Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci was recently murdered on the Island of Barú while on honeymoon with his wife. The young prosecutor, who specialized in organized crime, had a reputation for…
In November 2021, Colombian security forces arrested Dairo Antonio Úsuga, otherwise known as “Otoniel,” the leader of the Gulf Clan and the most wanted drug trafficker in the country. Colombian…
In January, Colombia’s constitutional court halted President Iván Duque’s plan to return to aerial spraying of glyphosate as a means of eradicating coca. According to an article posted in one…
In late October, Colombian officials arrested Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, also known as “Otoniel,” head of the Gulf Clan. At the time of his arrest, Colombian authorities had been searching…
For several months, the Venezuelan Army has conducted a counterinsurgency campaign against Colombian guerrillas in the border state of Apure—a situation that has the potential to spill over into Colombia.…
Colombia has been seized by debilitating, nationwide protests that show no signs of abating. While the original impetus for protests was a tax proposal aimed at closing a yawning budget…
Venezuela’s armed forces have engaged in violent clashes with armed criminal groups along its border with Colombia. The criminal groups’ sustained and indiscriminate attacks in the porous borderland have forcibly…
The Colombian Navy recently celebrated the building of its sixth amphibious landing ship, the ARC Bahía Solano. The construction of this vessel demonstrates great progress for the Science and Technology…
Colombian President Iván Duque recently announced the creation of a new elite commando unit within the country’s armed forces, slated to begin operations in May 2021. The stated purpose of…
The Colombian government recently killed the ELN’s senior leader, Vanegas Londoño, a.k.a. Uriel, in Colombia’s western Choco Department. Choco is home to the western Pacific coast reaches of a major…