Eight years after Colombian police nabbed him, the shadowy guerrilla leader reputed to have controlled most of the FARC’s cocaine trafficking has been extradited to New York to face federal narcotics charges. Martín Leonel Pérez Castro, 51, is ...
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Colombian Mercenaries Suspected in Haiti Assassination Have US Military Ties
During a Thursday press conference, President Joe Biden said that he will send Marines to reinforce the US Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. However, there are no plans “at this moment” to send additional US military personnel to the Caribbean island ...
Iran, Venezuela Look To ‘Deepen’ Ties
This article was originally published Nov. 4, 2020, on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in Venezuela at the start of a Latin American tour that will also take him to Cuba and ...
Two Former Green Berets Arrested in Venezuela: Here’s What You Need to Know
On Sunday, two former U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers, known as "Green Berets," were among eight mercenaries arrested by the Venezuelan navy during an attempt to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The attempt, reportedly named ...