The metropolitan area of Colombia’s second largest city Medellin became the capital of extrajudicial executions when President Alvaro Uribe was in office. At least 354 Medellin residents were executed by…
Medellin’s notoriously corrupt elite backed the city’s most powerful business giant after one of its foundations admitted it fraudulently sought a $2.8 million (COP10 billion) grant meant for poor children.…
The mayors of Colombia’s capital Bogota and Medellin ordered a lockdown and a curfew on Thursday as a surge in COVID infections is saturating hospitals. The measures to curb the…
Mayors throughout Colombia are reinstating stay at home orders and curfews amid fears the holidays could trigger an uncontrollable coronavirus outbreak and collapse hospitals. The measures follow a sharp increase…
The Ramos Clan from Medellin may see two of its members go to prison over their alleged attempts to make the family patriarch’s narco ties go away through fraud and…
Charges against presidential hopeful Sergio Fajardo indicate how negligence in Colombia’s politics may be as damaging as corruption. Fajardo, a former mayor of Medellin and a former governor, received global…
Colombia’s comptroller general said Thursday that one presidential candidate and two former governors will personally have to account for the $1 billion lost due to negligence at the country’s largest…
Colombia’s illegal copper trade is threatening Medellin’s communication infrastructure, the city’s main internet provider confirmed Thursday. Tigo Une, the company that owns much of the city’s communication infrastructure, told Colombia…
Medellin declared a red alert, a curfew and a liquor ban for the upcoming weekend as Colombia appears to be entering a second wave of coronavirus infections. Colombia’s health minister…