Cocaine production in South America is surging, and much of that is being found and seized at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Cocaine again is making headlines 40 years after Pablo Escobar and his Medellin cartel flooded America with “blow.” ...

Cocaine production in Colombia has been rising since 2013, according to the U.N. Office on Drug and Crime. It reported in October that cultivation of coca bushes increased by 10% in Colombia in ...

Colombia has led the world in cocaine production since the days of iconic drug lord Pablo Escobar and most comes from the Pacific side of the country. Getting the drugs from where they’re made ...

The global suspension of USAID funding is shuttering peace and anti-gang programs in Colombia's most impoverished places, ...

According to Sarabia, Colombian authorities would be able to more effectively combat cocaine production “if we harness [the coca leaf’s] potential for industrial uses such as fertilizers and beverages ...

While fentanyl overdose deaths are declining, there’s an increase in cocaine trafficking as cartels increase production.

Farmers, particularly in Colombia, have become so efficient ... Office on Drugs and Crime suggested a 53 percent rise in cocaine production from one year to the next in 2023, with a yield of ...

Colombia is the world's main producer of cocaine -- much of its production in the hands of drug cartels and violent guerrilla groups. In 2023, the South American country set a new record last ...