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"We are ready to work collaboratively with policy makers for a brighter, more sustainable future for all 50 million Colombians with responsible and sustainable tourism as our core values."

The rise in extortion “primarily affects merchants, shopkeepers and transport workers,” according to a recent report.

Colombian cocaine entering the country may be worth nearly one billion dollars to criminal groups helping to store and transport it through the country.

At least three Colombian groups operate on both sides of the border, controlling the main crossing points for transporting cocaine.

Ridouan Taghi and two others were convicted for five homicides, two attempted homicides, and planning several other murders.

2024 will be the year when the cocaine supply chain catches up with record levels of coca cultivation.

Record cocaine production in Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia has fueled violence between local and international criminal groups in Ecuador, where homicides increased by 94.7% from 2021 to 2022.

The 30 years since the kingpin’s death have shown that the business remains one of the world’s most dynamic criminal economies.

Venezuela produces industrial quantities of urea, tons of which are stolen and smuggled into Colombia to feed cocaine labs.

The Colombian peso moved towards 3,900 to the US dollar — and there appears little to suggest it will move it back towards the 4,200 level given current oil prices.