Student rescued after being held hostage for a month
A student has been rescued after being kidnapped and held for ransom for a month by a drug cartel in northeastern Colombia.
A student has been rescued after being kidnapped and held for ransom for a month by a drug cartel in northeastern Colombia.
The Prosecutor General’s Office announces it will begin investigations into the possible false demobilization of more than 850 AUC members in 2003, Radio Santa Fe reported Monday. “We are already taking…
A human rights NGO requested special treatment for high-profile Colombian prisoners with health problems, reports newspaper El Tiempo Tuesday. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) called for precautionary measures…
Twenty alleged gang members of narco-kingpin Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias “Valenciano,” were captured by Colombia’s police. The detainees were arrested in various cities in Colombia during a large scale operation.…
The Colombia office of international police organization Interpol on Monday issued an international warning about Medellin paramilitary drug lord, Erick Vargas, alias “Sebastian.” The decision to issue the Green Notice…
Colombia’s police reported the arrest 100 members of illegal armed groups during the last week of former President Alvaro Uribe’s leadership. According to a police press release, 68 people linked…
Narco-trafficking kingpin Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias “Valenciano,” the head of the paramilitary Office of Envigado gang, is in Costa Rica negotiating his surrender to U.S. authorities, according to a report…
Colombian and U.S. authorities are working together to have narco-kingpin Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias “Valenciano” included in a list of the world’s ten most-wanted drug traffickers. “Including Valenciano in the…
Following a six month long investigation, Colombian police announced Thursday that they have arrested eighteen suspected members of the Medellin-based criminal group the “Office of Envigado,” reports El Colombiano. According…