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US officials had placed a $5m (£3.6m) bounty on the head of Otoniel, Colombia's most wanted drug lord.

15 years in the making, new book takes terrifying dive into the cocaine underworld By Jim Wyss, Miami Herald © Harper Collins Publishing/Harper Collins Publishing/TNS 'Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels' from the Jungles to the Streets.'  As Toby Muse was conducting interviews in Colombia for his new book about the cocaine trade, he found himself in an uncomfortable position. He didn’t want his subjects telling him too much about their business. This was particularly true when talking to a narco-trafficker named Alex, who is central to the book — until he gets...

Colombia wants to resume spraying a toxic chemical to fight cocaine. Critics say it's too risky By Stefano Pozzebon Updated 12:14 PM ET, Fri August 28, 2020 Two AT- 802 planes fumigate coca fields in San Miguel, 400 miles south of Bogota, Colombia, on Dec. 11, 2006. Bogota (CNN)Colombia wants to resume aerial spraying of a toxic chemical in remote rural areas to stop the growth of coca, the chief ingredient of cocaine -- despite stark health concerns. The spraying typically uses glyphosate, a chemical that the World Health Organization has linked to cancer and classified as "probably carcino...