Cali ranked most dangerous city in Colombia for second consecutive year
Colombia’s third-largest city Cali was ranked in 2013 as the most violent city in the...
Tag: Murder rate
Homicides in Bogota ‘diminish 11%’ in 2013
The homicide rate in Colombia’s capital, Bogota, diminished 11% during the first three months of 2013, compared to the same period in 2012, a local government agency said Tuesday. According to Bogota’s sub-secretary...
Bogota murders lowest in 27 years
Murders in Colombia’s capital Bogota in August were the lowest in 27 years – a drop “unparralleled in the world,” according to mayor Gustavo Petro on Monday. Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro revealed that...
Medellin murders drop 30% on-year
The number of homicides in Medellin was almost 30% lower in the first 25 days of January than in the same period the previous year, according to statistics from the Mayor’s Office. According to the Mayor’s Office...
Ombudsman concerned by massacres
Ombudsman Volmar Perez on Monday expressed concern about the massacres that have recently taken place across the country. Ortiz spoke following the murder of 11 people in two separate massacres on Sunday night. In Montelibano,...
Pereira sees Colombia’s biggest drop in murder rate
The murder rate is down 26.5% in Pereira in 2010, making it the Colombian city with the highest decline in homicides, according to the mayor. Data provided by the local police indicates that there have been 69 fewer cases of...
