•According to El Espectador, the President, Senate, and House of Colombia have passed a law extending expecting mothers’ maternity leave from 12 weeks to 14 weeks.
•Mothers are to take leave at least one week before the child’s expected delivery date.
•These rights will be extended to adopted parents.
•In the case of twins, leave will be extended up to 16 weeks. Read Article
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While performing a patrol in the area, two soldiers of the Brigada 27 de Selva died after entering a minefield attributed to FARC in Puerto Asís, Putumayo per radiocaracol.com.co. Read Article
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Jennifer Pulido, a 7-year-old girl died after the driver of a truck lost control and hit the young girl in the Barrio Villa Gloria in Bogotá. Caracol.com.co reports that authorities are still investigating the causes of the accident. Read Article
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•A music professor of a university in Cartagena, William Gaviria Puello, is currently a fugitive of the law and has been condemned to 13 years of prison for the sexual abuse of one of his students. •The legal process began after a family member of the 14-year-old victim reported the crime in 2008 per rcnradio.com. […]
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•As reported by noticias.terra.com.co, the issue of overcrowded Colombian prisons has been studied by organizations such as the Office of Human Rights of the UN and the Defensoría del Público. •Different organizations have produced different statistics. For example, the Colombian government states that overpopulation in prisons is 30% while Senator Espíndola and officials of Inpec […]
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As part of a protest, 20 unknown hooded young people began throwing papas-bomb (potato bombs) in the Universidad Industrial de Santander in Colombia causing the institution to close. El Tiempo reports that the assailants forced students to leave their classes and took carreras 25 and 30 which serve as the entrance and exit of the […]
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•By El Espectador’s report, the Avenida Longitudinal de Occidente (ALO) has been in construction for 50 years with only 1.88 kilometers constructed out of the planned 49 kilometers. •A main challenge is the fact that construction requires 696 more pieces of land in order to be completed. •The transnational highway will help to solve transit […]
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The Constitutional Court declared literacy necessary for drivers in Colombia. As Caracol Radio reports, the ability to read signs is essential in order to follow their directions considering the dangerous results that may occur otherwise. Read Article
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•According to El Mercurio, 13 illegal immigrants from Cuba and Africa departed from the Turbo Port and were attempting to travel towards Central America by sea after entering Colombia through Ecuador, and were caught by the authorities. •The two Colombians that aided these immigrants were arrested and charged with the illegal trafficking of migrants. Read […]
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•According to El Colombiano’s Medellín section, one type of counterfeit scam involved woman who handed a taxi driver a 20,000 peso bill to pay her 14,000 peso fare. •The driver claimed that to the victim that the bill was false and returned it. • As the woman had no other 20,000 bills, the driver asked […]
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•This morning, Brigade 18 of the Colombian Army freed the Head of Security, Carlos Rodríguez, and a driver of the oil company Oxy after they had been kidnapped Monday around 1:00 p.m. by the ELN per El Tiempo. •Rodríguez is the Head of Security of the Gibraltar natural gas plant. •The army arrested Juan Carlos […]
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•The 5 individuals, including a woman 6 months pregnant, died after being trapped in an illegal gold mine in López de Micay, Cauca, that exploded and collapsed. •RCN Radio reports that the Colombian authorities and emergency organisms are in the isolated area of the accident in order to ensure no further incidents. •There are currently […]
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•El Espectador reports that in pharmacies and drug stores in Bogotá, Colombia, young people can obtain these “pepas,” drugs that can act as hallucinogens, without having a legitimate prescription. •Councilor Patricia Mosquera reports that one can obtain false medical documents to buy these drugs, and that over 100,000 Colombians have taken “pepas” and that half […]
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This morning in Puerto Rico, Caquetá, FARC’s Teófilo Forero launched a mortar and machine gun attack against the sixth Brigade of the Colombian army and a Police station leaving 2 civilians dead and 10 people injured according to El Espectador. Read Article
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•According to policia.gov.co, the Colombian Police first discovered 20 smuggled gallons of foreign gasoline worth about 120,000 pesos in a vehicle on the ruta Valledupar Codazzi. •Another 100 gallons were discovered hidden in 3 cars on the road connecting Valledupar, La Paz, and Becerril. Read Article
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•Although cases of the bacterial disease were believed to be only in Europe, there is one Colombian patient currently in the medical center of Montería with an E. Coli infection. •El Espectador states that the family of the patient does not know how he might have contracted the disease, but his wife recalls that he […]
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When the Chiquita Banana Company turned over to the U.S. Justice department thousands of documents, they revealed the company’s involvement with paramilitary groups such as AUC, guerrillas, and the military in Colombia. The article by the National Security Archive links to these Chiquita Papers, which describe the company’s strategies to hide the payments to these […]
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•Having one of the highest unemployment rates in the European Union, Spaniards have been moving mostly to Latin America in order to find work as 20.7% of the Spanish population is without work per dinero.com. •Colombia is 10th among the countries that Spaniards travel to in order to find work with countries such as Argentina […]
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During an operation intended to increase safety in Cali, the Colombian Police found six charges with 12 kg of explosives belonging to FARC’s frente 30 as El Espectador reports. FARC was planning an attack against the Fuerza Pública in different parts of Cali. Another operation successfully confiscated 153 bars of indugel to be used in […]
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Rcn Radio reports that the earthquake ranked a 4.7 on the Richter scale with a depth of 30 km and an epicenter in San Pablo in south Bolívar, Colombia and was felt in areas such as Yondó (Antioquia0, Puerto Wilches, and Barrancabermeja. Read Article
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Following a story of an assassination of two people in northern Quito, Expreso.ec reports that the couple was Colombian. The couple was stopped at a light on Avenida Republica. While the couple was talking, the two men on motorcycles descended upon the vehicle and shot around 23 rounds into the couple. The assassins fled on […]
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In April, the Washington, DC-based National Security Archive posted a 5500-page document tranche detailing the extent of Cincinnati-based food giant Chiquita’s dealings with Colombian death squad United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC). The documents shed further light on the relationship between multinationals and Colombia’s murderous right-wing paramilitaries. Read Article
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A police patrol killed one soldier and wounded Army is a negative balance of the security forces clash with FARC guerrillas in the area known as the plane’s tail, jurisdiction Quilichao Santander, Cauca. Apparently, the insurgents sought to attack a base of the Pichincha Battalion, based in this population, when they were struck by patrol […]
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Eight policemen were killed and four others injured is the tragic toll of a plane crash reported on Saturday in Las Salinas Casanare. Although it is unclear what caused the crash of the helicopter of the National Police. Four police injured were treated at health centers in Yopal. Read Article
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•The Vice-president of Colombia, Angelino Garzón, calls the murder of Margarita de las Salas Bacca, head of the 6th labor court of Barranquilla an attempt on justice and the Colombian legal branch as reported by es.noticias.yahoo.com. •The judge was killed last night after the assailant demanded her to hand over her belongings, and her brother […]
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Between 2000 and 2006, fumigations with glyphosate were performed to kill plants that could later produce drugs. A study performed by the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de la Universidad de las Américas states that 10% of Ecuadorians on the border area between Colombia and Ecuador near Sucumbío may face irreparable genetic damage such as cancer, […]
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•Walter Hernández, alias “el Viejo,” was captured in El Doncello, Caquetá in Colombia according to El Periodiquito. •Hernández is one of the main heads of FARC’s “Teófilo Forero” column which operates in Caquetá and Huila. •The captured workers of Chinese Sinochem and British Emeral Energy have been identified as Zhau Hong, Yang Jing and Tang […]
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•The two ministers of defense, Javier Ponce of Ecuador and Rodrigo Rivera of Colombia, are meeting today in Puerto El Carmen, on Ecuador’s side of the border, to sign a program designed to heighten security on the Colombian-Ecuadorian border per Semana.com. •There will also be a convention involving the two nations to encourage political strategy […]
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•17 members of the Colombian National Police have been arrested for being connected to narcotics trafficking in different cities in Colombia as reported by Rcn Radio. •The case is still in the initial stages and after Friday, the officers will face charges of narcotics trafficking and conspiracy to commit a criminal offense. Read Article
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Rcn Radio reports that Angelino Garzón, Vice-president of Colombia, warns the kidnappers, believed to be FARC, that the government is doing everything possible to locate the Chinese workers and that they should release them as soon as possible. Garzón also denounces the murder of judge Margarita de las Salas Bacca in north Barranquilla and called […]
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•Colombian investigators of the Universidad de La Salle started to put forth attempts to bring the Chinese paulownia tree to Colombia after learning of its benefits such as absorption of carbon gas, provision of wood, and nourishment according to eluniversal.com. •Economically speaking the tree is beneficial as it absorbs about 50% of carbon gas in […]
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•In south Cali, Leonel Yusti Cardona, José Albeiro Beltrán, and Jhon Jairo Marín performed the paseo millonario which involved using a taxi to drive victims to an ATM and forcing them to hand over money withdrawn from accounts per rcnradio.com. •The judge sentenced them to 48 to 50 years of prison for crimes including attempted […]
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•As reported by elespectador.com, the British oil company Emerald Energy released a statement recognizing that the four workers of Chinese descent were kidnapped in San Vicente del Caguan yesterday and that the company is putting forth an emergency plan in response to the situation. •It appears that FARC is responsible for the kidnappings. •The statement […]
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•The girl identified as 19-year-old Milena Beltrán was drugged with scopolamine, commonly referred to as “burundanga,” and left naked near a military garrison. •As radiosantafe.com reports, the doctors of Hospital Simón Bolívar in Bogotá, Colombia and Police are still attempting to determine is sexual abuse was involved and if the girl is mentally ill. •The […]
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As described in the video by elespectador.com, in Barrancabermeja, Santander, Colombia, the young boy was caught in school with 7 small packets of marijuana in his bag. Authorities believe that narcotics sellers were using the child to sell the drug at his school. Read Article
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Colombia launched a major military and police operation Thursday to try to rescue four Chinese oil workers abducted by suspected leftist guerrillas in a remote southern jungle region. A land and air operation was under way around the town of San Vicente del Caguan, a longtime stronghold of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia […]
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•The Gaula Military Cundinamarca and the CTI performed a raid and captured three culprits responsible for using falsified military identification as reported by elespectador.com. •In the raid, the authorities also found items such as military ID, uniforms solely meant for the military, credit and debit cards and bank documentation. •At least 50 military personnel have […]
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•Since last year, the number of people traveling to Cartagena by cruise has increased by 5.3%, and in the 2010-2011 season, cruises have brought in $40 million USD to the city according to eltiempo.com. •The cruises have brought in economic benefits to taxi drivers, artisans, restaurants and many other entities in the city. •The Sociedad […]
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•Rcnradio.com reports that the lands in Mutatá, Antioquia Casa Mía, El Roble and Los Almedros, were sold by Hernando Cardona Higuita, whom paramilitaries killed in 1997, in 2000 according to the signed contract. •Members of the Alrex Hurtado front of the AUC took these lands. •At the time of the sale, judges were not declared […]
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•The Colombian oil company, Ecopetrol, due either to the poor condition of piping and equipment or other operational difficulties, has spilled 15,000 barrels of crude oil thus endangering the environment per portafolio.co. •The Comptroller of Colombia points out Ecopetrol’s lack of attention to the environment in the areas in which it operates. •The company recognizes […]
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It is one of the most perilous air routes in the world. Colombian pilots fly through storms in decrepit planes over dense forests to deliver food and goods to villagers isolated from the rest of the world. Jumping off point is Villavicencio, a city in the foothills of the Andean Cordillera. The destination is any […]
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According to Eltiempo.com, three Chinese nationals working for the multinational oil company Emerald Energy were kidnapped along with his translator, yesterday (Tuesday) at 2:30 pm in a rural area of the municipality of San Vicente (Caquetá). The four employees were traveling with their driver in a pickup truck 4 x 4 when they were detained […]
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•According to eltiempo.com, 15 officers of the Policía Nacional of Colombia have been captured in areas such as Bogotá, Cali, and San Andrés and are believed to have links with a narcotics trafficking network. •These officers allowed shipments of narcotics to pass in speedboats headed to Central America, and have been identified to have been […]
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•Rcnradio.com reports that in the southeast of Antioquia, Colombia, a 16 year old who had an argument with the girl’s father started randomly shooting leaving the 3-year-old girl dead and her mother seriously wounded. •The authorities are seeking the culprit who fled the scene. •The girl’s mother was transported to a hospital. Read Article
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•Three young natives, two of them minors, turned themselves in to the Colombian military last week in Inzá, Cauca per servindi.org/actualidad/46107. •The three indigenous youths reported that within the last two months, FARC has recruited 15 minors between the ages of 12 and 15 with recruitment focusing on the areas of Toribío, Corinto, La Caldera, […]
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•Luz Agüelo, from San Francisco, Antioquia, Colombia was forced into the ELN and trained as a nurse among other occupational skills needed by the group. •They would take children to join their organization and escaped according to desentranando-colombia.periodismohumano.com. •San Francisco, Antioquia is one of the places most heavily afflicted by the armed conflict. •According to […]
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•As rcnradio.com reports, the director of the Corporación Forjando Futuros, Gerardo Vega, points out a lack of safety in the process of restoring rights to lands in Colombia. •53 leaders of this process have died since the beginning and leaders being threatened are not receiving the necessary protection. •The Comisión Nacional de Reparación y Reconciliación […]
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•In Madrid, the Asociación de Cabildos Indígenas del Norte del Cauca criticized the Santos administration’s policies on mining as it intensifies the armed conflict as reported by elespetador.com. •The government’s policies on the mining of oil and gold are meant to aid the country in a financial crisis. •60% of Cauca is already under concession […]
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ElComercio.com interviews Francesco Forgione, former president of the Italian Anti-Mafia Commission and a criminal organization specialist. With no visa required of foreigners, Ecuador attracts criminal groups like Ndrangheta, the world’s most dangerous mafia, interested in coca. As a coca producer, Ecuador has become a crossroads for organized crime due to the increase in production and […]
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•In cooperative effort, the antidrug police, the Army, and the Colombian Air Force found and destroyed 14 tons of marijuana ready to be packaged, which were valued at 35 billion pesos, in La María, Torbio, Cauca as reported by elespectador.com. •The marijuana belonged to Miguel Ángel Pascuas Santos, alias “el sargento Pascuas”, who is the […]
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•The Ecuadorian Banco Pichina is planning to open branches in several Colombian cities such as Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín thus replacing the Inversora Pichincha S.A. Compañía de Financiamiento, the name used since 1994 per elcomercio.com. •Banco Pichina is also planning to open branches in another 10 Colombian cities. •According to the executive president of the […]
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•In June, there are to be 1,000 taxis in the Eldorado airport in Colombia with the new apparatus allowing passengers to pay cab fare by credit card or debit card as reported by portafolio.co. •Credibanco, Taxis Libres, and Colpatria are carrying out this operation in preparation for the FIFA U-20 World Cup soon to be […]
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•Colombia Humanitaria is heading the effort to fulfill the housing needs of those affected by the winter conditions. •The projects range from larger works of budgets of billions of pesos to smaller works with budgets of 250 million pesos per rcnradio.com. •Colombia Humanitaria’s budget for 2011 is 4.5 billion pesos of which they have already […]
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In Cali, Colombia, two unidentified women 75 and 77 years of age were found dead in their homes with their throats slit as reported by the video by elespectador.com. The authorities believe that the assailants committed the murders in an attempt to rob the victims. Read Article
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•Elpais.com.co reports that while on vacation near the lake Calima in Colombia, Swiss tourist Huggler Johannes Matthias died of an apparent cocaine overdose shortly after being transported to Hospital San Jorge de Calima El Darién. •Hidden on his person were found two plastic bags with what appeared to be the illegal substance. Read Article
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In the early morning hours in Madrid, Spain, police stopped the vehicle going at a high velocity. The report from radiosantafe.com states that the driver was also driving while intoxicated, without a seatbelt or license, and while talking on a cellphone. The driver, a Colombian citizen, attempted to offer the police 150 euros to overlook […]
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•In April, as armada.mil.co reports, the National Navy of Colombia and the Antinarcotics Police found 210 kilos of cocaine worth $5 million USD dissolved in 350 gallons of diesel fuel on the Honduran ship “Seven Sean”at the Las Flores sector in Barranquilla. •The fuel tested positive for alkaloid and the process of examining the net […]
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•In Colombian society, Venezuelans have made a name for themselves in the fields of art, music, and even television, and this influx of immigrants has its roots in the dismissal of workers in the petroleum industry in Venezuela. •Semana.com calls the reason for the first wave of immigrants the P factor. Hugo Chávez dismissed 18,000 […]
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The windstorm, lasting over 30 minutes and reported to be the most devastating in 40 years, left houses without roofs, power poles, and about 30 trees fallen into the river throughout La Cumbre in the Valle del Cauca, Colombia according to the video posted by elespectador.com. Read Article
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•After 120 Facebook accounts created threatened her death as well as harassment through, Colombian ex senator Piedad Córdoba plans to remove her children from Colombia in the next few days for their safety per eltiempo.com. •She has been an activist for human rights within prisons and was also part of mediation with FARC to free […]
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As caracol.com.co reports, in response to the rise in regular and diesel fuel in Colombia, a project to help stop the rise in prices will be up for approval in the Congress of the Republic starting Wednesday. The new plan will attempt to lower fuel prices by 1,000 to 1,500 pesos. Since December 2010, gas […]
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The Mexican government has adopted the Colombian government’s system of battling organized crime. As leon.milenio.com reports, the two governments have been working together sharing information and technology in order to stop narcotrafficking groups who transport drugs from Colombia to the United States through Mexico. Although the Colombian government has reduced the production of cocaine by […]
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•Although there is a soldier every two kilometers, on Tuesday there will be a meeting between the minister of Defense, Rodrigo Rivera, and Ricardo Virviescas, the secretary general of the Asociación Colombiana de Camioneros (ACC), to discuss increased security on the highways. •Virviescas expresses worry that armed groups are operating in places in which there […]
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When she hears a helicopter, Tatiana Sinisterra’s instinct is to dive. During her two years as a rebel fighter, she would throw herself into trenches during bombing raids by Colombia’s military. But on a recent morning, Sinisterra voluntarily got on a military helicopter headed for southwestern Colombia. Read Article
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For the first time in the history of the Regional Council of the indigenous of Cauca (CRIC), a Catholic priest was elected as its highest authority. Rev. Jesus Chavez, a native of Tierradentro and of the town of Inza, was already a leader of the Paez community – Belalcázar – in Colombia. He also served […]
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Leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC continue their cat-and-mouse battles, in the nation’s almost five-decade-old conflict. “It’s tough fighting in all this mud,” a guerrilla named “Adrian” says. Flinching with every shot he or his comrades fired, he explained that “This is to slow the army’s advance. Within two or three days […]
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Villavicencio. In the last few hours, two members of the first Farc, decided to escape from his terrorist organization to voluntarily surrender to Army troops in the department of Vaupés. Voluntary surrender occurred in an area known as Pucaron Carurú Township, where soldiers are deployed Forest Battalion 52 `No Coronel José Dolores Solano ‘Brigade No […]
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Neiva. The fighting yesterday between troops of the Ground Combat Battalion No. 37, organic Brigade No. 29 and the sixth terrorist Farc allowed to expose the massive recruitment that would be suffered by indigenous people living in councils of the department of Cauca, limits to the west of Huila. The incident took place in an […]
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F-AIR 2011, an international aeronautics fair, is to have more than 10 countries including the U.S., Brazil, Venezuela and Peru participating to display the technological advances in the field of aeronautics in each country.The fair will be held in Rionegro, Antioquia at the Aeropuerto Internacional José María Córdoba. According to the article from infodefensa.com, Colombia […]
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•According to a study done by Competencia Humana, one out of every ten diplomas given by potential employees were false per portafolio.co. •In the study, 20% of the falsified documents were from schools that did not exist and 15% of the cases involved complicity between the forger and the academic institution itself. •Only 15% of […]
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•According to Samuel Azout, the high Counselor for Social Prosperity, the high birth rate is one factor, especially of adolescent mothers, that prolongs the high rate of poverty in Colombia per rcnradio.com. •Azout states that early pregnancies prevent young mothers from being economically productive and attaining a formal education •He describes a plan by the […]
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•The United Nations’ Office of Human Rights in Colombia condemned the attacks led by the ELN and FARC as serious violations of human rights norms according to radiosantafe.com. •Christian Salazar, the representative of the High Commissioner of the UN for Human rights stresses that among these violations are homicides, indiscriminate attacks, and forced displacement. Read […]
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Rcnradio.com reports that Andrés Santo Domingo, son of Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Colombian multimillionaire, is appearing in the Supreme Court of Manhattan for hitting Ryan Coutu with his Mercedes-Benz’s side-view mirror Hit while crossing a street in New York, Coutu sustained an injury to a nerve in his arm as well as foot pain, but […]
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Between 2009 and 2011 so far, in official schools in Bogotá, there have been 53 sexual abuse cases of teachers towards minors and 140 child abuse cases as reported by the Secretaría Distrital de Educación according to elespacio.com.co. A candidate to the Council of Bogotá, Miguel Uribe Turbay, who made the report, stated that of […]
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•Hoy.com.ec reports that the Ecuadorian police force considers FARC an internal security issue as the Colombian guerrilla group uses Ecuador as a base for planning and carrying out operations. •Their actions according to the Ecuadorian police force include trafficking of narcotics and arms, assassinations, and smuggling of fuel among other activities. •Between 2005 and 2008 […]
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•Last night, a briefcase bomb was found on a busy street in the north of Bogotá by an officer on duty in Laureano Gómez park as revealed by caracol.com.co. •The bomb was composed of 12 kilos of indugel attached to a detonator set to go off at 8 p.m. •This Tuesday, the police is to […]
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•The Colombian National Police and the DEA of the U.S. worked together in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Spain, and Colombia to capture 22 members of “los Paisas” and the “Oficina de Envigado” as reported in rcnradio.com. •Within Colombia, 12 members of captured along with $480 million USD. •Currently in Boston, César Augusto Pinzón, Antinarcotics director […]
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•A report from ar.reuters.com states that inflation in Colombia will be .2 % in May of 2011 a .1% increase from May 2010 due to the rainy season’s effect on crops and food prices. •At the close of 2011, inflation is expected to be 3.2 %. •At the end of 2012, inflation is expected to […]
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•Elespectador.com reports that Guillermo Enrique Torres, alias Julián Conrado and “el cantante de las FARC” was captured this Tuesday in Barinas, Venezuela. •President Hugo Chavez assures that Torres will be handed over to Colombian authorities as the processes are being carried out. Read Article
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Due to the high volume of requests and procedures, a new Colombian consulate has opened in Newark New Jersey headed by ambassador María del Pilar Gómez Valderrama according to elespectador.com. This is a response to the 7,224 procedures carried out in the last 11 months in the Colombian consulate in New York, 5,753 of which […]
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•The Vice minister of Health of Colombia, Beatriz Londoño, spoke about the Convenio Marco para el Control del Tabaco as reported by eltiempo.com. •The agreement will focus on areas such as the prohibition of smoking in public areas, sale of cigarettes, and the advertisement of tobacco products. •Colombia has some of the lowest prices on […]
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•Gastroenteritis (stomach flu) has affected mainly Colombian children, elderly people and people with weakened immune systems according to rcnradio.com. •Because of the weather, the virus has been found in contaminated water sources. •Common symptoms are stomach and intestine inflammation as well as vomiting and diarrhea. •Specialists recommend older children to drink sports drinks and for […]
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•Elespectador.com reports that the Policía Nacional Civil found 166 kilos of cocaine in a container from Colombia in a warehouse of the Santo Tomás de Castilla port in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. •There were no arrests. •Yesterday, the police seized $4.29 million USD of cocaine in the El Progreso department during which two presumed members of […]
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•So far in 2011, The National Police of Colombia have captured 34,456 people, 3,968 of them under 18, involved in narcotics according to policia.gov.co. •In the last two days, the police have shut down 250 stores of hallucinogens as part of the operation. •198 firearms and 12,209 white arms were seized as part of the […]
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•The Ministerio de Minas y Energía set higher prices for regular and diesel gasoline throughout Colombia due to the higher international prices and a 900 million peso deficit in the Price Stabilization Fund according to rcnradio.com. •On average, in Bogotá regular gas is 8,500 pesos per gallon and diesel fuel is 7,358 pesos per gallon. […]
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•So far in 2011, 113 cases of suicide have been reported, 25.6% more than the same period last year according to the report by the Policía Metropolitana de Bogotá per elespectador.com. •Homicide cases have experienced a reduction of 5%, and theft cases have experienced reductions in their different categories. Read Article
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FedEx Express launched direct international service in Colombia this week, setting the stage for improved global access for exporters of key goods including flowers, coffee and textiles.Colombia joins Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama among Latin American nations where FedEx is investing in direct service by building out delivery, operations and customer service infrastructure. The move […]
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• Three soldiers in active service were attempting to transport 200 military uniforms from Ecuador to irregular Colombian groups and were caught by the Unidad de Lucha Contra el Crimen Organizado del Ecuador as reported by. • A similar attempt was made a month ago to transport 600 uniforms through the northern border. Read Article
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•Magistrate Maricio Fajarado asserts that the military did not take the necessary preventative measures to prevent the attack and seizure of base Las Delicias according to caracol.com.co. •He points to the lack of a patrol and the fact that reinforcements came a day late in the failure to protect Las Delicias. •This case is under […]
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•The non-governmental organization Corporación Nuevo Arco Iris performed a study that revealed the sale of arms in black-markets in Bolívar City, Suba Usaquén, Kennedy and Bosa, areas that also experience other illegal activity according to radionacionaldecolombia.gov.co. •The prices of the arms range from 200,000 pesos to 2 million pesos depending on the quality and are […]
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•The operation that the Spanish Guardia Civil started in October allowed them to capture 1,000 kilos of cocaine and 22 members of the illegal band responsible for the transfer of narcotics including cocaine from Colombia as reported by diariosigloxxi.com. •The Guardia Civil received information about the transport of Colombian cocaine to Belgium dissolved in containers […]
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•A study by Cepal states that China invested $15.251 billion USD in 2010, which was 9% of Latin American income making it the third investor in the region per opinon.eluniversal.com. •99% of Chinese investment was focused on Argentina and Brazil in 2010. •In 2011, China is planning to invest $22.74 billion dollars with Brazil receiving […]
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•Donay Correa Londoño and Guillermo Roldá Correa, both candidates for the Mayor of Campamento, were shot and killed by FARC’s frente 36 in the North of Antioquia according to rcnradio.com. •This makes 3 assassinated candidates for mayors of municipalities so far in 2011 in the north of Antioquia. •There have also been attempts against candidates […]
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A police patrol in the Yotoco municipality in Colombia detained a red Mazda 626 with 61 kilos of marijuana, amounting to more than 60 million pesos, hidden in the doors and seats of the car as reported by elespectador.com. The driver fled through the sugar cane fields and avoided arrest. Read Article
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•Minister of Minas and Energy, Carlos Rodado Noriega, affirms that after months of investigation, they have ascertained that old drug traffickers have been using the gold mining industry to launder money per rcnradio.com. •According to the minister, they have found 9,000 issued securities and 19,600 requests. Noriega states that one of the problems in Ingeominas’ […]
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Voting for the elections for the candidates for the October elections closed today Sunday, May 30th at 4 p.m. in Colombia. At 7 p.m., the results will be submitted. According to caracol.com.co, Officials lament the low participation of the Colombian people despite the government employees on duty and the facilities utilized. Read Article
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A video posted by elespectador.com reports that the Colombian police have discovered buses that change their license plates in order to be authorized to transport children, buses without seat belts, and among other infractions, vehicles with broken taillights. So far in 2011, 109 accidents have occurred resulting in 16 children dead and 170 injured in […]
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In Neiva, capital of the Huila department in Colombia, an assassin, recently turned 18, was arrested after shooting and killing a 4-year-old boy. The victim was the nephew of the man he had be contracted to kill whom the assassin was unable to find as reported by rcnradio.com. Read Article
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•Elespectador.com reports that despite the winter weather conditions, Eldorado airport in Bogotá has maintained a rate of 70 flights a day. •However, the ATAC, Aerial Transportation Association in Colombia, will be collaborating with other organizations in order to improve technology of the airport as well as improving the air and land infrastructure of the terminal. […]
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In Giradot, Cundinamarca, Police captured a drug trafficker alias “Mago de Oz” (Wizard of Oz) as shown by video posted by elespectador.com. He attempted to escape while being searched by an officer by jumping into the Magdalena River, but was later apprehended and found with 700 doses of marijuana hidden on his person.
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