Police revealed as ‘Los Paisas’ gang members
Seventeen members of the “Los Paisas” drug trafficking gang were captured in two raids in Medellin and Cali, El Heraldo reported Friday. Among those arrested were six members of state…
Seventeen members of the “Los Paisas” drug trafficking gang were captured in two raids in Medellin and Cali, El Heraldo reported Friday. Among those arrested were six members of state…
Shakira and Juanes donated personal items to help the Colombian Red Cross raise money for the victims of the country’s harsh rainy season, Semana reports. Shakira donated the harmonica she used…
Oswaldo Ochoa Garcia, a lawyer representing demobilized paramilitaries, was assassinated in downtown Bogota, W Radio reported Thursday. Ochoa was travelling in a taxi when two gunmen on a motorcycle shot…
Colombia’s capital is recognized as one of the most important Latin American cities in environmental management, according to the Latin American Green City Index. The study, from The Economist Intelligence…
Three soldiers were killed, two were injured and three soldiers went missing in clashes with FARC guerrillas in Colombia’s southwestern Huila department, reports El Espectador. The soldiers took part in…
The Ministry of Education agreed to investigate complaints about a pornographic web site allegedly connected to Medellin’s Metropolitan Institute of Technology, CaracolRadio reports on Wednesday. According to Medellin’s Mayor Alonso…
Photographer Francisco Forero Bonell’s new book, “Colombia Extrema,” is a photographic documentation of Colombia’s diverse landscape, Semana reports. The 160-page book brings together Forero’s best images of Colombia’s richest and…
Four policemen were killed in two separate FARC attacks in southern Colombia’s Meta and Caqueta departments, news agency EFE reported Wednesday. In the town of Vistahermosa in the Meta department FARC…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday evening postponed the election of a new prosecutor general Wednesday in order to discuss the current candidates, WRadio reports. The Supreme Court failed to elect…