Bogota seeks military aid to confront crime wave in Colombia’s capital
The mayor of Colombia’s capital Bogota wants to deploy some 2,000 Military Police officers...
Tag: Bogota crime
Bogota dwellers have grim security perception of Colombia’s capital
18% of people in the biannual Chamber of Commerce study, Encuesta de Percepción de Seguridad y Victimización en Bogotá said that they’d fallen prey to some form of crime – over half of those personal theft.
Crime and security in Bogota | Fact sheet
Bogota has traditionally enjoyed lower homicide rates than other major cities in Colombia....
Ombudsman clashes with Bogota mayor over illegal armed groups
Colombia’s Ombudsman and the Mayor of Bogota have been trading public blows after the human...
Bogota ban on pillion passengers angers motorcyclists
Thousands of motorbikes shut down traffic in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Friday after the...
Santos orders more police for Bogota after 60% increase in robberies
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said Sunday he would put 500 extra policemen on the street...
Homicides rose 11.7% in Colombia capital in January
Colombian authorities on Thursday announced that there were 105 homicides in the Colombian capital...
Mayor and gangs: biggest concerns of Colombia’s capital Bogota
The inhabitants of Bogota are most concerned with the increased activity by gangs and the limited...
Bogota residents lynch 1 person every 3 days on average: Study
Bogota residents on average lynch one person every three days, according to a study that...
Auditor of Colombia’s biggest health intermediary found murdered at home
Police have found the body of the fiscal auditor of Colombia’s largest health intermediary...
Bomb explodes near private Bogota airport
A small bomb exploded near Bogota’s private Guaymaral airport on Monday morning, just when a...
5 assassinated in Bogota massacre
Five people were killed in a massacre on Sunday in the impoverished south of Colombia’s...
