A Venezuelan businessman suspected of being part of a major drug trafficking ring has been arrested by Colombian authorities. Walid Makled Garcia, 43, who is wanted by the US on drug charges and Colombia and Venezuela on murder charges, was caught in the border city of Cucuta. He is accused of traff [...]

Venezuelan businessman Walid Makled, labeled by the U.S. government as one of the world’s top three drug kingpins, was arrested in northeastern Colombia. [...]

Colombian police arrested Walid Makled, who last year was included in a U.S. list of accused major drug barons, in Norte de Santender, close to the Venezuelan border, a police official said. The capture came as Colombian and Venezuelan officials were holding talks to repair diplomatic and trade rela [...]

First, Álvaro Vargas Llosa describes the demise of FARC in Colombia — with the death of its leader Mono Jojoy — and then relates the electoral setback and domestic problems of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela. Now, in El Tiempo, Walid Makled states he contributed at least $2 million to support the failed Ch [...]

YEMEN Thirteen Are Killed in Clash A clash between troops and civilians at a market in Yemen's restive south on Friday left 13 people dead, including 10 soldiers, a security official said. The official said the fighting erupted after military vehicles drove into a market in the town of Lawdar in the [...]