BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia said Monday it sent 26 members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor to the United States after determining that the rights of some of the children in the group were at risk.

The cocaine, stored in dozens of 110-pound sacks inside a warehouse, was "camouflaged" in a mixture with plaster, officials said.

“It feels incredible to see a part of underground queer Colombia sizzle on the page,” author Julián Delgado Lopera tells PEOPLE

Colombia is leading the charge to map out a global transition from oil, gas and coal at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil. “The time is now. History demands that we act,” said Colombia’s Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres earlier this week.

Colombia says it has sent 26 members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor to the United States after determining that the rights of some of the children in the group are at risk. Authorities detained the group of 17 children and nine adults on November 22 following a raid on their hotel in Yarumal, a city in northwestern Colombia.

Alexi Lalas and Cobi Jones discussed story behind why Colombia wasn't supposed to be in the United States' group during the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Vitol Group is expected to supply a new liquefied natural gas import terminal in Colombia for five years starting in 2027, the project’s developer said.

Energy trader Vitol is expected to supply Colombia’s new liquefied natural gas import terminal for five years starting in 2027, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing the project’s developer.

The World's 50 Best celebrated in the best restaurants in Latin America from Antigua, Guatemala, with Bogotá, Colombia’s El Chato coming out on top.

The “Houdini” singer performed her own version of “Antología” during her tour stop in Bogotá