Police catch extortionist gang posing as FARC
Police in the northeast department of Aracua have arrested three men for extorting money from local citizens by posing as members of the FARC, Colombian media reports. According to local…
Police in the northeast department of Aracua have arrested three men for extorting money from local citizens by posing as members of the FARC, Colombian media reports. According to local…
A local leader of neo-paramilitary criminal organization “Los Urabeños” is detained in the Sucre department, north Colombia, W Radio reports. The man, alias “Santiago,” was arrested by Colombian National Police…
German Olano and Miguel Angel Moralesrussi have been expelled from the Colombian Liberal Party after investigations finished into allegations of improper conduct relating to public procurement contracts in Bogota, W…
Colombia’s inspector general has dismissed the appeal of a former senator convicted of corruption, meaning that he will continue to be banned from holding public office for 15 years, El…
Authorities catch a gang of alleged kidnappers accused of luring victims to a fake brothel in Bogota, then extorting and torturing them once inside, Terra reports Wednesday. The so-called “Kidnap…
The Colombian army Thursday captured and arrested ELN leader Juan Fernando Granda, alias “El Mello” in a transport terminal in the central Colombian city of Medellin, following a tip-off from…
Colombian authorities registered 14 cases of extortive kidnapping in January of this year, five more than in the same month in 2009. Government agency Fondelibertad reported that of the 14 people…
A conman pretending to be a priest was arrested by police in Bogota on Thursday for falsely collecting money for Haiti. Radio Santa Fe reported that the man asked parishioners…
300 extortionists were captured and some 71 anti-gang operations orchestrated by Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS, who delivered their annual balance report Wednesday. The balance was delivered by DAS director Felipe…