Colombian police captured four alleged drug traffickers in the country’s northern region, reported local media Wednesday. According to a police email, Jhon Rafael Salazar Salcedo, alias “Flash,” was captured Wednesday…
A Costa Rican mafia boss and suspected murderer of Argentine singer Facundo Cabral was protected by Colombian drug cartels, according to Colombian Police Director Oscar Naranjo. Alejandro Jimenez Gonzalez, alias…
Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro, several leftist congressmen and human rights defenders have received a letter notifying prominent leftist political politicians they have been “sentenced to death” in a letter signed…
Colombian police said Monday they have arrested one of the sub-commanders of the country’s largest neo-paramilitary organization the “Urabeños.” Andres Arroyabe Ramirez, alias “Maquina,” was captured in the central Cundinamarca…
For the third time in four months, police claimed Thursday to have arrested the leader of the northern Colombian branch of drug gang the Rastrojos. The suspect, known under the…
The Colombian police seized an illegal gold deposit allegedly run by the FARC and Rastrojos and arrested 29 in the southwestern Nariño department Thursday. According to police sources, the mine…
Illegal armed groups that emerged from the paramilitary AUC and the now-defunct Norte del Valle cartel have increased their presence in Colombian municipalities by 12%, according to a report by…
A leader of the drug trafficking organization the “Rastrojos” is captured in Jamundi in Colombia’s Pacific coastal department of Valle del Cauca, authorities announced Sunday. William Garcia Alban, alias “Indio…
Authorities in the strategically important department of Antioquia have refused to give credence to reports of a non-aggression pact between three of Colombia’s most powerful criminal groups, reported Colombian daily…