"Narco sub" seized as crew tries in vain to sink 5,300 pounds of cocaine

Officials said the crew tried to open valves and sink the vessel along with its drug-laden cargo. It didn't work.

• May 31, 2023

Colombian president retracts claim 4 children found alive after plane crash

The plane went down more than two weeks ago. President Gustavo Petro said "military forces and Indigenous communities will continue in their tireless search."

• May 18, 2023

Largest-ever "narco sub" found off Colombia

The largest-ever Colombian "narco sub" was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean, with 3 tons of cocaine found on board, authorities say.

• May 15, 2023
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Largest-ever Colombian "narco sub" intercepted in the Pacific

The Colombian navy has seized 228 such drug-laden semi-submersibles, which are used by traffickers to elude detection.

• May 15, 2023

"Prince of Semi-Submersibles" gets 20 years for operating "narco subs"

Oscar Adriano Quintero Rengifo was accused of operating a fleet of so-called "narco subs" to transport nearly 30,000 pounds of cocaine.

• May 9, 2023

Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" lurk near school, enter playground

"There are about 35 children playing that could approach them and provoke a tragedy," said an official from the local environment authority.

• May 3, 2023

Brothers get prison for trying to traffic $100 million of cocaine on "low-profile" boats

Low-profile vessels are often used in drug smuggling schemes because their construction helps the boats remain out of sight in the water.

• Apr 26, 2023

Colombia police director removed who spoke about using "exorcisms"

Sanabria was under an internal investigation by the ministry over whether he had inappropriately allowed his religious beliefs to infringe on his duties.

• Apr 13, 2023

3 ships intercepted, 2 of them sink, over 4 tons of drugs seized

In all, seven arrests were made and more than 700,000 doses of the drug were seized, officials said.

• Apr 3, 2023

Deporting Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" carries a hefty price tag

In the 1980's, the Colombian drug kingpin imported just four hippos from Africa — and now there are nearly 150 of them.

• Mar 30, 2023

Exorcism and prayer used to fight crime and cartels, Colombia general says

Sanabria claimed criminals used witchcraft, and said in one operation a police officer had been able to kill one of them by "praying while shooting."

• Mar 27, 2023

Colombia's hippo population problems

Colombia is proposing sending some of its growing hippopotamus population to India and Mexico. Four of the animals, which aren't native to the region, were imported from Africa in the 1980s by drug lord Pablo Escobar for his private zoo, and they have been multiplying ever since. Independent journalist Audrey Huse joined CBS News to discuss.

• Mar 24, 2023
• 04:43

"Narco sub" seized in Pacific with hundreds of cocaine packages labeled "Rocky"

The news came about a week after officials seized a cocaine-laden vessel with two dead bodies on board in the same region.

• Mar 22, 2023

Submarine with 2 bodies, 3 tons of cocaine seized in the Pacific Ocean

Almost 5,800 pounds of cocaine, worth more than $87 million, was found on board the roughly 50-foot-long submarine, officials said.

• Mar 14, 2023

Heinz wants to help man who survived weeks at sea buy a boat

The company says it's on a mission to #FindTheKetchupBoatGuy to give Elvis Francois a new boat complete with navigational technology to "avoid another disaster in the future."

• Feb 23, 2023

U.S. arrests 4 more suspects in probe into assassination of Haitian president

The Justice Department has arrested four people in the slaying of Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company that hired former soldiers from Colombia for the mission.

• Feb 14, 2023

Colombian judge uses ChatGPT in ruling on child's medical rights case

Judge Juan Manuel Padilla did not specify how much he relied on the bot to write his opinion.

• Feb 2, 2023

Woman accused of planning murder of prosecutor who was killed on honeymoon

Marcelo Pecci was killed in front of his pregnant wife, journalist Claudia Aguilera, while they were on their honeymoon on the Colombian island of Baru.

• Jan 23, 2023

Adrift sailor survives 24 days at sea with ketchup and seasonings

The 47-year-old man accidentally drifted from St. Maarten in the Caribbean last month and ended up near Colombia with only a couple of condiments on board to help him survive.

• Jan 20, 2023

Plane crashes in Colombia, killing 8 people and destroying 7 homes

The aircraft experienced "an engine failure" during takeoff, Medellín Mayor Daniel Quintero said in a statement.

• Nov 21, 2022

DEA's most corrupt agent says he's not the only one who laundered cartel money

José Irizarry has admitted that he conspired with Colombian cartels to build a lavish lifestyle of sports cars, jewels and paramours around the world.

• Nov 14, 2022

"Most feared narco-terrorist in Colombia" gets 35 years in U.S. prison

Don Mario, whose real name is Daniel Rendon Herrera, pleaded guilty to running a criminal enterprise and conspiring to support a designated terrorist group.

• Oct 18, 2022

Pop singer Shakira to face trial over tax fraud in Spain

A Spanish judge has approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud.

• Sep 27, 2022

"Packaged" corpses sow terror in Colombian capital

Since January, 23 bodies wrapped in plastic have been found abandoned in the city.

• Sep 17, 2022

Toxic foam floods streets, homes in Colombia

Toxic foam clouds flooded streets and dozens of homes Wednesday following a night of heavy rain in Soacha, Colombia. Local media reported the foam came from an overflowing sewage gully.

• Jun 30, 2022
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