Posted by Simon Willis | Sep 20, 2012 | News
512 kilos of marijuana were seized and then destroyed by the army in northern Colombia on Thursday. The Colombian army, in coordination with police, found 12 bundles of pressed marijuana in the department of Magdalena,...
Read MorePosted by Simon Willis | Sep 20, 2012 | News
A porn director accused of filming minors in Colombia had been released by Hungarian police in April after evading extradition, said the country’s Ministry of Justice on Thursday. Spaniard Pablo Lapiedra was arrested in Hungary...
Read MorePosted by Simon Willis | Sep 20, 2012 | News
United States authorities on Thursday will officially request the extradition of captured drug lord “El Loco Barrera,” said Colombia’s National Police Director. Police Director Jose Roberto Leon Riaño announced that the U.S....
Read MorePosted by Simon Willis | Sep 19, 2012 | News
A former paramilitary leader on Wednesday accepted charges from a Colombian Justice and Peace department for the slaughter of 26 people in the north of the country. Vanoy Ramiro Murillo, alias “Cuco Vanoy,” who is...
Read MorePosted by Simon Willis | Sep 19, 2012 | War and peace
Nearly five million acres of desecrated Colombian forest could be recovered in 10 years’ time if peace talks prove successful, said a leading environmental organization. Environmental group “Think Green” revealed...
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