Murder rate soars in Cordoba department
The homicide rate in Colombia’s north-west department Cordoba continues to increase, with 307 murders reported between January and June this year. According to national police data presented in a study…
The homicide rate in Colombia’s north-west department Cordoba continues to increase, with 307 murders reported between January and June this year. According to national police data presented in a study…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe claimed that the “mouthpieces of terrorism” are attempting to discredit the country’s security forces, following allegations made by opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba and a group of…
Police hope the arrest of a “Los Paisas” gang member linked to Sunday’s massacre, which killed six in Cordoba, Northern Colombia may result in further information about the tragedy. The…
Colombian investigators believe that the massacre of six people in the country’s north-west Cordoba department may be linked to a bloody turf war between rival drug trafficking gangs in the…
Authorities are investigating the massacre of six Colombians,including a minor, by machete in the town of Buenavista, in Colombia’s north-west violence-ridden department of Cordoba between Sunday night and Monday morning. A…
Porro rhythms resonated in San Pelayo in Colombia’s Caribbean department of Cordoba, as the 34th National Porro Festival opened Friday. Porro is the name given to a musical genre and its…
In the wake of the legalization of gay marriage in Argentina Thursday, Senator Piedad Cordoba hopes to draw up a gay marriage bill for Colombia. The Liberal Party senator is…
Colombia’s Omdusman Volmar Perez Sunday expressed concern about death threats, massacres and forced displacement committed by illegal armed groups in the north-west Colombian department of Cordoba. Perez said that the…
An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale hit the northern Colombian department of Cordoba on Wednesday afternoon but no casualties or damage were recorded, reports Colombian media According to…