Medellin crime lord granted house arrest for being parent
A central Colombia judge has ruled that a boss of Medellin-based crime syndicate “Oficina de Envigado” can serve his 21-year sentence at home, local media reported Thursday.
A central Colombia judge has ruled that a boss of Medellin-based crime syndicate “Oficina de Envigado” can serve his 21-year sentence at home, local media reported Thursday.
The former military chief of one of Colombia’s most dangerous criminal organizations pleaded guilty to charges of major cocaine trafficking to the United States at a plea hearing in Miami,…
Colombian authorities are looking into the prison release of the sister of one of the biggest drug lords in Colombia — alias “la Negra” – since this Tuesday, under allegations…
Colombia police said Thursday they have captured an ex-paramilitary considered to be one of the main threats to the State’s land restitution process.
Neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” earlier this week claimed responsibility for a 26% drop in homicides in Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia, in 2013.
The confiscation of 382 tons of marijuana in 2013 indicates a rise of marijuana trafficking in Colombia as it is the highest amount seized since the 1990s, newspaper El Tiempo…
The Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the Americas, is reportedly looking to make new contacts in Colombia’s second largest city, Medellin, for cocaine supplies.
Four men, two of them active soldiers, were arrested on Wednesday after being accused of trading arms stolen from the army’s Third Brigade in Cali with the city’s criminal gangs.
Colombian police have captured the nephew and sister of the notorious Dario Antonio Usuga, leader of the country’s largest neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños.”