Posted by Jacob Stringer | Jan 7, 2013 | News
The drug trafficker “El Morro” may have been killed for fear he was about to surrender to U.S. authorities, local media reported on Sunday. The most important member of the “Oficina de Envigado” crime...
Read MorePosted by Jacob Stringer | Jan 4, 2013 | Coffee region
If you like your festivals on the macho side then Manizales is the place to be next week. The annual Feria de Manizales is famous for its bullfighting and for its International Coffee Beauty Pageant, which stars women from...
Read MorePosted by Jacob Stringer | Jan 4, 2013 | News
A nephew of one of Mexico’s most feared drug traffickers may be in Colombia to do business with criminal groups, reported newspaper El Tiempo Thursday. Colombian intelligence agencies told the daily that the nephew of the...
Read MorePosted by Jacob Stringer | Jan 4, 2013 | News
U.S. authorities asking for the extradition of captured drug lord “El Loco” Barrera, are saying he worked for the already extradited “Don Lucho,” reported local media Thursday. El Loco Barrera supplied a...
Read MorePosted by Jacob Stringer | Jan 4, 2013 | News
Multinational gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti has sparked protests as it considers processing ore in a central Colombian town 50 miles west of the capital Bogota. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Doima, a small town in...
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