“Sebastian,” the leader of the Medellin-based crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado and one of Colombia’s most wanted criminals, was captured by police Wednesday. Capturamos a alias “Sebastián” en Antioquia, el…
Alleged members of a local gang have attacked a police station in Medellin, local media reported Sunday. According to the reports, the alleged gang members threw a grenade at the…
Medellin’s mayor Anibal Gaviria Correa said Monday that homicides in Colombia’s second-largest city dropped a “historic” 37% in the first six months of 2012. “Only on two occasions in our city’s…
Five people were killed and at least another four were injured in Medellin Thursday evening when armed men opened fire at a group of people watching a neighborhood soccer game.…
The alleged second-in-command of the Medellin-based crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado has been captured in northern Colombia, police said Sunday. Alias “El Indio,” real name Dairo Alberto Muñoz, was captured…
Weeks after the military repressed a new violent upsurge in Medellin’s gang wars, locals say they’re more afraid than ever. A military occupation, ordered by the city’s mayor June 19 following…
Colombia’s anti-narcotics police said Saturday Medellin-based crime syndicate “Oficina de Envigado” assassinated two policemen in that city. The two policemen were shot Thursday in broad daylight in front of one…
Two policemen of Medellin’s counter-narcotics unit have been assassinated, the city’s Police Department announced Thursday. According to a press release. the two men were shot and killed in the morning…
Colombian President Juan Manel Santos announced plans Wednesday to increase the number of security forces in the city of Medellin, which has recently seen a spike in violence due to feuds…