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Trump Admin Sanctions Yet Another Cartel And Its Leader, Now For Oil Theft

The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on the "Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima" (CSRL) after determining that the criminal organization was stealing fuel and crude oil from Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex.

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Clan del Golfo Is Latest Latin American Drug Cartel Designated a Terrorist Organization by the U.S.

The U.S. Treasury Department said the group will also be added to the Office of Foreign Assets Control's sanctions list, freezing any assets under U.S. jurisdiction, barring financial dealings

Latin Times

US labels South American country’s largest drug cartel a terrorist organization

With an estimated 9,000 fighters, Clan del Golfo stands as one of Colombia’s most formidable armed groups

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Colombia's Top Drug Cartel In Decline, May Lay Down Arms: Negotiator

Colombia's largest drug-trafficking cartel has reached its "peak" and is entering a decline that could see it lay down its arms, a government negotiator involved in peace talks with the group told AFP. The Clan del Golfo, which has origins in right-wing paramilitary organizations and calls itself the Gaitanista Army…

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Panama Conducts First US-Funded Migrant Deportation Flight To Colombia

Panama conducts its first US-funded migrant deportation flight to Colombia, aiming to reduce unauthorized crossings.

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Colombia's Clan del Golfo rules out surrender, but open to talks -lawyer

Colombia's Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces (AGC) crime gang, better know as the Clan del Golfo, wants to hold peace talks with the government but rejects a proposed surrender to end its role in the country's conflict, a lawyer for the group told Reuters on Friday.

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Colombia, Panama agree to step up anti-crime operations in Darien border region

Colombia and Panama have agreed to increase joint military operations in the Darien jungle region to tackle drug trafficking, illegal mining, and irregular migration.

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Colombia suspends ceasefire with ELN after rebel group rejects effort

Colombia called off a ceasefire with the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels on Wednesday, in an about-face after the left-wing guerrilla group said it had not agreed to halt fighting.

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Colombia says 10 armed groups agree to unilateral ceasefire

At least 10 armed groups in Colombia, including former members of the FARC rebels who reject a peace deal and the Clan del Golfo crime gang, have agreed to participate in unilateral ceasefires, the government said on Wednesday.

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New Colombia government to propose incentives to crime gang members who disarm

Incoming Colombian President Gustavo Petro will propose the Clan del Golfo crime gang disarm and inform the government about its drug trafficking in exchange for unspecified incentives, his foreign minister said on Wednesday.

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Colombia extradites accused drug cartel leader's sister to U.S

Colombia on Friday extradited to the United States a sister of accused major drug cartel leader Dairo Antonio Usaga, known as Otoniel, to face drug trafficking charges, the national police said.

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Italian police hit Colombian drug gang, seize tonnes of cocaine

Italian police have seized 4.3 tonnes of cocaine with a street value of 240 million euros ($257 million), dealing a heavy blow to the Colombian Clan del Golfo drugs gang, investigators said on Tuesday.

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Colombia police kill accused top drug trafficker who escaped jail

Juan Larinson Castro, better known as Matamba, an accused top Colombian drug trafficker who escaped a maximum-security prison in the Andean country earlier this year, was killed in a police operation to try and recapture him on Thursday, the government said.

Reuters

‘It’s total terror’: Colombian cartel retaliates over kingpin’s arrest

Otoniel’s Gulf Clan militiamen shut down northern regions, blocking roads and holding residents hostage in their houses

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Colombia's Clan del Golfo attacks vehicles to protest Otoniel extradition -government

At least 100 vehicles were destroyed on highways across northern Colombia in isolated attacks by the Clan del Golfo criminal gang, which announced an "armed strike" to protest the extradition of former leader Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as Otoniel, to the United States, the government said on Friday.

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Colombian drug lord arrested for shipping ‘outrageous’ amounts of cocaine to US over 20 years

Leader of notorious ‘Clan del Golfo’ was captured in October

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Accused Colombian drug trafficker Otoniel to appear in U.S. court

The accused leader of Colombia's Clan del Golfo drug trafficking group is expected to appear in a U.S. court on Thursday after being extradited on cocaine and weapons charges, the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn said.

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Drug trafficker and gang leader Otoniel extradited to US from Colombia

He was Colombia’s most wanted man before he was captured

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Colombia starts extradition of accused drug trafficker Otoniel to the United States

Colombian authorities took Dairo Antonio Usaga, known as Otoniel, an accused drug trafficker and leader of the Clan del Golfo criminal group to an airport in the capital Bogota to be extradited to the United States on Wednesday, police told Reuters.

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Mexican cartels swap arms for cocaine, fueling Colombia violence

Mexican drug cartels appear to be shipping high-powered weapons to Colombia to purchase shipments of cocaine, a trade Colombian authorities say is fueling the deadly struggle between rival traffickers for control of the nation's drug routes.

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Colombia court approves extradition to the U.S. of accused drug trafficker Otoniel

Colombia's Supreme Court of Justice on Wednesday approved the extradition to the United States of accused drug kingpin and Clan del Golfo crime gang leader Dairo Antonio Usaga, known as Otoniel.

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Colombia security forces kill 15 members of Clan del Golfo crime group

Colombia's armed forces killed at least 15 members of the Clan del Golfo, a criminal organization connected to drug trafficking and illegal mining, during a raid on Tuesday, military sources said.

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