Wednesday 19th June 2013,
The US Treasury Department added Colombian neo-paramilitary organization “Los Urabeños” to the list of “drug trafficking organizations,” effectively blocking assets of its members and preventing them from making financial and Full Article »
Colombia’s neo-paramilitary groups are widely considered unpolitical. The truth is, however, that these crime organizations also serve political and economic interests.
Colombia’s National Police arrested 12 alleged members of drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos” who are wanted by US authorities.
A violent clash between drug trafficking organizations in the southwestern Colombian department of Valle del Cauca has killed four people on Friday, local police said.
Terrorism in Colombia did go up in 2012, the country’s defense minister confirmed Saturday, adding however that this year the number of acts of terrorism dropped significantly.
Some 300 families have fled a slum in the southwest of Cali after a local gang gave inhabitants the choice to leave or be killed, local newspaper El Pais reported Full Article »
Colombia experienced its second consecutive year of increased terrorism in 2012 despite a significant drop in attacks in the second half of the year, according to the United States annual Full Article »
Police in Bogota said Wednesday they have arrested a top commander of neo-paramilitary organization “Los Urabeños” who was in charge of the group’s activity in and around Cali.
Colombia’s criminal groups have increased the use of landmines to protect camps and coca crops in large parts of Colombia. According to experts, these groups use landmines in a different Full Article »
Colombian authorities said Monday they have captured two important ringleaders respectively of the neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” and drug cartel “Los Rastrojos.”
