Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán was 12 when his father, presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán was killed by cartel hitmen in 1989. On Monday night Galán wrote in a message on X that it ...

When you think of Colombia, what images come to mind? For some, it may be coffee or perhaps the countrys diverse landscapes ...

As InSight Crime estimates, the Medellin Cartel earned around $420 million in revenue per week during its peak era in the mid-1980s. Although he was the face of the cartel, Escobar did not work alone.

Donald Trump’s recent threats of military action against drug cartels are straining U.S.-Mexico relations. Experts warn that ...

In Operation C-Chase, Mazur successfully infiltrated the Medellín cartel by posing as a wealthy, mob-connected businessman named Robert Musella. He established connections with Pablo Escobar's ...

The blast wasn't an accident. It was a deliberate bomb attack by Pablo Escobar and his Medellín cartel. While an era defined by drug wars, bombings, kidnappings and a sky high murder rate has ...

He posed as an Italian American businessman named Robert Baldasare to go undercover to expose international money-laundering networks associated with the Cali cartel, gathering evidence via secret ...

According to journalist Ioan Grillo, the Medellín cartel smuggled most of its cocaine straight over the Florida coast. "It was a nine-hundred-mile run from the north coast of Colombia and was ...

At the peak of his power, infamous Medellín cartel boss Pablo Escobar brought in an estimated $420 million a week in revenue, making him easily one of the wealthiest drug lords in history.

Medellin, Colombia’s second-largest city, was home to an internationally feared drug cartel and gained notoriety for its high murder rates. But by 2023, the homicide rate in Medellin had ...

A proposed law in Colombia's Congress seeks to ban the sale of merchandise that celebrates former drug lord Pablo Escobar, whose cocaine cartel has been linked to thousands of murders. One day in ...

A proposed law in Colombia's Congress seeks to ban the sale of merchandise that celebrates former drug lord Pablo Escobar, whose cocaine cartel has been linked to thousands of murders. One day in 1989 ...