Comuna 13: How a Medellin community turned a war zone into a tourist attraction
It is probably fair to say that few places on the planet have ever undergone a transformation as...
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Medellin takes to urban farming to heal memories of war
Parts of Colombia’s second largest urban center, Medellin, have taken to the most rural...
Walking tour opens in Medellin’s former ‘most dangerous neighborhood’
A new walking tour has opened in the Comuna 13, formerly Medellin’s “most dangerous...
Film festival in one of Colombia’s most notorious neighborhoods ‘crowdsourcing’ international guests
A troubled neighborhood in Colombia’s second biggest city of Medellin is set to hold their...
Family of 4 assassinated at home in Medellin
Unknown armed men have massacred a family of four in the troubled western slums of...
How art helps Medellin’s embattled Comuna 13 define itself
Medellin’s Comuna 13 — one of the urban districts most affected by Colombia’s...
Gangs order Medellin residents to leave within 48 hours
Unidentified armed men on Sunday ordered at least 30 families in western Medellin to leave their...
Suspected killers of Medellin children arrested
Eight people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder and dismembering of two 11-year-old children in Medellin’s Comuna 13 in February. In a combined effort from the national and municipal police, and...
Children dismembered, parents threatened: a week in Medellin’s Comuna 13
Even by the standards of Comuna 13, one of Medellin’s most embattled districts, the violence seen in the past week has been shocking. On February 16, two 11-year-old boys were abducted by armed men while playing in the...
Cali gang violence fueled by teenagers: Report
The number of active gangs in Cali, Colombia’s third largest city, has risen by an astonishing 1,300% since 1992, as the endless supply of minors that serve as the gangs’ foot soldiers continues, claimed a local...
Criminal gangs dismantling displaced peoples’ homes
Medellin gangs have reportedly devastated homes abandoned by people the criminals themselves displaced. According to local media, 17 homes in the San Javier district of Medellin were recently dismantled by local...
Medellin gangs kill 2nd rapper within 2 weeks
Gangs from the west of Medellin on Friday killed a rapper, two weeks after the assassination of another singer and the displacement of some 60 hip hop artists over death threats. The death of rapper Roberth Steven Barra, locally...
