Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 27, 2011 | News
Medellin police said Sunday they have arrested a leader of drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos” who is wanted by Spain to face drug charges. According to the authorities, the 47-year old Jhon Jairo Giraldo...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 27, 2011 | News
All Bogota mayoral candidates agree the capital needs to keep working towards the installation of a metro to fight the congestion of the capital’s traffic, they said in a radio debate Sunday. Candidates Carlos Fernando...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 26, 2011 | News
At least eight people were killed and another four injured in a shooting in the southwest-Colombian department of Nariño. The incident took place in a pool hall just outside Colon, a village in the north of the department,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 26, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday he is responsible for the 2008 incursion into Ecuador to kill FARC commander “Raul Reyes” after an Ecuador court opened a murder trial against six top Colombian...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 26, 2011 | Coffee region
UNESCO has added Colombia’s coffee region to its list of World Heritage sites, the United Nation’s organization for education, science and culture announced Saturday. According to UNESCO, the central-Colombian...
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