Cali massacre suspects arrested
Three alleged members of the “Urabeños” neo-paramilitary group have been arrested for alleged involvement in the massacre of eight alleged criminals on October 8 in Cali, reported Colombia’s National Police on Friday.
Three alleged members of the “Urabeños” neo-paramilitary group have been arrested for alleged involvement in the massacre of eight alleged criminals on October 8 in Cali, reported Colombia’s National Police on Friday.
The director of Colombia’s national police declared that a “security marathon” in the country has resulted in the capture of over 1500 criminals across 20 cities, Caracol Radio reported on…
1,400 Colombian soldiers from the Thirteenth Brigade have arrived in Bogota to help bolster the military police and the Presidential Guard Battalion, reported local media.
Local commerce in the largest port on Colombia’s Pacific coast ground to a halt Wednesday as business owners closed their storefronts and joined citizens protesting the city’s escalating violence, according…
On Thursday, four people were gunned down in broad daylight in one of the busiest distrcits of the southwestern Colombian city of Cali, over what police suspect was a drug…
The northern Colombian city of Riohacha is to be militarized in an attempt to isolate criminal gangs and generally improve safety in the area, reported local media on Tuesday. Riohacha…
Bogota metropolitan police have identified and dismantled 203 small criminal gangs operating in the capital city this year, newspaper El Tiempo reported Monday. The criminal bands that have been found…
Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera has offered a “second chance” for guerrillas who demobilize, through benefits and incentives, but closed that door to criminal gangs, who he said must surrender…
Greater police presence is needed for the agricultural distribution company Corabastos, according to the general manager, after being named by an NGO on Monday as being the main entry point for Bogota‘s…