Police dismantle extravagant drug domain
Colombian police confiscated luxurious properties and assets valued at over $40 million inherited by drug lord “Mechas” from the infamous king-pin Carlos Lehder. Police seized 161 “property assets” in 10…
Colombian police confiscated luxurious properties and assets valued at over $40 million inherited by drug lord “Mechas” from the infamous king-pin Carlos Lehder. Police seized 161 “property assets” in 10…
Colombian authorities caught FARC guerrillas shipping cocaine from the country’s west coast. According to newspaper El Espectador, FARC guerrillas were found in an encampment allegedly used as a cocaine shipment…
FARC criticized the Land Restitution Law only because it takes away from their “banner of propaganda,” said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday. In the opening statements of the…
A book written by former president Alvaro Uribe has currently been the most sold non-fiction book in Colombia. Uribe’s book “No Lost Causes” has allegedly reached the non-fiction top seller spot…
Three people were killed in Medellin as a result of the “gold wars” that plague Colombia’s central northwestern Antioquia department. While on the way to his brother Hernan Torres’ funeral…
Colombia’s capital Bogota will train over 100 shoe-shiners as tour guides of the city. The Institute for Social Economy (IPES) will begin by training 40 shoe-shiners in the Bogota tourism industry. The…
Supporters will march in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Thursday in memory of killed left wing party members of the Patriotic Union. In remembrance of the thousands of murdered communist party…
The leader of the dissident “Meta” faction of neo-paramilitary group ERPAC has surrendered to authorities, reported local media Wednesday. Jose Antionio, alias “Jean Claude,” the recent leader of the Meta…
Congress accepts the 2013 national budget, including an investment plan of $23.7 million, the largest in Colombian history. According to Caracol Radio, the 2013 budget has a 12.2% adjustment from…