Conservative candidate Ivan Duque has won Colombia’s presidential runoff election on 17 June 2018. Duque’s presidential agenda included next to the peace deal also narco-trafficking. Colombia’s production of cocaine has increased, and armed groups are fighting each other for control of routes once controlled by FARC. The cocaine kingpin, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as “La…
The son of former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo was sentenced to 24 years in prison on drug charges
The crisis in Guatemala has escalated after President Jimmy Morales
Brazilian armed security forces conducted another raid in Rio de Janeiro.
Law enforcement agencies from Brazil and Paraguay signed an agreement which will set up
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution, sponsored by Egypt, urging all countries to eliminate the supply of weapons to the Islamic State
The Brazilian armed forces deployed 10.000 troops in Rio de Janeiro and planned a number of operations
German customs authorities seized 8 tonnes of cocaine with an estimated value
G20 leaders pledged during the G20 Summit in Hamburg to focus their efforts on
Central American leaders from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras pledged to deepen their collaboration in order to
