A man who had oversight over a web of assassins working for the infamous drug trafficker Pablo Escobar is dead. Jhon Jairo Velásquez, also known as "Popeye," died on February 6 at the National ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Jhon Jairo Velasquez Vasquez, who worked for Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar and said he participated in some 300 murders, died on Thursday, the government said. Velasquez, ...

Standing on a dimly-lit dirt road in the heat of a Colombian night, the only audible noises are the distant sound of a car and the pounding of my heart. I’ve no idea how we got here. The location was ...

The hippos, brought to Colombia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, could have a serious negative impact on the local ...