Colombia’s police ‘right behind’ elusive drug lord ‘Otoniel’
Three months into Colombia’s largest manhunt since Pablo Escobar, police said Sunday that authorities are “right behind” “Otoniel,” the elusive boss of the neo-paramilitary Urabeños group.
Three months into Colombia’s largest manhunt since Pablo Escobar, police said Sunday that authorities are “right behind” “Otoniel,” the elusive boss of the neo-paramilitary Urabeños group.
As if ongoing revelations of police corruption wasn’t enough, Colombia’s defense minister announced this week to investigate the unpopular institution for possible infiltration by the FARC, the country’s largest rebel group.
Nineteen police officers were arrested in mass roundup of drug traffickers in Medellin this week.
At least 15 police officers have been detained on suspicion of corruption, the director of Colombia’s National Police told press on Tuesday.
Colombia’s chief of police on Wednesday offered a reward of $40,000 for information about members of the country’s most powerful drug trafficking group, “Los Urabeños,” held responsible for the recent killings of…
The Colombian government is bolstering its military presence in eastern Colombia after months of escalating hostilities and rebel attacks, including Tuesday’s bombing of a major oil pipeline, according to official reports.
A total of 57 Colombia policemen have been murdered in 2014, according to the Director of the National Police on Tuesday.
The director of Colombia’s national police declared that a “security marathon” in the country has resulted in the capture of over 1500 criminals across 20 cities, Caracol Radio reported on…
Thirteen officials from Colombia’s national tax collection agency (DIAN) were arrested Tuesday in conjunction with a $150 million embezzlement scheme, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office.