Medellin’s gangs may have more members than the country’s last-standing guerrilla group, the ELN, in all of Colombia, according to authorities. According to the city’s deputy Security Secretary, Leonardo Buitrago,…
The bishop of Buenaventura received death threats after speaking out against violence that is submerging Colombia’s largest port city on the Pacific coast. In a radio interview, Bishop Ruben Dario…
Blogger “MiKo” recently called Colombia Reports “activist journalism,” making an invaluable point about the very purpose of journalism. According to the American Press Institute, the purpose of journalism is “to…
Buenaventura, Colombia’s biggest port city on the Pacific coast, will always be subjected to mafia terror until “the state takes control for once,” according to the mayor. This would be…
Campaign financing and political favors have given organized crime groups almost unprecedented access to government, including the administration of President Ivan Duque. Through corruption and infiltration, Colombia’s mafias have made…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque said Wednesday that he will ask an allegedly criminal former chief prosecutor facing treason charges to join “some commissions” on fighting crime. In an interview with…
Colombia’s Sergio Arboleda University is the alma mater of far-right President Ivan Duque and notorious for its ties to organized crime. Named after a notoriously anti-democrat who violently opposed the…
Colombia’s banking watchdog fined one of the banks of Colombia’s richest man for the 12th time for evading money laundering prevention regulations, according to local media. The Superintendent for Finance’s…
Colombia’s illegal copper trade is threatening Medellin’s communication infrastructure, the city’s main internet provider confirmed Thursday. Tigo Une, the company that owns much of the city’s communication infrastructure, told Colombia…