Cordoba dept ‘cornered’ by drug gangs
Officials from the northern Colombian Cordoba department met in Bogota to discuss the problem of drug trafficking in the region, Caracol Radio reported Friday. The mayor of Tierralta, Anibal Ortiz…
Officials from the northern Colombian Cordoba department met in Bogota to discuss the problem of drug trafficking in the region, Caracol Radio reported Friday. The mayor of Tierralta, Anibal Ortiz…
Colombia’s armed forces on Sunday announced the arrest of seven suspected members of drug gang “Los Urabeños” in the northern Cordoba department. The arrest follows the murder of two students…
Eleven suspected members of the neo-paramilitary “Urabeños” gang on Friday surrendered to authorities in the north Colombian department of Cordoba. The alleged gang members surrendered themselves to members of the…
A wave of violence hits the western Colombian city of Tulua, causing members of the community to be afraid to leave their homes, reported El Pais Thursday. Ten homicides have…
Colombia’s army and security agency DAS arrest 19 suspected members of the gang “Los Urabeños” in north-west Antioquia, RCN Radio reported Friday. During the operation in the municipality of Yali, the…
Medellin police arrested the suspected military commander of neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños,” once led by feared paramilitary drug lord “Don Mario.” Carlos Evertos Higuita Usuga, alias “Chejo,” was arrested in…
Thirty alleged members of a narco-trafficking ring arrested in a raid Thursday by Colombian authorities, aided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, are currently awaiting trial on charges of drug…
Forty people linked to the neo-paramilitary drug trafficking group “Los Urabeños” have been captured by Colombian authorities in collaboration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), said Defense Minister Rodrigo…
Police on Wednesday arrested alias “Chayane” or “Fly,” who is thought to be the leader of drug trafficking gang “Los Urabeños,” in Cordoba, north-west Colombia. Authorities have been hitting the drug…