Homicides in Colombia down 5% in 2015
Homicides in Colombia dropped for the sixth consecutive year, according to the South American country’s chief of police.
Homicides in Colombia dropped for the sixth consecutive year, according to the South American country’s chief of police.
Colombia’s chief prosecutor said Thursday he has called in the country’s police chief and two other top police officials for questioning over the wiretapping of journalists by the National Police.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday announced a commission that will investigate claims of illegal spying, sexual misconduct and corruption within the National Police.
The directorate of Colombia’s police is behind the spying on journalists to cover up alleged sexual offenses by top officials, including Director Rodolfo Palomino, reported local media Wednesday.
Colombia’s National Police chief met with the defense minister Sunday after media revealed that hundreds of cadets allegedly worked in a gay prostitution ring within the institution.
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday announced he has ordered an investigation into the alleged wiretapping and intimidation of prominent journalists by the National Police.
The police general in charge of a massive, but unsuccessful manhunt for Colombia’s most important drug lord is investigated for allegedly maintaining ties to narcos since Pablo Escobar.
Three policemen were arrested in the northern Colombian city of Barranquilla for allegedly kidnapping a businessman, the police said Thursday.
Colombia’s National Police was embarrassed on Sunday when a video appeared of a former patrolman who, surrounded by what appear to be masked policemen, called President Juan Manuel Santos an “enemy…