Colombia’s Inspector General banned outgoing Magdalena Governor Omar Diaz-Granados Monday from holding public office for 15 years for overrunning costs on school kits purchased for children, Caracol Radio reported. According…
Two frontmen for demobilized paramilitary leader “Jorge 40” have been arrested over illegal land grabs carried out a decade ago, Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported Friday. The two members of the now…
An investigation has been launched into the illegal appropriation of park land owned by the Colombian state. Following the discovery that private property had appeared within national parks, authorities are…
Colombia’s wildlife conservation efforts in the north of the country have led to the discovery of the largest population of one of the most endangered species of crocodiles in the…
The Colombian National Police arrested Jairo Antonio Musso Torres, alias “Pacho Musso,” member of the neo-paramilitary gang “Los Urabeños” on Friday on suspicion of the crimes of conspiracy, murder and…
One man has been killed and 10 others were seriously injured in a series of corralejas, or popular bullfights, in a town in the north of Colombia. The deadly victim…
Five children of the indigenous group Chimila died of a mysterious respiratory infection in the department of Magdalena, reported Radio Santa Fe Thursday. According to the department’s governor, Manuel Jose…
Colombia’s interior minister announced Thursday that the government will enhance security in specific departments in response to nearly a dozen political assassinations in 2011. After a meeting with Central Electoral…
Colombia elected the 2011 beauty queens — Miss Coffee, Miss Bambuco and Miss Folklore — for three of the country’s annual beauty pageants over the holiday weekend, local media reported.…