Pereira sees Colombia’s biggest drop in murder rate
The murder rate is down 26.5% in Pereira in 2010, making it the Colombian city with the highest decline in homicides, according to the mayor. Data provided by the local…
The murder rate is down 26.5% in Pereira in 2010, making it the Colombian city with the highest decline in homicides, according to the mayor. Data provided by the local…
A judge ordered the Colombian Catholic church to pay COP 600 million ($315,000) in compensation to the family of the victims, in the case of a priest who killed his lover…
Three people were kidnapped whilst traveling between the Colombian departments of Choco and Risaralda on Tuesday. Authorities suspect guerrilla group the ELN to be responsible. According to Caracol, the three…
Tourists wishing to visit the central Colombian coffee growing department of Risaralda will be able to do so more safely in the coming months, with a scheme to run police-escorted…
Members of the Green Party and the Partido de la U are accusing each other of buying votes in the Colombian coffee-growing department of Risaralda ahead of Sunday’s presidential elections,…
Heavy rainfall early Tuesday morning wreaked havoc across several Colombian cities, causing landslides, floods, and car accidents, and leaving several people dead in its wake, reports Caracol Radio. In the…
Colombian police seized 2.3 tons of marijuana and arrested two men on a farm in the Dos Quebradas municipality, in the central Colombian department of Risaralda, reports Santa Fe Radio.…
The Colombian Red Cross said Wednesday that 3,000 families across the country have been affected the floods, landslides and high winds that have battered the country in the last two weeks,…
Hailstorms, gale force winds and heavy rains have dampened Easter celebrations in the central Colombian department of Risaralda. Belen de Umbria, in the west of Risaralda has been worst hit,…