COLOMBIA: 12 Tons Of Cocaine Seized In Cartagena.

BBC/ 

   Narco dogs found more than 12 tons of coke...perhaps belonging to the powerful Rastrojos narco gang...destined for Veracruz, Mexico...hidden in a shipment of brown sugar in the port of Cartagena.
   Federal police also announced the arrest of a Mexican national at the Bogota airport...with $2.8mn usd in his hand luggage (above).

COLOMBIA: Rising Sea Levels Threaten Latin American Coastal Cities.

LATIMES/
A World Bank study states that the effects of global warming already seen in Latin American coastal cities could worsen in coming decades because sea levels will rise highest near the equator. Latin and Caribbean cities especially at risk include Veracruz, Mexico; Georgetown, Guyana; and Guayaquil, Ecuador.
"The projections are based on assumptions generally accepted by the scientific community and do not include the cataclysmic effects of possible advanced ice melting in the Antarctic or Greenland."

COLOMBIA: At Least 10,000 Injured During Cartagena Festivities.

COLOMBIA REPORTS/
Cartagena health authorities declared that during the revelry, music and drinking some 10,000 patients were seen at medical centers throughout the city.