3 ELN flags found, bomb squads investigate
Bogota police deployed their bomb squad Wednesday after finding three flags of the left-wing guerrilla group ELN around the city, Colombia media reported. Authorities held up traffic for hours during…
Bogota police deployed their bomb squad Wednesday after finding three flags of the left-wing guerrilla group ELN around the city, Colombia media reported. Authorities held up traffic for hours during…
A former official of the Social Security Institute (ISS) was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and extortion, Colombia media reported Tuesday. Omar Rojas Niño was fraudulently contracted…
President Juan Manuel Santos signed into law on Tuesday the Maternity Leave Act, which will extend maternity leaves from 12 to 14 weeks. Previously, women were given 12 paid weeks…
A soldier in southwest Colombia killed an officer and himself on Tuesday, Colombia media reports. Edgar Mauricio Narváez Bejarano, a soldier in the Army’s 9th Artillery Battalion, killed Corporal Cristian…
Colombian cyclist Juan Mauricio Soler is recovering “slowly but favorably” from his injuries sustained in the Tour of Switzerland, Colombian media reported Tuesday. Afredo Zuñiga, the team’s physician, explained that…
Medellin’s Botanical Garden will host “La Fiesta Del Callejon,” a music festival with a variety of artists from all different genres on July 16, events website PlanB.com.co reported. Festival-goers can…
The road to the beautiful church that crowns the city of Bogota will open as scheduled in the last week of September, W Radio reported Monday. The Cerro de Monserrate…
Medellin authorities have targeted Henry de Jesus Lopez, alias “Mi Sangre,” after he allegedly sent death threats to a journalist. Mary Luz Avendaño, a journalist for El Espectador, received threats…
An international organization that analyzes public transportation in cities around the world announced that Medellin will receive an award for being a great example of mobility strategies. “Medellin is a…