Colombia arrests two Tren de Aragua bosses
Colombia’s police said they have arrested a founder and a regional chief of organized crime group Tren de Aragua over the past week. Last week, police arrested Salomon Fernandez, the…
Colombia’s police said they have arrested a founder and a regional chief of organized crime group Tren de Aragua over the past week. Last week, police arrested Salomon Fernandez, the…
Violence in Colombia’s port cities on the Caribbean coast is soaring despite efforts by President Gustavo Petro to implement his “Total Peace” policy. Local authorities in Cartagena, Barranquilla and Santa…
Ecopetrol and Colombia’s security forces have agreed to coordinate efforts to fight oil theft, which allegedly cost the state-run oil company $936 million (COP3.6 trillion) since 2019. According to Ecopetrol,…
Much of the revenue of environmental crimes committed in Colombia are being laundered in the United States, a financial crimes analyst told Colombia Reports. Listen to the interview Financial crime…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has revived the possibility of negotiations with the AGC to demobilize the paramilitary organization. During a visit of the northwestern Uraba region, the stomping ground of…
Colombia’s Ombudsman’s Office issued an alert about escalating tensions between paramilitary organization AGC and Venezuelan drug trafficking organization Tren de Aragua in Bogota. In the alert, the Ombudsman’s Office said…
Ecuador’s government will repatriate some 1,500 Colombian prisoners in an attempt to combat organized crime. The mass deportation of convicts follows an outburst of violence by illegal armed groups in…
One of the magistrates of Colombia’s Supreme Court allegedly alerted the Gnecco crime family that their phones were being wiretapped. The magistrate, Javier Farfan, denied any irregularities in the investigation…
A judge ordered the arrest of the matriarch of one of Colombia’s most politically powerful crime families. Less than 24 hours after the judge ordered the arrest of the Gnecco…