Posted by James Bargent | Aug 29, 2011 | News
Police said Monday they have arrested an 18-year-old gang member known as “Checho” for his role in a massacre in the northwest of the city last year. The suspect, “Checho,” is allegedly the second in command of the...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Aug 29, 2011 | Economy
Environmentalists have warned the rebranding of Canadian mining company Greystar, now called Eco-oro, will mark the beginning of a new bid to gain mining concessions in the mountains of northern Colombia, according to Radio...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Aug 29, 2011 | News
Judicial authorities have suspended a Medellin judge after he allowed a convicted drug gang chief to leave maximum security and see out his sentence under house arrest. Judge Humberto Navales Durango ruled last week that Alirio...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Aug 29, 2011 | News
Four policemen have been killed and two injured in an ambush in a rural area on the Pacific Coast, Caracol Radio reported on Monday. Official sources said the National Police officers were doing work related to coca eradication...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Aug 29, 2011 | Lite
Barranquilla stoners are getting turned on to politics by local political chiefs offering them marijuana for their votes, a candidate for governor in the department of Atlantico has claimed. Alfredo Palencia Molina told...
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