Tag: drug traffic

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Colombia-Ecuador border to reopen Dec.1, presidents agree

  

  The Presidents of Colombia (Iván Duque) and Ecuador (Guillermo Lasso), Sunday agreed to reopen the borders between the two countries as of Dec. 1 after they were closed in March 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions.

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  At least 118 dead in Ecuadorian prison riot involving Mexican drug cartels

  

  Ecuador's police was still fighting to control a jailhouse in Guayaquil after a riot by inmates led to clashes that have so far resulted in 118 deaths in what turned out to be one of Latin America's worst prison massacres.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2021 - 08:23 UTC

  Colombian ELN guerrilla leader “Fabián” reported dead

  

  Colombian news outlets Tuesday reported the death of Ogli Ángel Padilla Romero, also known as “Fabián,” one of the commanders of the National Liberation Army (ELN), the last guerrilla group still active in the country.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Honduran president accused of assisting to smuggle tons of cocaine into the US

  

  Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was accused on Tuesday of assisting a drug trafficker smuggle tons of cocaine into the US. Assistant US Attorney Jacob Gutwillig made the claim during his opening statement at the trial of accused drug trafficker Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez.

• Monday, January 27th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Ex Colombian international footballer (English Premier League) extradited to US on drugs charges

  

  Former Colombian international footballer Jhon Viáfara has been extradited to the US on drug trafficking charges.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Spanish police seize a Colombian submarine with tons of cocaine in Galicia

  

  Police in Spain have seized a submarine carrying cocaine off the coast of the northwest Galicia region which had arrived from South America, officials said on Monday.

• Saturday, October 19th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Honduras president brother convicted in New York for drug trafficking

  

  A New York court convicted the Honduran president's brother of drug trafficking Friday, a verdict immediately rejected by the Central American leader as opponents called for his resignation.

• Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  US and Colombia intercept homemade submarine with five tons of cocaine

  

  A homemade submarine carrying more than five tons of cocaine was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, the US Coast Guard said.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Spain's High Court rules against extraditing to the US ex Venezuelan intelligence chief

  

  Spain's High Court ruled on Monday that the government should refuse a request from the United States to extradite Venezuela's former military intelligence chief.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Maduro's former Vice President wanted by US for “international narcotics trafficking”

  

  United States immigration officials have added Venezuelan government minister Tareck El Aissami, a suspected drug smuggler, to their list of most wanted fugitives, they said on Wednesday.