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Record High Colombian Cocaine Production In 2023: UN
Colombia, the world's biggest cocaine exporter, set a new record last year for production of the drug and cultivation of the coca leaf it is made from, a United Nations report said.
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US Man Admits To Stuffing Girlfriend's Body In Suitcase, But Can't Recall Killing Her
John Poulos said he did drugs with Trespalacios and used alcohol to wash it down. But on January 22, 2023, the routine gave him a bad reaction and impaired both his judgement and memory.
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Pablo Escobar's Pet Hippos To Be Culled By Colombia
Colombia will cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a small herd imported by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the country's environment minister said Thursday.
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Drug Smugglers Deliver Shipment Of Cocaine Worth 68 Million Pounds To Czech Supermarkets By Mistake
Cocaine worth almost 68 million pounds has been seized by police in the Czech Republic after it was mistakenly delivered to supermarkets in banana shipments.
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Colombian Police Seize 1,300 Kg Cocaine Camouflaged As Potatoes: Report
The police in Colombia have seized more than 1,300 kilograms of cocaine disguised as frozen potatoes and chips, the ABC News reported. Authorities said they consider it as one of the most innovative attempts to traffic drugs in recent years.
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El Chapo Cartel Member Arrested After Model Girlfriend Posts Picture On Facebook
A notorious Mexican drug trafficker wanted in nearly 200 different countries has finally been arrested in Colombia after his model girlfriend posted pictures of the pair kissing at a tourist attraction on Facebook.
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Bitcoin, Other Crypto Use to Launder Drug Money on the Rise, Says Report
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are being increasingly used to launder drug money by Mexican and Columbian cartels, the UN-linked International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said Thursday.
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"You Beat Me," World's 'Most Dangerous' Drug Trafficker Said On Capture
The man Colombia describes as the world's most dangerous drug trafficker told security forces: "You beat me" when he was captured during an operation this weekend, the government said on Sunday, pledging to extradite him swiftly to the United States.
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Colombia's Top Drug Trafficker 'Otoniel' Captured, Says Government
Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as "Otoniel," was arrested by the country's authorities, the government said Saturday.
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Narco Pablo Escobar's Lawyered-Up Hippos Recognised As People By Court
In a first, a US court has recognized animals as legal persons -- specifically, the descendants of Pablo Escobar's hippopotamuses who have thrived in Colombia since the notorious drug lord was killed almost 30 years ago.
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Man Traveling From Colombia Ingested 246 Bags Of Cocaine, Died Midflight
The man, identified only as Udo N., 42, began suffering seizures Friday on the flight, prompting an emergency landing in Hermosillo, a city in Sonora, Mexico, authorities said.
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Colombia To Demolish Pablo Escobar's Old Fortress
Late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar's old fortress in Medellin is to be razed to the ground with explosives to make way for a park dedicated to the victims of drug trafficking, the town hall said on Thursday.
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Colombia's "Narco Culture": Pablo Escobar's Legacy Lingers After 25 Years
Twenty-five years after he was gunned down by police, Pablo Escobar's legacy refuses to die in Medellin, the Colombian city where he ran his cocaine empire with a mix of brutality and largesse.
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$7,000 Bounty Was Placed On This 6-Year-Old Dog. Find Out Why
Sombra works for a crack anti-narcotics police squad in Colombia's capital Bogota, has helped recover millions of dollars in illegal drugs, and like many of her colleagues, has faced threats.
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Colombia's Cocaine Production Reaches All Time High: US
Coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia reached an all-time high in 2017, the office of the US "drug czar" said Monday, calling on the government in Bogota to do more to reverse the trend.
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Record High Colombian Cocaine Production In 2023: UN
Colombia, the world's biggest cocaine exporter, set a new record last year for production of the drug and cultivation of the coca leaf it is made from, a United Nations report said.
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US Man Admits To Stuffing Girlfriend's Body In Suitcase, But Can't Recall Killing Her
John Poulos said he did drugs with Trespalacios and used alcohol to wash it down. But on January 22, 2023, the routine gave him a bad reaction and impaired both his judgement and memory.
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Pablo Escobar's Pet Hippos To Be Culled By Colombia
Colombia will cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a small herd imported by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the country's environment minister said Thursday.
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Drug Smugglers Deliver Shipment Of Cocaine Worth 68 Million Pounds To Czech Supermarkets By Mistake
Cocaine worth almost 68 million pounds has been seized by police in the Czech Republic after it was mistakenly delivered to supermarkets in banana shipments.
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Colombian Police Seize 1,300 Kg Cocaine Camouflaged As Potatoes: Report
The police in Colombia have seized more than 1,300 kilograms of cocaine disguised as frozen potatoes and chips, the ABC News reported. Authorities said they consider it as one of the most innovative attempts to traffic drugs in recent years.
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El Chapo Cartel Member Arrested After Model Girlfriend Posts Picture On Facebook
A notorious Mexican drug trafficker wanted in nearly 200 different countries has finally been arrested in Colombia after his model girlfriend posted pictures of the pair kissing at a tourist attraction on Facebook.
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Bitcoin, Other Crypto Use to Launder Drug Money on the Rise, Says Report
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are being increasingly used to launder drug money by Mexican and Columbian cartels, the UN-linked International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said Thursday.
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"You Beat Me," World's 'Most Dangerous' Drug Trafficker Said On Capture
The man Colombia describes as the world's most dangerous drug trafficker told security forces: "You beat me" when he was captured during an operation this weekend, the government said on Sunday, pledging to extradite him swiftly to the United States.
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Colombia's Top Drug Trafficker 'Otoniel' Captured, Says Government
Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as "Otoniel," was arrested by the country's authorities, the government said Saturday.
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Narco Pablo Escobar's Lawyered-Up Hippos Recognised As People By Court
In a first, a US court has recognized animals as legal persons -- specifically, the descendants of Pablo Escobar's hippopotamuses who have thrived in Colombia since the notorious drug lord was killed almost 30 years ago.
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Man Traveling From Colombia Ingested 246 Bags Of Cocaine, Died Midflight
The man, identified only as Udo N., 42, began suffering seizures Friday on the flight, prompting an emergency landing in Hermosillo, a city in Sonora, Mexico, authorities said.
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Colombia To Demolish Pablo Escobar's Old Fortress
Late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar's old fortress in Medellin is to be razed to the ground with explosives to make way for a park dedicated to the victims of drug trafficking, the town hall said on Thursday.
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Colombia's "Narco Culture": Pablo Escobar's Legacy Lingers After 25 Years
Twenty-five years after he was gunned down by police, Pablo Escobar's legacy refuses to die in Medellin, the Colombian city where he ran his cocaine empire with a mix of brutality and largesse.
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$7,000 Bounty Was Placed On This 6-Year-Old Dog. Find Out Why
Sombra works for a crack anti-narcotics police squad in Colombia's capital Bogota, has helped recover millions of dollars in illegal drugs, and like many of her colleagues, has faced threats.
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Colombia's Cocaine Production Reaches All Time High: US
Coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia reached an all-time high in 2017, the office of the US "drug czar" said Monday, calling on the government in Bogota to do more to reverse the trend.
