Authorities arrest drug trafficker wanted by US
A suspected drug trafficker wanted by the United States has been arrested by police in northern Colombia, police said Monday. Victor Hugo Ramirez Estupiñan, who allegedly heads an international drug…
A suspected drug trafficker wanted by the United States has been arrested by police in northern Colombia, police said Monday. Victor Hugo Ramirez Estupiñan, who allegedly heads an international drug…
An ex-police colonel on Wednesday denied he was responsible for torturing his wife to death. Former colonel Jose Joaquin Aldana, who turned himself into authorities Tuesday, declared himself innocent of…
The National Police Director Monday announced that 75% of homicides committed in Colombia are the result of widespread ‘social violence’, not organized crime. The Director, General Oscar Naranjo, explained on…
An ex-police colonel accused of the murder of his wife turned himself in to the authorities Tuesday. The authorities had ordered the arrest of former Tolima police commander Joaquin Aldana…
Colombia’s National Police says it dismantled a camp near the Venezuelan border that was used by drug gang ‘Los Rastrojos’. Nine members of the drug gang, all demobilized members of…
Colombia registered 14,715 homicides between January 1 and December 6, according to national police statistics. At least 683 of the victims were minors, while 11,721 were killed by firearms. Police…
Cali authorities say they arrested the second commander of the FARC’s 48th Front, active in the highly volatile south of Colombia. The alleged guerrilla-leader, Delio ‘Juanca’ Tobón Ortiz is said…
Colombia’s anti-drug police captured in Bogota on Friday 11 suspected members of the gang of late narco-paramilitary boss ‘Jabon’. According to prosecution lawyers the group of captives, allegedly belonging to…
Police reported progress in the fight against crime with a reported drop from 33 criminal gangs in Colombia in 2006 to six in 2009. So far this year police have…