John Jairo Velasquez, a.k.a. “Popeye,” died of stomach cancer on Thursday, months after he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He was 57. The media-savvy former hitman died in the National…
Medellin authorities on Friday imploded the iconic home of slain drug lord Pablo Escobar that over the years had become a tourist attraction. The Monaco building came down minutes before…
Diego Fernando Murillo, a.k.a. “Don Berna,” is probably the most important figure in the history of crime in Medellin after Pablo Escobar, his former boss.
Pablo Escobar, one of the founders of the Medellin Cartel, is one of Colombia’s most successful, violent and well-known criminals in history.
Thirty-two years after the Medellin Cartel assassinated legendary newspaper director Guillermo Cano, Colombia’s prosecution called in one of Pablo Escobar’s former lieutenants to testify. Cano was the director of newspaper…
Colombia’s ex-president Alvaro Uribe has rebuffed declassified United States cables containing claims he had ties to the Medellin Cartel in the 1990s. Uribe dismissed the accusations, and ongoing speculation, that…
Declassified US cables that were released Friday amplify claims that Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe was an associate of the now-defunct Medellin Cartel. In one cable, the US embassy informs the…
It was 1981, and Governor Ivan Duque reportedly called the country’s aviation chief, Alvaro Uribe, to warn him about a license granted to a known Medellin Cartel associate. The cartel…
Twenty-five years after the death of Pablo Escobar, Colombia announced it has seized assets that were registered in the name of his widow and the family of one of his…