Medellin security secretary arrested on organized crime charges
Medellin’s security secretary was arrested on Tuesday on charges of having ties to drug trafficking groups in the latest of a series of arrests of allegedly corrupt top officials in…
Medellin’s security secretary was arrested on Tuesday on charges of having ties to drug trafficking groups in the latest of a series of arrests of allegedly corrupt top officials in…
Medellin’s mayor is inventing an alleged assassination plot against him as an excuse for his failure to effectively curb violent crime, according to local crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado. Mayor Federico…
Gangs belonging to Pablo Escobar’s former enforcer army, the Oficina de Envigado, want to topple or assassinate Medellin’s mayor, the official claimed Tuesday. According to Mayor Federico Gutierrez, the city’s prosecution was able…
In spite of being one of Colombia’s most feared criminals in history, slain drug lord Pablo Escobar’s top hitman, “Popeye”, was robbed at gunpoint in Medellin on Monday. According to Popeye,…
A Japanese tourist has become the fifth fatal foreign victim of violent crime Medellin this year after the man was shot dead for resisting in a robbery, local state media reported Sunday.…
Medellin-based crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado reiterated its call to include paramilitary successor groups to Colombia’s ongoing peace process weeks after the much larger AGC did the same. In a…
One of Medellin’s most wanted crime lords was found dead on Wednesday. A bullet in the head ended the criminal career of “Gordo Arepas.” The crime lord’s body was found…
The problem of organised crime-related violence is deteriorating in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin as authorities continue to find bodies bearing the marks of a gang-style executions. The discovery of…
The United States has announced it would give $2 million to anyone who is able to give information leading to the arrest of one of the top bosses of Medellin…