Street artists who disguise themselves as human statues say they have been banned from the historic center of Colombia’s tourist hotspot Cartagena after a robbery, reported newspaper El Universal on…
Colombian authorities on Thursday announced that there were 105 homicides in the Colombian capital of Bogota this January, 11 more than the same period in 2016. According to figures released by…
Colombia’s House of Representative is debating a bill that would allow for the demobilization of criminal groups on a massive scale.
In the light of rising violent crime indicators in Colombia’s capital Bogota, the city’s security council is carrying out heated debates this week and is set to propose concrete solutions in the week to come.
President Juan Manuel Santos announced emergency plan on Tuesday to combat extortion offenses, trafficking, illegal mining, theft, smuggling and murder in 11 of Colombia´s main cities.
The United States Treasury placed eight members of the violent drug cartel, Oficina de Envigado, a Medellin-based crime group, on the Treasury department’s “Kingpin list” Tuesday, according to a statement from…
The power of organized crime in Medellin’s neighboring city, Bello, has added huge costs and restrictions for businesses hoping to participate in the city’s construction boom, local newspaper El Colombiano…
Colombia’s chief of police travelled to San Andres on Monday in response to a recent wave of violence on the small caribbean island, according to official sources.
A report from Colombia’s Ministry of Defense states that in the past year, homicides in the country have dropped 18%.