo Petro over alleged links to drug traffickers and possible illicit financing of his 2022 campaign, according to a report by The New York Times. T...
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:16:05 +0000Colombia arrests “mastermind” of Ecuador candidate Villavicencio’s murder
Colombian authorities on Wednesday arrested Ángel Esteban Aguilar Morales, alias “Lobo Menor”, an alleged senior figure in the Ecuadorian criminal group Los Lobos and suspected intellectual author behind the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian pres...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:40:29 +0000Colombia – Ecuador rift widens over cross-border bombings
President Gustavo Petro accused Ecuador on Monday of carrying out bombing raids inside Colombian territory, sharply escalating a diplomatic and trade dispute that has been simmering since January. Petro said “27 charred bodies” have been found ne...
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:48:57 +0000Colombia bars 10 foreigners in single-day crackdown on suspected sex tourism
Colombia’s migration authority Migración Colombia denied entry last week to 10 foreign nationals suspected of seeking sex tourism, marking the largest single-day refusal of its kind at Medellín’s main international gateway, officials said. The ...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:20:19 +0000Valencia picks Oviedo as VP to expand Colombia’s center-right base
Conservative presidential candidate Paloma Valencia has chosen economist and former statistics chief Juan Daniel Oviedo as her vice-presidential running mate, a move widely interpreted as an effort by the right-wing Centro Democrático to broaden its...