Spain is to return to Colombia 691 indigenous artefacts seized in a police operation 11 years ago.
Most of the ceramic items are of huge cultural and archaeological value, and date back to 1400BC.
They had been smuggled out of South America by a man linked to the drug gangs before being recovered in Spain, the embassy in Madrid said.
Following a court order in Spain, the items were handed over to the Colombian authorities.
They were put in the Museum of America in Madrid and will be returned to Colombia in the next few months.
