Jorge Barrera

ottawa, ontario, canada

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Jorge Barrera is a journalist with the CBC News investigative unit. He has worked in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Caracas, Venezuela and Ottawa, Ontario, among other places.Barrera has also worked for the Moncton Times & Transcript, Sun Media and Canwest News Service.

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Wiretaps caught Colombian cocaine group discussing Venezuelan military's 'Cartel of the Suns' | CBC Accessibility

The broker told his client he had a relative in the “little red party” with links to the “famous Suns” who, for an up-front fee, would guarantee safe passage of the container with the cocaine onto the ship docked at the Venezuelan port. The cocaine — a ba... See more

cbc.ca•Jorge Barrera•Jan 12, 2026

U.S. attack in Venezuela creates risk, opportunity for guerilla groups | CBC News

The U.S. attack on Venezuela has shifted the ground for guerrilla groups operating across the country's borderlands with Colombia, raising fears of possible betrayal by Venezuelan regime officials, while opening the door to a wider conflict should U.S. bo... See more

cbc.ca•Jorge Barrera•Jan 11, 2026

Trump prioritizing Venezuelan oil over lives of political prisoners, says mother of 2 jailed sons | CBC News

The U.S. administration of Donald Trump is putting the lives of hundreds of political prisoners in Venezuela at risk by failing to prioritize their release in its transition plans for the country, says the mother of two brothers who've been imprisoned and... See more

cbc.ca•Jorge Barrera•Jan 8, 2026

'We are waiting for something better to come': Venezuelans face the future of their country | CBC News

Carlos Pérez said people in his Venezuelan city of San Cristóbal, which sits near the border with Colombia, are still trying to live their normal lives, despite the uncertainty that now shrouds the country following a U.S. military strike over the weekend... See more

cbc.ca•Jorge Barrera•Jan 6, 2026

Fear, death and hope in a city under the shadows of a Mexican cartel war | CBC News

A mule grazed on a recent Thursday afternoon at the end of a quiet dirt road near the entrance of a gated and walled ranch house on the outskirts of Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa state in northwestern Mexico. Notices attached to the gates indicated tha... See more

cbc.ca•Jorge Barrera•Dec 21, 2025

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Bachelor Of Arts, Religious Studies at Mount Allison UniversityGraduated: 1999

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Wiretaps caught Colombian cocaine group discussing Venezuelan military's 'Cartel of the Suns' | CBC Accessibility

U.S. attack in Venezuela creates risk, opportunity for guerilla groups | CBC News

Trump prioritizing Venezuelan oil over lives of political prisoners, says mother of 2 jailed sons | CBC News

'We are waiting for something better to come': Venezuelans face the future of their country | CBC News

Fear, death and hope in a city under the shadows of a Mexican cartel war | CBC News

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Wiretaps caught Colombian cocaine group discussing Venezuelan military's 'Cartel of the Suns' | CBC Accessibility

U.S. attack in Venezuela creates risk, opportunity for guerilla groups | CBC News

Trump prioritizing Venezuelan oil over lives of political prisoners, says mother of 2 jailed sons | CBC News

'We are waiting for something better to come': Venezuelans face the future of their country | CBC News

Fear, death and hope in a city under the shadows of a Mexican cartel war | CBC News