That's one way to hide a lot of cash.

There are claims that accused drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury was fleeing a sizeable debt.

The arrest of an Aussie in Colombia on drug charges has focused attention on the country.

At 22, Cassandra Sainsbury had dreams of stardom. How did she end up in a Colombia jail?

Aussie woman was arrested in Colombia for allegedly carrying drugs.

Cassie Sainsbury is facing up to 25 years in jail for allegedly carrying 5.8kg of cocaine.

Woman is facing 25 years in a Colombian jail after cocaine was found in her suitcase.

Rescuers have been searching desperately through mud-plastered rubble for victims.

Colombian president declares state of emergency after landslide sweeps through city.

A deal to allow for 14 flights a week to Colombia has been signed and more agreements are in the pipeline.

A Colombian teenager has written off a $50,000 luxury Mercedes in a fiery crash during a street race.

Police claim a Christchurch man may have imported $4.86m worth of cocaine.

The Las Lajas Sanctuary in the Colombian Andes has become a major draw for tourists.

The head of the charter airline whose plane crashed in the Andes last week has been detained by Bolivian prosecutors for questioning.

It's been 23 years, so who has claimed Pablo Escobar's crown? This is who has taken over the notorious Colombian drug overlord's trade.

Bolivia's aviation authority has suspended the licence of the airline behind the horrific plane crash as blame shifted to the pilot and co-owner of the airline.

Heartbreaking video footage from inside the plane that crashed this week showed the co-pilot and team members speaking at their excitement about the trip.

The desperate last words of the pilot flying the doomed jet carrying a Brazilian football team have emerged.

Investigators already have an idea of what's to blame for the plane crash tragedy that killed 71 passengers, including a beloved football team.

Airplane travel is a routine part of athletes' lives, but when something goes awry, sports fans and the families of those lost never forget.

This is the heartbreaking moment a Brazilian footballer found out he was to become a father - just one week before he was killed in the Colombian jet crash.

Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo was one of just seven people initially found alive after a charter plane crashed in Colombia killing 75 people.

The footballers of Chapecoense changed to the doomed plane after Brazilian officials prevented them from taking a charter flight, it has been claimed.

The Colombian came fourth in the 63kg event at the Rio Olympics, yet her enthusiasm was not dimmed.

The parents of little Elisa, 11, erected a fence around their northern beaches home after she escaped earlier this year, it has been revealed.

Colombian voters rejected a peace deal with Farc rebels in a surprise outcome that risks prolonging a 52-year-old conflict.

Colombians voted today in a historic referendum on whether to end the longest running civil war in the West.

On the eve of a historic vote expected to end Colombia's 52-year conflict with the FARC, rebels prepare to reenter a world very different from the one they left.

Colombia's war has displaced seven million people but even with a peace agreement looming many victims of the 52-year conflict are wary of returning to their farms and villages.

Agreement on a definitive ceasefire is one of the last steps towards ending Latin America's longest civil war.