Bogota bans arms in attempt to curb crime
Colombia’s capital Bogota will ban the carrying of weapons for a trial period of three months in an attempt to lower the city’s crime rates, the city’s mayor announced Tuesday.…
Colombia’s capital Bogota will ban the carrying of weapons for a trial period of three months in an attempt to lower the city’s crime rates, the city’s mayor announced Tuesday.…
Colombia’s government said Tuesday it will propose new legislation on gun control after newly inaugurated Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro revived the discussion on banning the carrying of weapons to reduce…
Colombian lawmakers want to propose a bill that allows mayors to decree a full ban on carrying weapons as new Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro wants in the capital, newspaper el…
Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro does not have the legal authority to decree a ban on carrying arms as vowed in his inaugural speech Sunday, the city’s former and current government…
Bogota’s homicide rate between 2010 and 2011 has dropped from 23.4 to 21.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, the capital city’s outgoing interim mayor says. According to interim Mayor Clara Lopez, the…
Bogota did not register a single act of violence during Sunday’s congressional elections, according to the district’s government secretary, which is unusual for a city where five to six murders…