As of 2025-11-18, the Drug Enforcement Administration's annual National Drug Threat Assessment and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's annual World Drug Report have not listed 'Cartel de los Soles' as a discrete trafficking organization.
November 18, 2025
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descriptive
Major annual international and U.S. drug threat reports document trafficking organizations and, as of the stated date, did not identify 'Cartel de los Soles' as a distinct organization.
The area dedicated to coca cultivation in Colombia was a record 253,000 hectares (625,000 acres) in 2023, almost triple the amount reported a decade earlier, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
January 01, 2023
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statistical
Trend in coca cultivation area in Colombia reported by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.