Military to take over parts of Medellin to curb gang wars
Medellin will militarize the east and southwest of the city to curb ongoing gang wars that have crippled public life, the city’s mayor announced Tuesday. According to Medellin Mayor Anibal…
Medellin will militarize the east and southwest of the city to curb ongoing gang wars that have crippled public life, the city’s mayor announced Tuesday. According to Medellin Mayor Anibal…
The Antioquia government shut down Wednesday following threats against governor Sergio Fajardo, a source within the governor’s office said Thursday. According to the source, the army evacuated the entire Medellin…
Medellin police on Thursday confirmed rumors about the killing of a U.S. citizen in Colombia’s second largest city earlier in the week. A local police report released to this website…
Colombian hip hop star Alejandro Serna, known in the rap world as Alejandro Muletaz, was shot and killed by armed men in Medellin Tuesday, reported local media. The rapper has…
Local authorities, analysts and statistics clashed with U.K. daily The Guardian Wednesday after the newspaper claimed Medellin’s security improvements over the past ten years had been “blown apart” by drug…
A Spanish newspaper article claiming that there are 5,000 hitmen in Medellin is totally inaccurate and unfair, the city’s authorites said Tuesday. Medellin police commander General Yesid Vasquez accused the…
Police in Medellin on Saturday said they have arrested the brother and alleged second-in-command of local crime boss “Sebastian,” leader of the “Oficina de Envigado” which allegedly controls the underworld…
Neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” are taking control of the Medellin underworld at the expense of the local “Oficina de Envigado,”, newspaper El Tiempo reported. According to the newspaper, the Uraba-based…
Medellin’s newly installed mayor, with the support of the local army brigade, imposed a year-long ban on the carrying of weapons Thursday. The ban is officially imposed by the army,…