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☆ Ecuador Police Capture Leader of Colombian Dissident Rebel Group
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's police on Monday said they have captured the leader of Colombian armed group Oliver Sinisterra and that Ecuadorean authorities will return him to Colombia. News of the capture comes amid a military offensive launched by Ecuador's government to combat criminal gangs. "An immigration hearing will be held so that he can be expelled from Ecuador and sent to Colombia," Ecuador police commander Cesar Zapata told reporters. Oliver Sinisterra is a faction of the Segunda Marquetalia group of dissident rebels of the now-demobilized Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) which abandoned a 2016 peace deal with the state. The Oliver Sinisterra front operates in Colombia's Narino province and Ecuador's Esmeraldas province.

Persons: Oliver Sinisterra, Daniel Noboa, Carlos L, El Gringo, Cesar Zapata, Zapata, Alexandra Valencia, Luis Jaime Acosta, Oliver Griffin, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Colombian, Segunda Marquetalia, Revolutionary Forces of Locations: QUITO, Colombian, Colombia, Imbabura, Ecuador, San Lorenzo, Revolutionary Forces of Colombia, Colombia's Narino, Ecuador's Esmeraldas

☆ Cocaine still Colombia drug gangs' top export despite fentanyl's ascendancy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Luis Jaime Acosta | Thomson Reuters | Luis Jaime Has Worked At Reuters For More Than Years. While He Chiefly Covers Colombia'S Armed Conflict | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rocketing consumption of synthetic drug fentanyl in the U.S. has led some - including Colombia's President Gustavo Petro - to forecast declines in cocaine production in the Andean country, the world's leading producer. Coca production is taking place in new areas and fresh trafficking routes are opening up, Zapata said. Ecuador's incoming president, Daniel Noboa, who takes office this month, has promised to confront rising crime in the country, where violence linked to drug trafficking has increased sharply. Colombia hopes to destroy 200 square kilometers of coca crops by the end of the year and seize a record 834 tons of cocaine. "Drug trafficking is changing.

Persons: Luisa Gonzalez, Gustavo Petro, We're, Nicolas Zapata, Petro, Zapata, Daniel Noboa, we've, Luis Jaime Acosta, Oliver Griffin, Marguerita Choy Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Colombian, United Nations Office, Drugs, Thomson Locations: Putumayo, Colombia, Rights BOGOTA, U.S, Europe, Ecuador

☆ Luis Díaz: Colombian guerilla group says it will release Liverpool player’s father ‘as soon as possible’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Ilse Borrero | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Barrancas, Díaz’s hometown located in northern Colombia, has never been so guarded. Relatives and friends marched in Barrancas to show solidarity with the Díaz family. Hundreds of people marched through Barrancas demanding Díaz's release. Gaby Díaz thanked the media and the citizens of Barrancas for their interest in knowing the fate of his father. Meanwhile, journalists, cameramen, and photographers from local and foreign media remain on guard outside the Díaz family residence, waiting for some reaction or news of the release of the Liverpool FC star’s father.

Persons: Colombia CNN —, Luis Díaz’s, “, ” Luis Manuel Díaz, Cilenis Marulanda, Marulanda, Santiago Ángel, Juan Carlos Cuéllar, Díaz, Luis Manuel Díaz, ”, Otty Patiño, Gaby Díaz, Lismari Machado, ” Cristian Almenares, General William René Salamanca, Guillermo Acuña, Barranco Organizations: Colombia CNN, National Liberation Army, Liverpool FC, Colombian government’s, Law, CNN, AFP, Getty, Colombian, Díaz, Police, Army, Colombian Police, ”, Liverpool FC star’s Locations: Barrancas, Colombia, Colombian, Colombia’s La Guajira, ” Salamanca

☆ Luis Díaz: Hundreds gather to demand the release of Liverpool star’s father
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Hundreds of people gathered in Barrancas, Colombia on Tuesday to form a mass protest demanding the release of Liverpool FC star Luis Díaz’s father. Luis Manuel Díaz and his wife, Cilenis Marulanda, were kidnapped by armed men on motorcycles at a gas station in Barrancas, the family’s home town, on Saturday. Marulanda was later rescued but Díaz Sr. is still missing, with a major police and military search operation ongoing. “At this moment, we do not have any element that indicates to us that the border has been crossed. Díaz Jr. missed Liverpool’s 3-0 Premier League win over Nottingham Forest on Sunday, with teammate Diogo Jota holding up the Colombian’s No.

Persons: Luis Díaz’s, Luis Manuel Díaz, Cilenis Marulanda, Marulanda, Díaz, Aldair Rodríguez, “, Alejandro Zapata, –, Zapata, William René Salamanca Ramírez, ”, ” Zapata, Díaz Jr, Diogo Jota, Pepijn Lijnders Organizations: CNN, Liverpool FC, EyePress, Premier League, Nottingham Forest, Liverpool’s League, Bournemouth Locations: Barrancas, Colombia, Venezuela, La Guajira, ” Liverpool

☆ Liverpool fought for Diaz, Klopp says, after Colombian's father kidnapped
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The forward was absent from Liverpool's team against Nottingham Forest in light of the incident. Klopp told reporters that the Colombian international wanted to go home but he did not say if he would. The Colombia Football Federation has appealed to the kidnappers to release the father of the 43-time international. "We ask the captors of Luis Manuel Diaz, father of Luis Fernando Diaz, to release him now, without conditions," the Colombian FA posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. The Colombian police have announced a reward of 200 million Colombian pesos ($48,300) for information leading to the rescue of Diaz's father.

Persons: Diogo Jota, Liverpool's Luis Diaz, Scott Heppell, Luis Diaz, Juergen Klopp, Diaz's, Cilenis Marulanda, Gustavo Petro, Klopp, Diaz, Luis Manuel Diaz, Luis Fernando Diaz, Chiranjit, Robert Birsel Organizations: Soccer Football, Premier League, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, REUTERS, Authorities, Colombian, Colombia Football Federation, Colombian FA, Thomson Locations: Anfield, Liverpool, Britain, Colombia, Bengaluru

BOGOTA, July 27 (Reuters) - Colombian police have seized property and bank accounts worth 1.3 trillion pesos ($329 million), proceeds from the sale and export of stolen crude oil, officials said on Thursday. To sell the stolen oil, criminal groups mixed it with legally-bought crude so it could be exported via front companies, police said. Colombia's majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol (ECO.CN) was the main victim of the scheme, costing it 60 billion pesos, police added. The gangs stole crude from Colombia's Cano Limon-Covenas pipeline which runs parallel to the border with Venezuela. Furthermore, "large quantities" of light Venezuelan crude were brought into Colombia before being mixed with Colombian oil and exported via the Cano Limon-Covenas pipeline, the statement said.

Persons: Cano, Katherine Casas, Cano Limon, Luis Jaime Acosta, Oliver Griffin, Grant McCool Organizations: Colombian, Interpol, Reuters, National Liberation Army, Police, Thomson Locations: BOGOTA, Narino province, Venezuela, Pacific, Buenaventura, Colombia

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