Colombia grows more coca, drug labs process more powder and smuggling vessels traverse oceans, alarming U.S. antidrug ...

Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, has focused on targeting drug trafficking networks and a shift away from eradicating the coca leaf has helped feed the surge in cocaine production ...

Colombia remains the world’s top cocaine producer, and each year the South American country breaks new records. Coca crops ...

BOGOTA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Potential production of cocaine in Colombia and the area sown with coca, the drug's base ingredient, rose last year to their highest levels in two decades of monitoring ...

Cocaine production in Colombia surged 53% in 2023, reaching a historic peak, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said Saturday. A UNODC report highlighted that cocaine production in Colombia ...

but that hasn’t prevented production from expanding,” the economist added. Cocaine’s expansion comes as Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the country’s first leftist leader, has been ...

Colombia has once again produced cocaine at a record pace as President Gustavo Petro’s government changed the country’s strategy for fighting illegal drugs. The area of land planted with coca ...

UNODC reports Colombia’s cocaine production hit a record in 2022, nearing the country's oil export earnings. Major oil-producing regions, like Putumayo, overlap with high-density coca ...

Cocaine production in South America is surging, with a United Nations report estimating a 53% increase in output from 2022 to 2023, reaching 2,664 metric tons. In fact, farmers in Colombia ...

However, since he came to power, Colombia’s cocaine production has surged. Cultivation of coca leaves in Colombia increased 10% in 2023 from the previous year, while potential cocaine production ...

Cocaine production in Colombia reached a record-high in 2023, jumping 53 percent to 2,600 tons, according to the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.

PRESIDENCIA COLOMBIA/AFP via Getty Images Cocaine production in Colombia reached a record high in 2023 at 2,600 tons, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Cocaine related deaths jumped ...