A total of 11 people, including three public servants, were arrested during a series of raids, General Luis Cardozo said.

Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling ...

Colombia remains a key hub for illegal arms trafficking in Latin America -- a persistent threat that fuels internal conflict ...

The end of the liberal world order is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in conference rooms and university lecture halls ...

Notorious gang leader has agreed to be extradited to the United States to face cocaine and weapons smuggling charges.

Macias's Los Choneros has ties to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, Colombia's Gulf Clan -- the world's largest cocaine exporter -- and Balkan mafias, according to the Ecuadorian Organized Crime Observatory.

Remedios (Colombia) (AFP) – Emergency crews rescued 18 workers trapped in a gold mine in Colombia on Friday, the government said. "They were all found to be in good health," the National Mining Agency ...

The flight transporting Macias landed in New York state on Sunday night, according to the Flightradar tracking site.

Los Choneros has ties to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, Colombia's Gulf Clan -- the world's largest cocaine exporter -- and Balkan mafias, according to the Ecuadorian Organized Crime Observatory.

Los Choneros has ties to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, Colombia's Gulf Clan -- the world's largest cocaine exporter -- and Balkan mafias, according to the Ecuadorian Organized Crime Observatory.

The area around Remedios has a strong mining tradition. Gold extracted in the region is known to sometimes finance armed groups such as the Gulf Clan, a cartel also involved in cocaine trafficking.

Adolfo Macias, a former taxi driver-turned-crime boss known as 'Fito,' was removed from custody on Sunday at a maximum ...