A presumed truce between the two most powerful criminal organizations in Medellin is resulting in a drop in homicides, but is fueling extortion and protection racketeering schemes, said a local…
“Sebastian,” once one of Colombia’s most wanted criminals and former leader of the Medellin-based “Oficina de Envigado” crime syndicate, was extradited Wednesday to the United States to face drug trafficking…
A Medellin “Commission” of criminals and corrupt members of the city’s elite has bartered a truce between local crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado and neo-paramilitary group the Urabeños, crime analysis…
President Juan Manuel Santos has signed the authorization for the extradition of a former drug cartel leader, local media reported on Thursday.
Colombia’s prosecutor general on Tuesday began the seizure of over four million in property belonging to the former head of Medellin crime syndicate, “La Oficina de Envigado.” Erikson Vargas Cardona,…
Colombia’s national police director, who last week was ordered to Medellin to combat rising crime and violence, admitted Monday that the country’s second largest city is in a state of “crisis.”…
Imprisoned “leaders” of Medellin crime syndicate, “Oficina de Envigado,” have been transferred to maximum security prisons in other parts of Colombia after reports surfaced about continued criminal activities within the…
An alleged army report said alias “Carlos Pesebre,” the captured “leader” of Medellin’s largest crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado, could have been seeking a peace deal with the neo-paramilitary organization…
Medellin police on Wednesday arrested a nephew of Carlos Lehder, a former Colombian drug lord who paved the way for trafficking drugs to the United States in the 1970s and…