Colombia's Top Drug Cartel In Decline, May Lay Down Arms: Negotiator

Colombian government negotiator Alvaro Jimenez says the country's largest drug-trafficking cartel has reached its "peak" and is entering a decline that could see it lay down its arms (Credit: AFP)

Colombia's largest drug-trafficking cartel has reached its "peak" and is entering a decline that could see it lay down its arms, a government negotiator involved in peace talks with the group told AFP.

The Clan del Golfo, which has origins in right-wing paramilitary organizations and calls itself the Gaitanista Army of Colombia, concluded a first round of peace talks in Qatar last week with the leftist government of Colombian President Gustavo Petro.