Colombian kingpins meet their fate abroad
Mexico’s arrest of Carlos Mauricio Poveda, alias “El Conejo,” marks the 18th major Colombian narco-trafficker captured or killed abroad in the last six years, according to Caracol Radio. Poveda spent time…
Mexico’s arrest of Carlos Mauricio Poveda, alias “El Conejo,” marks the 18th major Colombian narco-trafficker captured or killed abroad in the last six years, according to Caracol Radio. Poveda spent time…
Transparency for Colombia, the Colombian chapter of Transparency International, on Thursday released its 2008-2009 Departmental and Municipal Transparency Indexes which measure corruption in Colombia’s local government bodies. The indexes measure the…
Police arrested businessman Felipe Sierra, an alleged associate of Colombian drug trafficker “Don Mario,” in Medellin Thursday morning, reports W Radio. Earlier in November, the Supreme Court ordered Sierra and…
Ricardo Bermudez, producer of RCN’s reality show “Protagonistas de Nuestra Tele,” responded to viewer outrage that the show isn’t actually reality in a broadcast this week. Three of the show’s faithful…
The 2010 Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor said Colombia must focus more on helping civilian victims of landmines. The report, released by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, provides an…
Colombia was nominated “Destination to Discover” by the 2010 International Golf Travel Market, a tourism trade show. Colombia participated for the first time in the November 15-18 show in Valencia,…
Twenty-seven alleged members of drug gang “Los Rastrojos” were arrested in ten simultaneous operations carried out across the country, a Popayan judge announced Wednesday, reports Radio Santa Fe. The suspects were…
Colombia’s former tax chief Carlos Espinoza on Wednesday denied accusations of helping David Murcia, head of pyramid scheme DMG, to launder money, claiming he was working undercover for the U.S. Drug…
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein, convicted of training paramilitaries and drug gangs in Colombia, told RCN that the Colombian military paid him to train “security forces.” Klein, who was recently released…