Three members of drug-trafficking gang ‘Los Rastrojos’ have been sentenced for the murder of an Ombudsman in Colombia’s central department of Antioquia. Three men, aliases “pelo de loca”, “el juguero”…
A leader of the drug-trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos” on Thursday was killed by anti-narcotics police in Colombia’s northwest Antioquia department. Police reportedly found Walter Manuel Ramos, who is known under…
Neo-paramilitary groups are the main generators of violence and threats against civilians in the northern Middle Magdalena region, according to a Colombian NGO. According to the conflict-monitoring NGO Nuevo Arco…
A high-ranking leader of the drug-trafficking group Los Rastrojos has been captured in the Central American country of Panama, local media reported on Wednesday. PROFILE: Los Rastrojos According to Panamanian authorities,…
Colombian police captured on Friday the leader of the drug trafficking organization, “Los Rastrojos,” in the southwestern department of Valle del Cauca. Jefferson Gomez, alias “Jefer”, is said to be…
Four men died in simultaneous assassination attempts in two malls in the southwestern Colombian city of Cali Thursday. The attacks took place Thursday afternoon in the Chipichape and Palmetto Plaza…
The alleged ringleader of drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos” in the coffee region was captured along with eight others, said Colombia’s police Wednesday. PROFILE: Rastrojos Alejandro Beltran Esquivel, or “Alex,”…
Colombia’s Ombudsman said Wednesday there were 46 cases of child recruitment on the behalf of illegal armed groups during 2013, adding to the total of 4,935 cases since 1999. Ombudsman…
Colombia’s finance ministry on Tuesday expressed fears that the amount of goods smuggled from neighboring Venezuela will increase after the Venezuelan government vowed to drastically devalue its currency. “We cannot…