Colombia Detains a Leader of Former Rebel Group FARC on Drug Charges

Police allege role in plot to smuggle cocaine into U.S.; FARC leaders say arrest will hurt peace process

BOGOTÁ, Colombia—Police arrested a top leader of the FARC, the guerrilla group turned political party, on charges of conspiring to smuggle 10 tons of cocaine to the U.S. in violation of a peace pact that paved the way for the group’s disarmament, Colombia’s president announced in a nationally televised address.

Moving on a federal grand-jury indictment handed up in New York, Colombian police on Monday raided the home of Seuxis Hernández, 51, arresting him and three associates. An Interpol red notice, requesting the arrest...