A Colombian government official confirmed Wednesday the capture of a city councilman and his brother in the northern department of Antioquia for allegedly masterminding the killings of two mayor candidates. Conservative…
A Colombian prosecutor ordered the seizure and expropriation of nearly $400,000 Wednesday that was confiscated from ex-FARC leader “Alfonso Cano,” who was killed in a military operation November 4. A…
A Colombian Armed Forces bombing campaign on an ELN camp Wednesday killed seven guerrillas and wounded another four in the northern department of Bolivar. The military operation was directed against…
Colombia’s Victims and Land Restitution Law goes into effect January 1 and will require that all compensations must be spent towards productive projects, Radio Caracol reported Wednesday. The government announced…
Colombian bicyclist Mauricio Soler said that he was “born again” after recovering for six months in Spain from a traumatic head injury sustained in a crash at the Tour of…
A Bogota man from the district of Kennedy murdered three of his relatives Tuesday, including his ex-wife, after she refused to get back together with him at a chicken rotisserie.…
From botched butt-jobs to beauty queen drug busts and blatant public molestations, 2011 was a scandalous year for many Colombian celebrities. {japopup type=”image” content=”pics/2011/mphoto/scandals1.jpg” title=”Celebrity Scandals of 2011″ }{/japopup} SCANDAL…
Colombian police captured 40 members of the neo-paramilitary gang “Los Urabeños” Tuesday in three simultaneous operations. The gang members were arrested in the departments of Antioquia, Cordoba and Norte de…
Military tribunals must be presided over by civilians, said Colombia’s President of the House of Representatives Tuesday. Simon Gaviria said a military criminal justice system run by the Armed Forces…