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Colombia wants to deport 70 hippos from a group that once belonged to drug lord Pablo Escobar because they won’t stop breeding
Colombia's proposed plan would send at least 70 hippos that live near the drug lord's former ranch …
Joshua Zitser
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Cocaine is about surpass oil as Colombia's top export as revenues near $20 billion
"More bushes are reaching their full potential. Producers are also investing in irrigation and fert…
Matthew Fox
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Who is Dairo Úsuga? The leader of the Colombian 'Gulf Clan' cartel is considered the most significant kingpin arrest since Pablo Escobar
Dairo Úsuga was captured in a hideout by 500 soldiers and 22 helicopters. Colombia's president said…
Azmi Haroun
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A 17-year-old from Los Angeles says he spent 17 months cycling 20,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina. He got robbed in Mexico, spent a month in hospital in Colombia, but wants to get back on the road again.
Liam Garner, 17, set off with a bicycle, camping equipment, and $8,000, to accomplish the "most rid…
Aditi Bharade
How illegal oil labs in Colombia are fueling the country's cocaine problem
Illegal oil refineries in Colombia are a key part of the country's cocaine problem. We followed Col…
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Mexico's cartels are finding new ways to get their hands on a new kind of gun
The flow of black-market weapons facilitates cartel turf wars and has driven killings in Mexico to …
Luis Chaparro
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What makes 2 of the world's toughest special-operations courses so tough, according to troops who've endured them
From time to time, US commandos head overseas to test their mettle at foreign special-operations sc…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
Colombia seizes 5,800 pounds of cocaine from a submarine
Colombian authorities seized a submarine in the Pacific Ocean, finding 5,800 pounds of cocaine on b…
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I moved from Argentina to Maine for a safer life. After the recent mass shooting, I don't know what to do.
She left Argentina for Maine to live a safer life. However, the recent mass shooting has left her f…
Conz Preti
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Colombia's president says the latest kingpin to be captured is as big as Escobar. That may not be a good sign.
"What is worrisome after the arrest of Otoniel is not if he was bigger than Pablo Escobar," one exp…
Luis Chaparro
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Israel, 21 other countries call for immediate release of hostages
Eli Cohen held a meeting with dozens of foreign ambassadors whose citizens have been held by Hamas …
ANI
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Colombia's most powerful cartel is making millions 'helping' desperate migrants get through a deadly South American jungle
Clan del Golfo makes most of its money from cocaine, but with tens of thousands of migrants trekkin…
Luis Chaparro
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Mexico's powerful Jalisco cartel is flexing its muscles at opposite ends of Latin America
According to cartel insiders and military sources, Mexico's Jalisco Cartel has its sights set on Si…
Luis Chaparro
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Drug lord Pablo Escobar's herd of 'cocaine hippos' sterilized to stop them wreaking environmental havoc
Drug Lord Pablo Escobar was shot dead in 1993, but the hippos from his private zoo have survived, b…
Sinéad Baker
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Colombians accused in Haiti assassination were once trained by the US military, Pentagon says
A number of the detained Colombians received US military training while they were in the Colombian …
Kelly McLaughlin
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OnlyFans performer may be fined for shooting a porn film on a sacred site in Colombia, report says
Katty Blake and a male performer were filmed in a sexual act on the Rock of Guatapé in northwest Co…
Jyoti Mann
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Colombian protesters as young as 13 years old are being killed in the streets as they fight for a better future. The rest of the world should have their backs.
"Our generation is not going to be silenced by fear," one protester said. "We are going to push unt…
Jordan Salama
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After 'glorifying violence' on Twitter, former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe to speak at NYU event
The former Colombian leader has been accused of collaborating with right-wing death squads and inci…
Charles Davis
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A Florida family were convicted of selling a bleach solution as a COVID-19 cure in a scheme first exposed by Insider
Mark Grenon and his sons created a fake church to sell toxic bleach as a miracle cure, prosecutors …
Tom Porter
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Gay furry hackers are targeting US states for passing anti-trans legislation
SiegedSec, a group of gay furry hackers, took their skills to US governments in June, breaching age…