Extradited Colombian drug lord seeks repatriation
Infamous Colombian drug lord Carlos Lehder, who was extradited to the U.S. in 1987, wrote a letter to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, asking to be repatriated because he has “served…
Infamous Colombian drug lord Carlos Lehder, who was extradited to the U.S. in 1987, wrote a letter to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, asking to be repatriated because he has “served…
A new documentary on the lives of Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar and infamous drug-lord Pablo Escobar will premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Created by American director Jeff…
Evaristo Porras, a Colombian former drug trafficker, died of a heart attack at his home in Bogota aged 62, reports El Tiempo. The one-time drug lord was broke at the…
Former Colombian President Andres Pastrana in an open letter criticizes the phenomenon of parapolitics in Colombia’s current administration and says that President Alvaro Uribe has a lot of explaining to…
The FARC claim to posses the legendary sword of Simon Bolivar, in a press release issued by the leftist guerrilla group on Sunday. “Bolivar lives, the struggle continues,” the FARC…
A hippopotamus which formerly belonged to drug lord Pablo Escobar, and now lives in Medellin zoo, has received a visit from a dentist, English media reported Thursday. The hippo, named…
A 22-year-old Colombian with the unfortunate moniker of Pablo Escobar has been signed to U.S. soccer team the Kansas City Wizards. The young man, who formerly played for Deportivo Cali,…
The Prosecutor General announced that it will keep open 21 unresolved cases of crimes committed in the 1980s and 1990s by Pablo Escobar’s Medellin cartel. The crimes will be elevated…
Founder and former leader of the AUC, the now deceased Carlos Castaño, was involved in a deadly Bogota car bombing in 1989 that was ordered by Pablo Escobar, former paramilitary…