The man who never killed Pablo Escobar, but did steal his gun
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…
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…
Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group ELN on Monday accused the National Army of actively supporting paramilitary group AGC, a.k.a. “Los Urabeños,” that has been combating the guerrillas in the west of…
Colombia’s new vice-president is the decorated golden boy of Colombia’s police force. He has, however, also been accused of links to both drug cartels and paramilitary forces. Oscar Naranjo, retired general and former National…
A Medellin court ordered not only to investigate the brother of former President Alvaro Uribe for forming his own death squads, but also for financing other paramilitary groups. The court investigating…
US authorities on Monday deported to Colombia a convicted conspirator in the 2002 murder of a journalist in the Caldas province, according to Colombian authorities. Fabio Lopez Escobar aka “Rama Seca” who…
A former governor of the La Guajira province in Northern Colombia was on Monday sentenced to 55 years in prison for his involvement in a triple murder. Juan Francisco “Kiko”…
With 70 members killed and 232 having received death threats, the leader of social umbrella organization Patriotic March urged authorities to prevent the repetition of a political “genocide” that all but…
A surge in attacks on community leaders and human rights defenders that followed the sinking of Colombia’s peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels is leaving a new generation of widows and orphans.
Families of dozens of Medellin citizens who were either killed or disappeared in a 2002 military operation in the city demand former President Alvaro Uribe asks forgiveness for ordering the…