Police arrest top ‘Rastrojos’ leader
Police arrested a suspected top member of Colombian crime syndicate the “Rastrojos” Wednesday. Ivan Dario Barrero Acevedo, alias “Pizarro,” was captured in the southwestern Valle del Cauca department, home to…
Police arrested a suspected top member of Colombian crime syndicate the “Rastrojos” Wednesday. Ivan Dario Barrero Acevedo, alias “Pizarro,” was captured in the southwestern Valle del Cauca department, home to…
Authorities said Monday they have arrested a suspected ringleader of the “Rastrojos” just north of Colombia’s second largest city Medellin. The 26-year-old “Tetero” is believed to be a ringleader of…
Sigifredo Lopez, a former Colombian politician accused of aiding the FARC in his own kidnapping, asked the prosecution to reexamine the evidence against him. “There is no shred of evidence…
A joint operation between Colombian police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) led to the capture of 18 members of the “FARC-Rastrojos” alliance, reported W radio on Friday. Colombian…
In a busy day in Colombian courts, 53 people belonging to several major drug gangs were sent to prison. Colombian authorities dealt a massive blow to neo-paramilitary group the Urabeños,…
The director of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency has said that Colombian police did not work to secure the surrender of the powerful drug lord Javier Antonio Calle Serna,…
U.S. authorities have neither denied nor confirmed Colombian claims that the leader of the country’s biggest drug organization “The Rastrojos” surrendered to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the Associated Press…
The supreme leader of Colombia’s most powerful drug gang, the “Rastrojos,” has surrendered, local media reported Monday. Javier Antonio Calle Serna, alias “Comba,” turned himself over on the island of…
Authorities seized and destroyed 3,500kg of marijuana and a nursery of coca plants in two separate operations in western Colombia, reported local media Wednesday. In first of the seizures police…