Colombia’s ex-president Alvaro Uribe has rebuffed declassified United States cables containing claims he had ties to the Medellin Cartel in the 1990s. Uribe dismissed the accusations, and ongoing speculation, that…
Declassified US cables that were released Friday amplify claims that Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe was an associate of the now-defunct Medellin Cartel. In one cable, the US embassy informs the…
Investigating Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe has been met with extreme violence ever since judicial authorities found evidence of ties between his family and the Medellin Cartel in 1984.
It was 1981, and Governor Ivan Duque reportedly called the country’s aviation chief, Alvaro Uribe, to warn him about a license granted to a known Medellin Cartel associate. The cartel…
Twenty-five years after the death of Pablo Escobar, Colombia announced it has seized assets that were registered in the name of his widow and the family of one of his…
The widow and son could be linked to a money laundering operation with an alleged former cartel member now in custody at the request of the United States. Colombian-born Jose…
Although Medellin has made great strides in leaving behind the violent history of its most infamous inhabitant, there remains one part of town that heralds the notorious drug kingpin: Barrio…
Pablo Escobar’s famous former hitman, “Popeye,” drew broad criticism over the weekend after making fun of Pope Francis while the church leader was visiting Colombia. The controversial assassin-turned-youtuber provoked the…
The former police colonel who for decades had claimed he killed Pablo Escobar lied and in fact stole the drug lord’s favorite gun, according to weekly Semana. Hugo Aguilar, who led the…