In 2006, top U.S. Border Patrol officials were asked how long it would take to hire 6,000 agents, a roughly 50% increase at ...

Colombian police, with support from Europol and Italian and UK authorities, arrested Giuseppe Palermo, alias "Peppe," the ...

A federal jury in Miami has convicted a Colombian entrepreneur of a multi-year conspiracy to distribute thousands of kilograms of cocaine in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of ...

A Colombian resort owner who allegedly dispatched over 6,000 kilograms of cocaine to Central America has now been convicted in Miami.

The recent arrest of Costa Rica’s former security minister and the revelations in his case have shed light on the corruption ...

Former Costa Rican Minister Celso Gamboa faces U.S. extradition on charges of conspiring in international cocaine trafficking ...

Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," was captured in June after escaping from a maximum security prison last year in a jailbreak that ...

Police identified the suspect as Giuseppe Palermo, who was wanted under an Interpol red notice calling for his arrest in 196 countries.

The Latin Times spoke to drug and security experts in Colombia to find out what lies behind the country's cocaine boom and what it means for a nation already struggling with internal security issues.

Giuseppe Palermo has been wanted under an Interpol red notice, which has called for his arrest in 196 countries.

Ecuador’s most infamous drug lord has agreed to be extradited to the United States to face cocaine and weapons smuggling charges, a court in the capital Quito has said. The announcement on Friday is ...