Teenagers murdered after Facebook death list
Three teenagers were murdered in southern Colombia, following death threats against them and 66 others on social media website Facebook. According to Colombian Ombudsman Volmar Perez, the three are part…
Three teenagers were murdered in southern Colombia, following death threats against them and 66 others on social media website Facebook. According to Colombian Ombudsman Volmar Perez, the three are part…
Around 50 families have fled into the jungles of the west Colombian Choco department to escape fighting between rival narco-trafficking paramilitary groups, according to regional Ombudsman Victor Raul Mosquera. The humanitarian crisis is…
Police in the central Colombian department of Antioquia announced Sunday the arrest of three FARC guerrillas and sixteen members of armed criminal groups over the weekend. In simultaneous raids which took place…
A ringleader of the infamous “Los Rastrojos” gang known as “R-9” was captured in Pasto, in the Nariño department. The government had offered a COP150 million ($80,000) reward for information…
Colombian authorities believe that a hitmen> attack which killed four and injured three others in the town of Cisneros in the Antioquia department may be the result of a feud…
Colombian authorities claim to have struck a serious blow against narco-trafficking paramilitary group “Los Rastrojos,” arrested fourteen gang members, including one leader, El Espectador reported Wednesday. According to Colombian police…
Colombian authorities arrested the main suppliers of cocaine to the FARC’s Southern Block and paramilitary group “Los Rastrojos,” Radio Santa Fe reported Sunday. According to reports, Jose Miguel Alvarez Tonguino, alias…
Colombia’s army on Monday announced the seizure of illegal arms belonging to criminal gang “Los Rastrojos” and drug-producing equipment belonging to guerrilla group the FARC, in two separate operations. According…
One of Colombia’s most notorious drug-trafficking gangs “Los Rastrojos” sent threatening emails and letters to over 60 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), senators and human rights activists, Colombian human rights NGO the…