Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 10, 2012 | News
Colombia police said Friday they have arrested two top commanders of drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos.” The two commanders, “Mascota” and “Picante,” were arrested respectively in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 10, 2012 | News
Gangs from the west of Medellin on Friday killed a rapper, two weeks after the assassination of another singer and the displacement of some 60 hip hop artists over death threats. The death of rapper Roberth Steven Barra, locally...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 9, 2012 | News
Venezuela on Thursday arrested the Colombian Jorge Milton Cifuentes Villa, the alleged leader of the “Cifuentes Villa clan,” a family that according to the U.S. has transported tons of cocaine from Colombia to the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 8, 2012 | News
Ten farm workers on Wednesday were killed in a massacre allegedly carried out by members of drug trafficking organization the “Rastrojos.” According to local authorities, the massacre took place in a farm house in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 7, 2012 | News
Sixty Medellin musicians are trying to return to their city after the recent murder of a rapper and subsequent death threats forced them to flee. The members of the groups Son Bata and La Elite fled the district of Comuna 13 in...
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