Medellin murder rate down 37% from 2011: Mayor
Medellin’s mayor Anibal Gaviria Correa said Monday that homicides in Colombia’s second-largest city dropped a “historic” 37% in the first six months of 2012. “Only on two occasions in our city’s…
Medellin’s mayor Anibal Gaviria Correa said Monday that homicides in Colombia’s second-largest city dropped a “historic” 37% in the first six months of 2012. “Only on two occasions in our city’s…
Medellin is ranked Colombia’s best city after beating out 21 others in a study measuring a variety of factors including economic strength, international appeal and human capital. “The City of…
Bullfighters in Colombia’s capital say they will not go away without a fight, local media reported Friday. “We are going to defend bullfighting. [Bogota Mayor Gustavo] Petro is not prepared…
The high court of Antioquia on Friday unanimously rejected demands from a former Medellin mayor that the city annul the results of its most recent election. Luis Perez Gutierrez, mayor of…
Following Bogota’s lead, the mayor of Medellin said he would cut funding for bullfights, local media reported Friday. On June 13, Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro said he would ban bullfighting…
Authorities ordered the release of the father of Medellin’s current mayor, who is under investigation for paramilitary links, on Thursday. Local media said a delegate for the prosecution ordered a…
Former Medellin mayoral candidate Luis Perez Gutierrez said he was robbed of the 2011 election and will pursue legal action to obtain the post, newspaper El Colombiano reported Wednesday. After…
The father of Medellin’s mayor and owner of local newspaper El Mundo, currently under house arrest for alleged ties to paramilitary groups, said Friday he was a victim of extortion and…
The father of Medellin’s mayor and owner of local newspaper El Mundo has been put under house arrest while prosecutors investigate the senior businessman’s alleged ties to paramilitary groups. Guillermo…