Drug gangs in the troubled north-Colombian department of Cordoba are willing to surrender to authorities, the local bishop said Tuesday. According to Monteria bishop Monsignor Julio Cesar Vidal, he received…
The Colombian military will deploy elite troops in the north Colombian department of Cordoba to combat drug trafficking gangs, newspaper El Tiempo reported Monday. The Minister of Defense said that…
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…
Less than one month after the murders of two Bogota students in Cordoba, two more students have been killed by criminals in the area. On Wednesday, two students were murdered…
A congressman demands demolition of a statue that pays homage to paramilitaries in Cordoba, a department recently hit by neo-paramilitary violence. Congressman Ivan Cepeda made a request via the right…
Neo-paramilitary groups active in the north Colombian department of Cordoba are willing to demobilize, the Catholic Church said Sunday. According to Monteria bishop Julio Cesar Vidal, a number of the…
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…
Colombian judicial sources on Friday announced findings of a new breed of paramilitary organization being created in the north of the country. The Prosecutor General’s Office revealed that the new…
A group of armed men kidnapped and killed four people in the northern Colombian department of Cordoba, police said Wednesday. According to Cartagena newspaper El Universal, the group of 15…