Panama ruled out on Wednesday that the Gulf Clan, Colombia’s largest drug-trafficking cartel, maintains a permanent presence in its border areas, though it reported growing “pressure” from Colombian criminal groups. The Gulf Clan, designated a terrorist organization by the United States, has been linked by authorities to drug smuggling toward the U.S. and Europe, as […] The post Panama Reports Rising Criminal Pressure as Cocaine Flow Surges appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .