Colombian police have arrested a FARC operative suspected of coordinating terrorist attack in Bogotas, local media reported on Thursday. Jose Yesid Carvajal Patiño, alias “Aldair,” was arrested in southern Bogota…
The murder rate in the Colombian capital has dropped to 21 per 100,000 people between January and October, 8% lower than the same period last year, reported El Tiempo newspaper.…
Former policemen have formed criminal groups in Medellin, reported newspaper El Tiempo Tuesday. The newspaper said it received the information from a “top-secret” document from a foreign agency whose name…
Serious crime in Bogota has falls by 9% on-year for the period between January and October, reported Colombian newspaper El Tiempo Monday. The report on serious crime figures from the Metropolitan Police…
The United Nations Office for Human Rights in Colombia, has sent an open letter to the Prosecutor General’s Office condemning police responsibility for the death of young graffiti artist in…
The Colombian national police have stepped up security and increased police numbers to ensure the smooth running of Sunday’s elections. This is the first phase of a carefully orchestrated approach,…
Two elderly Colombians and two young children, aged 6 and 10, claimed that they were brutally beaten by uniformed police officers during an interrogation about the kidnapping of the Fortul…
Colombian Police are training rats to detect explosives and by 2013 the creatures are expected to be put into action helping the Colombian Armed Forces to find land mines, Colombian…
The beautiful north Colombian port city of Cartagena unleashed Tuesday a new security plan for the upcoming university and college vacations, reported local newspaper El Universal. The new security plan,…