De la Espriella’s deportation order signals a sharp turn in Colombia’s migration policy, shifting from years of regularization and integration toward stricter enforcement, and potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans.
President Abelardo de la Espriella ordered five extraditions to the US that had been suspended during peace talks, signaling a sharp break with the previous government’s “Total Peace” policy.
Case links alleged Syria-based arms network to ELN cocaine shipments Colombia’s National Police extradited five Colombian nationals to the United States on August 6, 2026, handing them over to US federal authorities in connection with investigations into drug trafficking, money...