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Violent deaths in Colombia decrease in 2011

The number of violent deaths decreased by 3% in Colombia between 2010 and 2011, said officials Tuesday. In a joint report, the government’s National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science and the Road Prevention...

Soldier kills officer, himself

A soldier in southwest Colombia killed an officer and himself on Tuesday, Colombia media reports. Edgar Mauricio Narváez Bejarano, a soldier in the Army’s 9th Artillery Battalion, killed Corporal Cristian Díaz Rodas, his...

Bogota homicide rate down, suicide rate soars

Homicides in Colombia’s capital city have decreased in number, while the suicide rate has risen drastically, according to information from the Bogota police, local media reported Wednesday. According to acting Bogota Mayor...

Police mistake led to colleague’s suicide

Police have acknowledged they made a grave error by failing to take the service weapon off the policeman who committed suicide in a patrol car on Wednesday morning, reported Caracol Radio. Sergeant Pedro Antonio Barajas...

Ex-policeman murders family

A former police official murders his ex-wife, his son, and two others, before committing suicide in the central Colombian Antioquia department. According to a report in El Tiempo, the regional government secretary said that...

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