Colombian Police Seize 3.3 Tons of Cocaine Near Panama Border

Colombian police confiscated 3.3 tons of cocaine bound for Mexico during an offensive against a crime gang in the country's jungle region that borders Panama, police said on Tuesday. The drugs, belonging to the Colombian Usuga Clan crime gang  and valued at some $90 million, were discovered in a jungle region, General Rodolfo Palomino, the head of Colombia's national police, told reporters in Necocli. “The shipment was ready to leave on a river to the Caribbean or the...

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