BOGOTÁ – El antiguo narcotraficante colombiano Juan David Ochoa, quien fundó el extinto cártel de Medellín junto con Pablo Escobar, murió en Colombia a causa de un paro cardíaco, informó ...

Don Berna took charge of the Oficina de Envigado, which replaced the Medellín Cartel as the city’s dominant criminal organization. Geography. At its peak, the Medellín Cartel operated nationally and ...

Guns walked in the ATF operations “Castaway” and “Fast and Furious” have found their way to drug dealers in Colombia's second-largest city, according to Colombian daily El Tiempo. The ...

Roque’s father began his criminal career as an associate of Medellin Cartel founder “El Mexicano” and operated mainly in the east of the Antioquia province. The Oficina de Envigado was Escobar’s ...

Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel has sent arms and troops to Medellin in an attempt to increase military support for two of Colombia’s most powerful criminal organizations, according to local newspaper El ...

In an interview with Semana magazine, Fernando Quijano, the director of the NGO Corporation for Peace and Development (Corpades), said that about two weeks ago emissaries from the Sinaloa Cartel met ...

The 67-year-old had his fingerprints taken at the airport and was let go by immigration officials who ran his name through a database and confirmed he is not wanted by Colombian authorities.

One of Colombia's legendary drug lords has been released from prison and is expected to be deported. Ochoa was first indicted in the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1986 killing of a DEA informant.

An admitted enforcer for Colombia's once-fearsome Medellin cocaine cartel is facing prison time after pleading guilty to drug charges dating from 1994.

MIAMI — One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a federal prison in the U.S. and is expected to be deported back home ...

Colombian authorities released former Medellin Cartel boss Carlos Lehder on Monday after a judge ruled that a drug trafficking sentence issued in Colombia against the 75-year-old had expired.