Missing 6-year-old girl sold for $16K to organ traders: Kidnapper
A six-year-old girl who was kidnapped in southwest Colombia last year has been sold to organ traffickers for $16,000, according to the man who admitted to kidnapping the child.
A six-year-old girl who was kidnapped in southwest Colombia last year has been sold to organ traffickers for $16,000, according to the man who admitted to kidnapping the child.
Tourism figures for Colombia have been on the rise for years. Foreigners come for the beaches and the mountains, the diverse cultural festivals and world-renowned biodiversity. Increasingly, though, Colombia is…
Colombia is finally making a mark in global medical tourism, recording a 61% increase in the dollar value of the trade in 2013, according to government figures.
Medical and surgical tourism has forever been popular in Colombia, but as statistices indicate a gradual dip in medical tourists, the Colombian government will have to do more to attract…
Colombia has developed into one of the premier destinations for health tourists in Latin America, said the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Tuesday. Minister Sergio Díaz-Granados claimed Colombian doctors…
Bogota will construct a medical tourism center at a cost of $19 million, reported economic paper Portfolio Monday. The construction of the Bosque Beauty Garden Hotel & Medical Center in…
Plans for an $11.3M cosmetic surgery tourism complex in Bogota were revealed Monday. The El Bosque Beauty Clinic Hotel will offer cosmetic surgery plus five-star accommodation to foreigners visiting the…
Colombia’s coastal city of Cartagena has been preparing to become a center for health tourism and hosted a “Medical Tourism” seminar Tuesday at Casa del Marques in the city’s Centro.…
Medical authorities in Colombia warn about the dangers of plastic surgery after a woman died of complications caused by buttock implants. The Medellin metropolitan police made the case public on…