Posted by Travis Mannon | Jun 30, 2011 | News
A lawyer for the Bogota Urban Development Institute (IDU), who is set to be a key witness against suspended Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno, has received death threats while awaiting trial in prison. IDU lawyer Inocencio Melendez is...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jun 29, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s finance minister announced Wednesday that there is optimism among foreign investors after Colombia’s economy showed a strong first quarter, reported news site El Pais. Following trips to London and three major U.S....
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jun 29, 2011 | News
A recently captured leader of the guerilla group FARC was deported to Colombia from Ecuador on Tuesday, Colombia media report. Fabio Ramirez Artunduaga, alias “Danilo,” leader of FARC’s 48th Front, was arrested with a female...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jun 28, 2011 | News
One of the most important members of the defunct Cali cartel was extradited to the United States on Tuesday to face prosecution for drug trafficking. Phanor Arizabaleta Arzayus, the number-five man in the Cali Cartel, had been...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jun 27, 2011 | News
Police have arrested a mother in the central department of Meta for prositituting her two children, Caracol Radio reported Monday. Police began the investigation after the father of the children, aged 11 and 13, filed a...
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