Wave of violence hits Tulua
A wave of violence hits the western Colombian city of Tulua, causing members of the community to be afraid to leave their homes, reported El Pais Thursday. Ten homicides have…
A wave of violence hits the western Colombian city of Tulua, causing members of the community to be afraid to leave their homes, reported El Pais Thursday. Ten homicides have…
Panama authorities arrested five Colombians suspected of belonging to the FARC in an indigenous region near the border, reports EFE. The five suspected Colombian guerrillas were detained, along with one Panamanian,…
Around 50 families have fled into the jungles of the west Colombian Choco department to escape fighting between rival narco-trafficking paramilitary groups, according to regional Ombudsman Victor Raul Mosquera. The humanitarian crisis is…
At least 50 Serbian mercenaries, veterans of the war in the former Yugoslavia, are working in Colombia and Bolivia as bodyguards to powerful drug cartels, according to Serbian media reports…
Despite guarantees, only six of the fourteen former top AUC paramilitary leaders who were extradited to the United States two years ago have been able to participate in Colombia’s Justice…
The U.S. Treasury announced Thursday the addition of a new narco-trafficking group to its blacklist. The group is allegedly run by Ramon Quintero Sanclemente, who was previously involved with the…
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General announced Monday the break-up of a US$4.8 million narco-trafficking operation which shipped cocaine and heroin from Colombia to the U.S. Two men who allegedly worked as drug…