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Trump orders sanctions on Colombia after Petro blocks deportation flights | Migration News

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President Gustavo Petro says Bogota will block US deportation flights until migrants are guaranteed ‘dignified treatment’. US President Donald Trump has promised to impose tariffs and visa restrictions on Colombia after Bogota turned away two US military aircraft transporting migrants being deported under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Washington will slap Colombia with 25 percent “emergency tariffs” … Read more

At least 80 dead, several kidnapped in Colombia after failed peace talks, official says

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More than 80 people have been killed in Colombia’s northeast region following failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said. Twenty others have been injured, according to William Villamizar, governor of North Santander, where many of the killings occurred. Among the victims are community leader Carmelo Guerrero and … Read more

Legendary cartel drug lord Fabio Ochoa Vasquez released from U.S. prison, deported to Colombia, freed

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One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cartel has been deported back to the South American country, after serving 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence in the United States. A short while later, Fabio Ochoa was again a free man. Ochoa arrived at Bogota’s El Dorado airport on a deportation … Read more

Colombian police arrest woman known as “The Doll,” a reported assassin for gang linked to multiple murders

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Colombia finds 2 bodies, cocaine on submarine Colombian authorities find 2 bodies, 3 tons of cocaine on submarine 00:42 Police in Colombia announced the arrest this week of a woman nicknamed “The Doll,” who local media reported to be a notorious hitwoman employed by a criminal gang linked to multiple murders in the country. The … Read more

Massive drug bust leads to discovery of new Pacific trafficking route with sophisticated “narco subs”

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Authorities from dozens of countries seized 225 metric tons of cocaine in a six-week mega-operation where they unearthed a new Pacific trafficking route from South America to Australia, the Colombian Navy said Wednesday. Officials said they had also seized “increasingly sophisticated” drug-laden semisubmersibles — better known as “narco subs” — that can travel 10,000 miles … Read more