Posted August 13, 2023.
August 13, 2023
Tons of Cocaine Seized by Colombian Forces
Tag: Cocaine
U.S. Cocaine Retail Prices (Street Prices), Dollars Per Gram
Posted July 11, 2023.
June 29, 2022
August 5, 2020
Caption: “Una vez más las tropas de la #CuartaDivisión del @COL_EJERCITO
en el Guaviare y sur del Meta, logran golpear al grupo armado organizado residual Estructura Primera.”
August 5, 2020
July 28, 2020
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) releases its annual survey of coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia in 2019. It finds that 154,000 hectares of coca were planted in Colombia that year, a decrease of 15,000 hectares from 2018. It estimates that this coca was used to produce 1,137 tons of cocaine, up from 1,120 in 2018.
July 28, 2020
Colombia: Monitoreo de territorios afectados por cultivos ilícitos 2019
Publicado por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito el 28 de julio de 2020.
The UNODC’s annual survey of coca cultivation finds a modest reduction in 2019, steady cocaine production, less cultivation in Tumaco and more in Catatumbo, now the country’s largest coca-producing region. (Link at unodc.org)
July 28, 2020
Colombia – Survey of territories affected by illicit crops 2019 – Fact Sheet and Executive Summary (in Spanish)
Publicado por UNODC el 17 de junio de 2020.
A summary of UNODC’s annual findings about coca cultivation in Colombia, covering 2019. (Link at unodc.org)
June 17, 2020
Colombia siembra menos coca, pero produce la misma cocaína
Published by La Silla Vacía on June 17, 2020.
A discussion of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s 2019 coca and cocaine production estimates with Juan Carlos Garzón of the Fundación Ideas para la Paz.
June 17, 2020
June 17, 2020
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime and Colombia’s National Police release their estimates of coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia in 2019. The report finds a 9 percent reduction in coca-growing from 2018 to 2019, from 169,000 hectares to 154,000 hectares, but a 1.9 percent increase in cocaine production, to an estimated 1,137 metric tons of pure cocaine. Coca cultivation decreases most in Caquetá, Antioquia, Nariño, Bolívar, and Putumayo, while increasing in Norte de Santander and Valle del Cauca.
June 17, 2020
May 15, 2020
“Operation Orion V,” a Colombian-led, multinational naval drug interdiction operation inaugurated on April 1, comes to an end. “Orion V” was launched alongside “Enhanced Counter Narcotics Operations, a U.S.-led, multinational naval drug interdiction operation also inaugurated on April 1. The U.S. operation continues. U.S. Southern Command lists 26 participant countries in Orion V, including the United States and Colombia.
May 15, 2020
May 8, 2020
A coca paste lab in Tarazá, Antioquia, that the Army alleges to have been property of the Gulf Clan.
May 8, 2020
May 2, 2020
The Colombian Army’s Cauca Specific Command destroys a coca paste kitchen that it attributes to the Jaime Martínez FARC dissident group in rural Jamundí, Valle del Cauca.
May 2, 2020
Las nuevas rutas del narcotráfico
Publicado por Semana el 16 de abril de 2020.
A look at the U.S. military deployment to international waters near Colombia to interdict drugs, the current state of the drug trade, and U.S. pressure on the Venezuelan regime.
April 16, 2020
El tráfico de cocaína de Colombia hacia el mundo
Publicado por la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación el 6 de abril de 2020.
A look at recent changes in Colombia’s cocaine market, coca production, armed group participation, and transshipment patterns.
April 6, 2020
2020 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
The State Department’s annual worldwide overview of the drug trade and efforts to combat it. Includes a chapter on Colombia and mentions of the country throughout. (Link at state.gov)
March 2, 2020
2019 Drug Enforcement Administration National Drug Threat Assessment
Published by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, January 30, 2020.
The DEA’s annual report on drug trafficking patterns affecting the United States. Includes discussion of the cocaine trade and Colombian armed groups and organized crime. (Link at dea.gov)
January 30, 2020
Detoxifying Colombia’s drug policy: Colombia’s counternarcotics options and their impact on peace and state building
Published by the Brookings Institution on January 8, 2020.
Vanda Felbab-Brown analyzes Colombia’s options for reducing the size of its coca crop, and concludes, “The most effective policy to sustainably reduce illicit crops would deliver robust assistance before demanding eradication.”
January 8, 2020