Santos appoints Colombia’s national police and military chiefs
Colombia’s Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday the confirmation of national military and police chiefs, who are all to remain the same, according to official press statements.
Colombia’s Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday the confirmation of national military and police chiefs, who are all to remain the same, according to official press statements.
A total of 57 Colombia policemen have been murdered in 2014, according to the Director of the National Police on Tuesday.
Seven officers from various branches of Colombia’s public security forces were arrested in the northern Colombia city of Cartagena for alleged ties to drug traffickers, reported local media Tuesday.
A local Prosecutor General’s Office in north Germany is investigating gun shipments to Colombia that violated laws banning the sale of weapons to states with active armed conflicts or poor human rights…
A report from Colombia’s Ministry of Defense states that in the past year, homicides in the country have dropped 18%.
Germany has temporarily revoked the exportation license of arms manufacturer SIG Sauer, amid suspicions that the company sold arms illegally to Colombia, according to media reports.
The Colombian government has officially asked the United States to certify the origins of some 65,000 weapons that were sold to Colombia since 2007, national media reported on Tuesday.
Anti-smuggling operations on both sides of the Colombia-Venezuela border made progress this week in the fight against the trafficking of contraband from Venezuela, national media reported on Thursday.
An officer of Colombia’s National Police has spoken out against her firing from the force following her dismissal for her alleged public political participation while acting as a public servant.