Wiretaps caught Colombian cocaine group discussing Venezuelan military’s ‘Cartel of the Suns’

Jan 13, 2026 - 17:01
Wiretaps caught Colombian cocaine group discussing Venezuelan military’s ‘Cartel of the Suns’
Two men in military uniforms lean their heads into each other during a conversation.

CBC News obtained more than a dozen wiretap recordings from a two-year Colombian federal police investigation into a multinational drug-smuggling organization based out of Colombia. The organization moved cocaine to the U.S., Europe, Asia and northern Africa by air using human drug mules and by sea through shipping containers.