trafficking

The five additional defendants face various criminal conspiracy, drug trafficking and money laundering charges, said a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California.

The United States has officially named Colombia as a country which has "demonstrably failed" to uphold its obligations to control drug trafficking, but stopped short of cutting off the flow of US aid to Colombia.

Officials said he should have claimed asylum there because he was not under the control of trafficking gangs.

The U.S. military recently destroyed a Venezuelan boat it said was trafficking drugs, killing 11.

If they did, she said she was investigating a human trafficking case.