Authorities in the Central American nation seized 4.3 tons of cocaine which were originally produced by drug cartels in Colombia, Costa Rican authorities stated on Sunday.
After working with their counterparts in Panama and the United States, Colombian authorities seized 5.4 tonnes of cocaine worth $185 million, Colombia's Navy stated Wednesday.
A court in Colombia has accused 10 military members and a civilian of being involved in the forced disappearance of 24 people and murdering at least 120.
The government of Colombia offered a reward amounting to nearly $800,000, in exchange for the information on the attack of President Ivan Duque's helicopter.
At least 36 people were injured in Colombia after car bomb explosions took place at a military base near the country's border with Venezuela on Tuesday.
The government of Colombia shrunk the land surface under coca cultivation by seven percent in 2020, but the country remained the largest cocaine producer in the world, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) stated in their report, Wednesday.
Colombia's mass protests rumble on into their second month as protesters continue to face police brutality while economic fallout in the country persists.
Mass protests in Colombia continued despite Pres. Ivan Duque withdrawing the proposed tax reform and a week of deadly clashes between demonstrators and police.
Colombia's Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, 69, died in the hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19. President Ivan Duque had a televised address on Tuesday announcing the death of the defense minister.
