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Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as "El Mencho," has consolidated his place as the most powerful drug trafficker in the world, according to a new investigation by The Wall Street Journal. His organization, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), has eclipsed the once-dominant Sinaloa Cartel by capitalizing on shifts in…

Colombia's top military officer has told AFP that his country will fight the resurgent cocaine trade with or without American help, after Washington blacklisted Bogota for what it called flawed anti-drug efforts.

Colombia on Tuesday halted arms purchases from the United States, its biggest military partner, after Washington decertified the South American country as an anti-drugs ally for failing to halt cocaine trafficking.

Federal police are still investigating whether the aircraft was involved in drug trafficking

Patel did say that "a large portion of the cocaine that exits out of South America, its origination point is in Venezuela"

US carries out attacks as tensions mount between the Trump and Maduro administrations.

The United States has delivered a major blow to one of its closest South American allies by stripping Colombia of its coveted anti-drug certification.

US President Trump also places Afghanistan, Bolivia, Myanmar and Venezuela on list of states who failed to fight drugs.

Heavy security as Flor Bressers, 39, appears in Brussels court where 30 suspected accomplices will also be tried