UK aids Colombian drug raids
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An operation between Britain and Jamaica helps cut the amount of cocaine smuggled into the Caribbean from Colombia by 80%, the Foreign Office says.
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Two helicopters sent by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez landed in Colombia Friday on a delicate mission to pluck three hostages from the rebel-held jungle.
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President Bush aims to highlight the benefits of American drug-fighting aid in Colombia and boost a conservative Latin American leader with a brief, security-laden stop in the Andean nation.
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EL MIRADOR, Colombia -- The latest shift in Colombia's war on drugs is evident on a green hilltop in this town, as weather-beaten men in gray jumpsuits -- government-paid eradicators -- use hoes and muscle to rip out bushes of coca. Policemen carrying M-16 assault rifles and land-mine detectors...
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BOGOTA -- Police arrested three men and broke up a plot to attack US military officers who train Colombian police and soldiers in a popular weekend getaway, the US Embassy said yesterday. The suspects were arrested Saturday in the central city of Melgar, home to the Tolemaida military base, which houses a training center for anti drug agents. The men ...
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announces aid to deal with flooding that has left thousands homeless.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. 10 -- A reputed cocaine kingpin who is on the FBI's Most Wanted list was captured Monday in an army operation that government officials hailed as a major blow against drug trafficking in this Andean country.
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Colombian police seize millions in fake euros and dollars in an international operation.
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Under a security web of warplanes, ships and 15,000 troops, President Bush praised Colombia's battle against drugs and Marxist guerrillas Monday and pledged to keep U.S. aid flowing so "this courageous nation can win its war against narcoterrorists."
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Colombia's top drug lord, who earned the title "boss of bosses" for smuggling hundreds of tonnes of cocaine to the United States, was captured on Monday, the country's biggest narcotics arrest in a decade.
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By Robin Emmott LIMA, Peru  - Colombia's U.S.-backed eradicationof coca, the raw material for cocaine, is driving drugtraffickers into neighboring Peru and pushing up drugproduction there despite a campaign to cut coca-growing areas,Peru's anti-drugs agency said on Friday.
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The United States and Colombia signed an agreement Tuesday meant to knock down trade barriers for U.S. businesses and bolster a South American ally that has been battling drug traffickers and guerrillas.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - A commander of Colombia's  largest rebel army was handed over to U.S. authorities at a  Bogota airport for extradition to the United States Friday on  cocaine smuggling and kidnapping charges.
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Colombian rebels attempted to traffic drugs through Chile, police said Saturday in describing the seizure of almost a half-ton of cocaine and arrests 12 people.
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Some 22 people are held as police raids target a Â£100m cocaine and cannabis trafficking gang.
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A joint French, American and British anti-narcotics operation intercepted four smugglers with 880 pounds of cocaine off the coast of Colombia this week, France's Defense Ministry said Friday.
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Drug growers in Colombia are using genetically modified plants to dramatically boost cocaine yields, officials say.