Spotlight: Held Hostage in Colombia (2008)

From deep within the Colombian jungle, this documentary tells the story of three American defense contractors held hostage since their plane crashed in 2003.

Coming to America

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Colombia extradited 14 paramilitary warlords to the United States to stand trial on drug trafficking charges in a surprise move applauded by the Bush administration.

Drug-Baron: Hugo Chavez

A top US anti-drugs official has accused Venezuelan President Hugo-Chavez of being a "major facilitator" of the trade in cocaine.


The official, John Walters, said Venezuela had become "a haven" for shipments of cocaine manufactured in neighbouring Colombia.

Mr Walters, speaking on a visit to Colombia, said failure to deal with the problem amounted to complicity. Mr Walters, director of the US Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), was meeting Colombian President Alvaro-Uribe.

Via BBC

'Arellano-Felix cartel' executes victims

Six executed kidnapping-victims have been found inside a house in the Mexican town of Tijuana, where armed men took refuge during a shootout with soldiers.

The firefight broke out when agents prepared to raid a house near the US border that police now say was a shelter for a cell of a drug cartel named Arellano-Felix.

According to Edgar Millan, a spokesman for the federal public safety department, the victims, all male, were blindfolded and gagged and shot in the head.

Via Al-Jazeera