New prison director at La Picota
The prision director who allowed former-politician inmates to host parties in Bogota’s La Picota prison has been replaced. According to newspaper El Tiempo, La Picota prison is now being directed…
The prision director who allowed former-politician inmates to host parties in Bogota’s La Picota prison has been replaced. According to newspaper El Tiempo, La Picota prison is now being directed…
Former Bogota Mayor Luis E. Garzon said “I have nothing to hide,” during interrogations about his alleged knowledge of back-room deals with the Nule Group, newspaper El Tiempo reported Thursday. Garzon, who was…
The US State Department announced that William Brownfield, formerly ambassador to Bogota and now a top anti-drug official, will visit Colombia on February 10 to demonstrate support for security in…
Less than one month after the murders of two Bogota students in Cordoba, two more students have been killed by criminals in the area. On Wednesday, two students were murdered…
The national homicide rate for January dropped by 12% over the same month last year, reports National Police Chief General Oscar Naranjo. “When we closed figures for the month of…
President Juan Manuel Santos rejects truckers’ threat to strike and calls for dialogue to reach a solution, newspaper El Colombiano reported Wednesday. “The government, faced with such threats, will not…
Colombia’s interior and justice minister will meet with the director of prison authority INPEC to discuss reforming the scandal-hit penitentiary system. Newspaper El Tiempo reported Wednesday that Minister German Vargas…
The State Council announced that it will summon eight current and former Bogota officials including Mayor Samuel Moreno to testify over alleged back-room dealings in public works projects, W Radio reported…
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court will begin a preliminary investigation of the governor of the Antioquia department, Luis Alfredo Ramos, for alleged paramilitary ties, W Radio reported Wednesday. Speaking…