Elyssa Pachico
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 00:00
Intended to be attached to an ATV vehicle, the machine can remove a coca plant, roots and all, in about 30 seconds, police told the newspaper. This is compared to the average time of two minutes which it usually takes a coca eradicator to remove the plant
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 - 00:00
The passing of marijuana legalization ballots in Washington and Colorado raises the question of whether these measures will hit the profits of Mexican drug trafficking organizations.
Friday, November 2, 2012 - 00:00
Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said that the possibility that the armed forces might be downsized in light of a successful peace treaty with the FARC has "never been discussed".
Friday, August 31, 2012 - 00:00
Franco has made a point of trying to appear especially hard line against the guerrillas: at a business luncheon, he called the EPP "the long arm" of Colombian guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Friday, August 31, 2012 - 00:00
The clash between coca growers and police calls attention to the fact that the Monzon is truly Peru's last great hold out of coca crops.
Thursday, August 2, 2012 - 00:00
While some of these Venezuelans began as facilitators of Colombian traffickers' operations, some have now become powerful drug trafficking groups themselves. The most prominent example is the so-called Cartel de los Soles.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 00:00
The ant smugglers are deployed in order to distract the police, while larger shipments of cocaine are trafficked via other routes.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 00:00
This area of Michoacan is one of the most conflicted in the department, with several splinter groups -- including the CJNG, the Knights Templar (Caballeros Templares), and the Familia Michoacana.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 00:00
Colombian forces have been most active in playing an advisory role in Central America. But so far it seems Colombia’s role mostly revolves around training, not actually accompanying local security forces on operations
Friday, June 29, 2012 - 00:00
"The Urabenos confronted Sebastian and the Oficina when they were down. They were tired. They were battered from this other bloody war they’d just fought".