Mayor talks up security following Medellin shootout
Medellin authorities remain committed to protecting the lives of citizens and preventing violent attacks like one in which two policeman and a civilian were killed on Sunday, claimed the city’s…
Medellin authorities remain committed to protecting the lives of citizens and preventing violent attacks like one in which two policeman and a civilian were killed on Sunday, claimed the city’s…
A shooting between gang members and police in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin left two policemen and one civilian dead Sunday. The violence took place in the troubled Comuna 13,…
Medellin on Tuesday commemorated the 10th anniversary of Operation Orion, a military offensive in the western Comuna 13 that successfully removed left-wing rebels, but ended up installing paramilitary groups still…
In one of Colombia’s most dangerous and violent zones in the central northwestern Antioquia department, known as “Comuna 13” in the city of Medellin, the photography campaign “Live” promotes peace…
Colombian hip hop star Alejandro Serna, known in the rap world as Alejandro Muletaz, was shot and killed by armed men in Medellin Tuesday, reported local media. The rapper has…
Medellin inaugurated Colombia’s first mega-escalator Monday for swifter passage up the hillside of the city’s most dangerous district, Comuna 13. The $6.9 million dollar public works project is the first…
Medellin’s most dangerous district, Comuna 13, will be the new home of Colombia’s first giant escalator, the only one in the world built for public access in a poor area.…
A stray bullet fired during a gang fight in the western hills of Medellin killed a passenger riding on the Metrocable Wednesday night. While traveling on Line J of the…
Three teenagers were murdered in this week in Medellin in apparent gang related attacks, various media reported. Two of the youths, 19-year-old rapper Luis Felipe Florez and his 17-year-old cousin,…