The defense attorney for a founding member of the “Rastrojos” drug trafficking organization is under question due to potential conflict of interest with a second US court case, local media…
A leader of Colombia’s largest neo-paramilitary drug gang “Los Rastrojos” was captured in Medellin on Thursday, local authorities said.
Cure Violence, a Chicago-based organization that has strategically reduced violence in some of the more violent areas in the U.S, have Colombia on their list of potential international partners. The…
Medellin judge calls for a secondary medical examination of the convicted drug gang leader Alirio de Jesus Rendon Hurtado, alias “El Cebollero,” reported newspaper El Tiempo Monday. After Rendon was…
Colombian authorities captured over 25 alleged criminal gang leaders and members Thursday, through special Operation Dignity as a part of Plan Troy, reports Colombian media. Operation Dignity successfully captured four alleged…
Medellin gang leader Jeison Smith Velasquez, alias “El Rolo,” was recaptured after evading authorities from Colombia’s Antioquian city for almost eight months. Smith Velasquez, who is believed to be a…
A young man has been arrested after killing a six-year-old child in Colombia’s southwestern Huila department, local media reported Monday. The event took place in the La Paz neighborhood of…
More than 50 residences were damaged in a gang confrontation in the municipality of Soacha, Cundinamarca department, Caracol TV reported Thursday. The dispute occurred in the Quintas de Santa Ana…
Police have captured drug-trafficker “Chiqui”, an alleged ringleader of “Los Paisas” criminal gang based on the islands of San Andres and Providencia, RCN Radio reported on Thursday. Commander of the…