Medellin’s mayor on Wednesday promised to curb state neglect as part of a strategy to reduce crime and violence in the city’s impoverished neighborhoods. Mayor Federico Gutierrez took to Twitter…
Medellin officials said Thursday that the military has taken over parts of the city after fighting between local crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado and AGC paramilitaries escalated. The military entered…
Twenty firemen, four civilians and the local disaster management chief were injured in an explosion in a burnt-down paint factory in Medellin, according to local authorities. The explosion occurred when…
Local authorities and Israel’s embassy in Colombia have reacted furiously after neo-nazis announced a celebration of the birthday of Adolf Hitler in the staunchly conservative city of Medellin. The local…
More than 100 homes were flooded and thousands were left without electricity in Colombia’s second biggest city Medellin on Monday as heavy rains caused widespread disruption. The seasonal down pours…
The archdiocese of Colombia’s most Catholic city, Medellin, is protecting 17 priests who have been either convicted or accused of sexually abusing children, according to W Radio. The journalist who…
Protests erupted in northern Colombia on Thursday after reports on an alleged “rape tour” for foreign sex predators.
Medellin partially banned motorized traffic and reduced economic activity on Wednesday “to protect citizens” from pollution that has made air “harmful” for people’s health.
Colombian authorities hope to have ended the criminal hegemony of the Triana crime family from Medellin that rose to power as the enforcers of slain drug lord Pablo Escobar.