A campaign chief of former President Alvaro Uribe and presidential candidate Federico Gutierrez has reportedly been doing business with narcos for years. The ties between Gutierrez’s campaign and organized crime…
An alleged plot to kill the frontrunner in Colombia’s election race highlighted the government’s failing security policy to combat intensified paramilitary violence. Opposition Senator Gustavo Petro canceled his campaign rallies…
The suspected leader of the drug gang “La Cordillera,” was killed along with two others Monday on a highway near the city of Medellin. Police identified Oscar de Jesus Perez…
Local U Party head accuses criminal gang “La Cordillera” of waging a campaign of threats and intimidation against politicians and their supporters in the city of Pereira, west Colombia, El…
A woman in Colombia’s witness protection program has claimed she and those close to her have been murdered and tortured despite her apparent protection reported El Espectador Thursday. The woman filed…
Ecuadorian authorities delivered on Monday Colombian drug trafficker and an alleged leader of the criminal gang “La Cordillera,” Jhon Jairo Vasco Lopez, to their Colombian counterparts, Caracol Radio reported. Vasco,…
An alleged leader of criminal gang “La Cordillera,” alias “Nico,” will be extradited to Colombia after he was captured in Ecuador with false documents, reports Ecuadorian El Tiempo. Nico, real…
Police catch “Niño Fabian,” thought to be the head of criminal band “La Cordillera” (The Mountain Range) in the city of Pereira, central-west Colombia, Colombian media reported Monday. Jose Fabian Guzman…