Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán was 12 when his father, presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán was killed by cartel hitmen in 1989. On Monday night Galán wrote in a message on X that it ...

When you think of Colombia, what images come to mind? For some, it may be coffee or perhaps the countrys diverse landscapes ...

In Operation C-Chase, Mazur successfully infiltrated the Medellín cartel by posing as a wealthy, mob-connected businessman named Robert Musella. He established connections with Pablo Escobar's ...

According to journalist Ioan Grillo, the Medellín cartel smuggled most of its cocaine straight over the Florida coast. "It was a nine-hundred-mile run from the north coast of Colombia and was ...

At the peak of his power, infamous Medellín cartel boss Pablo Escobar brought in an estimated $420 million a week in revenue, making him easily one of the wealthiest drug lords in history.

Medellin, Colombia’s second-largest city, was home to an internationally feared drug cartel and gained notoriety for its high murder rates. But by 2023, the homicide rate in Medellin had ...