Colombia’s ‘social cleansing’ phenomenon: Exterminating people like bugs
Legal authorities continue to turn a blind eye to so-called “social cleansing” practices that kill hundreds of “undesirables” in Colombia’s urban areas every year.
Legal authorities continue to turn a blind eye to so-called “social cleansing” practices that kill hundreds of “undesirables” in Colombia’s urban areas every year.
A 22-year-old tourist who was reported missing in Medellin on Monday is alive and well in a yoga resort in southwestern Colombia, local media reported.
A 22-year-old tourist has disappeared while on holiday in Medellin, her family said Monday. Meanwhile, authorities in Colombia’s second largest city seem to be unaware of the case.
Colombia’s police are on high alert after at least six policemen were assassinated in incidents across the country. Authorities are speculating about the possible perpetrators.
Bogota residents on average lynch one person every three days, according to a study that blames Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict and inactive police force for the phenomenon of mob justice.
Police have found the body of the fiscal auditor of Colombia’s largest health intermediary stabbed to death in his bathtub, authorities said Tuesday.
A small bomb exploded near Bogota’s private Guaymaral airport on Monday morning, just when a bus transporting members of the Navy passed. Five members of the security forces were injured.
An angry mob lynched a soldier inside a village hospital in north Colombia after the drunken military official killed two men and a young girl on accusations locals had stolen his wallet.
Bogota’s Mayor has requested that citizens pay an additional 10% voluntary tax to tackle what he called a “security emergency” in Colombia’s capital.