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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has tried to ease tensions with the U.S. by clarifying controversial remarks ...

Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe has delivered his closing statement in a landmark trial for bribery and witness ...

Intelligence officials had been on the fugitive drug lord’s trail for more than a year, in a high-priority operation they ...

Adolfo “Fito” Macías was part of a global network of the cocaine trade. He was indicted on 7 counts included cocaine ...

Rising tensions between the U.S. and Colombia suggest Donald Trump's administration is upping the pressure on the Andean ...