A Colombian aged 49, was captured by units of the Judicial Investigation Department of the National Police (INTERPOL-Panama), after being requested by the government of the United States of America, for the crime of trafficking International drug. Read Article
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The public service carriers have been rejecting the formula that sets the fuel prices and the high prices it announced for Monday 27 August, Prime peaceful parade against fuel hikes. The protest began at 7 am, starting with two sites, one in the north and one Regional Avenue in South Freeway, marches they would reach […]
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Staff of the Criminal Investigation Branch (Sijin), in a parking Quarter Vélez captured three people who were found 136 kilograms of cocaine, hidden in the trunk of a vehicle with a false bottom. These people, the narcotic substance seized and automotive assets were turned over to the Attorney Carepa Local 095, for the offense of […]
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The Colombian security forces arrested 14 suspected collaborators of the guerrillas of the FARC, including a logistics chief weapons smuggled across the border with Venezuela, the National Police reported Friday. Catches were recorded in two operations, one in a troubled area of Cauca (southwest) and the other in the Arauca (eastern) border with Venezuela. In […]
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Minuto30.com reported President Santos stated ….’We have developed exploratory talks with the FARC’: Santos “From the first day I met my government’s constitutional obligation to seek peace. In this direction, there have been exploratory talks with the FARC to seek an end to conflict. I want to state clearly that the Colombians approaches that have […]
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August 27, 2012 Florence. In development of offensive operations in the last hours by troops of the Twelfth Brigade, assigned to the Sixth Division, was captured a suspected extortionist and neutralized an explosive device in the department of Caquetá. Initially fact, Caquetá Gaula Group units, in coordination with members of the Office CTI, caught in […]
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In a large-scale operation executed in the town of Ituango, north of Antioquia, Medellin Branch CTI and Army captured 23 suspected members of a support network of the FARC. The action of the authorities started at 4:00 am this Sunday, through searches and seizures in the village, at a place known as Pascuita and Santa […]
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Sunday in the village of Campo Alegre, in the municipality of Vista Hermosa, Meta, which left six dead as tragic toll including two minors. “It is a cowardly act (…) is the only tool that has the FARC to show power and sound in some media of Colombia,” said Finch. Meanwhile Colonel Romero Jaime Montoya, […]
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Authorities are investigating the discovery of four bodies with signs of torture in a rural area of the municipality of Corinto, Cauca Department. According to preliminary information, the bodies of four men between 25 and 28 years, were found tied the hands and feet. Had several bumps and bruises, it seems, with knives. Read Article
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The Traffic Police serves an accident that occurred in Caracas Avenue south to 53rd Street where an articulated bus of Transmilenio crashed with a vehicle anti-explosive. The case generated only property damage and disruption and is expected to be surpassed in the next few minutes. Meanwhile, the red buses passing on the road to continue […]
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Police Investigation captured at least two people from Colombia, allegedly involved in residential burglaries and a jewelry store located in the historic center. Authorities of the Attorney General of the Federal District (PGJDF) indicated that among those arrested was the alleged leader of the gang, who answers to the name of Jimmy Neisa. Read Article
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A judge on Friday convicted a retired Colombian general of murder and sentenced him to 25 years in prison for the killing of a peasant decapitated by a right-wing death squad in the late 1990s. Colombia’s chief prosecutor’s office says ex-Gen. Rito Alejo Del Rio did not physically participate in the murder of Marino Lopez […]
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Residents of Tumaco (Colombia), moved to the center of the country and San Lorenzo, on the border with Ecuador, to buy power plants to overcome the shortage of supporting this service for two weeks. Read Article
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Colombian citizen Alba Nidia Rivera Solano was arrested after officials in Peru caught her attempting to leave the country with drugs. She had been carrying a laptop that was concealing the drugs, El Comercio reports. They had been packed into areas designated for the battery, hard drive, and in areas under the keyboard and behind […]
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Seven people were arrested after officials dismantled seven illegal drug laboratories along the border between Colombia and Ecuador. In the Ecuadorian town of San Lorenzo, officials discovered an illicit chemicals marketing scheme was operating under the cover of a lumber company. According to El Nacional, the supplies were taken to Colombia to produce drugs, where […]
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Ivan Valencia Jorge Valero, aka The Bearded, leader of the front Guática Heroes and Martyrs of the AUC, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a fine of 500 thousand legal monthly minimum wage, benefit after a plea bargain. The penalty was imposed by the First Criminal Court of the Specialized Circuit Deputy Pereira. […]
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Although the rate of juvenile delinquency in Risaralda are low compared to cities like Cali, Medellin and Bogota, no longer worrying figures revealed in the inter-institutional table working on sanctions within the system of criminal liability for teens. According Jairo Alberto Martinez, director of the Research Line in Childhood and Adolescence, criminal acts committed most […]
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After a U.S. spy plane spotted a speedboat in Dominican waters, four Colombians were arrested: Aluchom Castro, Arechelleo Bocaleo, Rubén Bucaria and Micton Sretellea. They were trafficking one ton of cocaine, Diario Libre reports. The United States requested the extradition of the suspects. According to authorities, the suspects were members of a major South American […]
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Customs agents in Argentina arrested a Colombian man along the Bolivian border after he was caught with heroin. According to Nuevo Diario de Salta, he was carrying 1.890 kilograms of the drug. In Europe, this amount of drugs could be worth 200,000 euros. He was arrested after displaying strange behavior. This is the first time […]
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Guerrilla attack affected Arauca, Arauquita, Cravo Norte and complex part of the Caño Limón. About 6:17 pm today the seven municipalities of Arauca suffered interruption in electrical service. A guerrilla attack on a tower located in The Acacias, lots of Finca La Cabaña, 5 minutes from La Pesquera, on the road that leads to the […]
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At least six municipalities of Arauca were without electricity for a guerrilla attack. They join the residents of Tumaco, with no power for 11 days. The attack, attributed by the Army to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia , initially affected populations Arauca, the departmental capital, Saravena, Fortul, Tame, Puerto Rondon and Arauquita. However, hours […]
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Elespectador.com reported that the Navy seized a cache with war material in Nariño department recently had several attempts on the electricity infrastructure. War material belonged mobile column “Daniel Aldana” of the FARC, as authorities said Tuesday. War material was found in rural Salahonda and according to a statement from the Navy, consisted of 36 kilograms […]
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Elespectador.com reported that a total of 21,107 weapons of all kinds and have been seized from the FARC, ELN, common criminals, drug gangs and paramilitaries, will be melted in furnaces of a steel, military said. The conference, which begins on Wednesday 22 and will end on Friday, August 24, will be chaired by the head […]
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Elespectador.com reported… While speaking of the current crisis facing the health system some eyes have focused on the financial hole that has brought corruption sector, the Ministry of Finance, the Comptroller and Congress agreed that the system itself has sufficient resources to be solved, but what happens is that the money is “locked”. “We have […]
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On average, including men and women, 6 in 10 admits having put ‘horns’.Six in ten Colombians admitted being unfaithful at least once in their lives, according to a survey done on the subject for the time in 13 cities by the firm Datexco. And although this is already quite impressive, and would have to add […]
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The major focus of malaria transmission in the country is found in the state of Bolivar, as reported by the Director of Environmental Health in the state of Monagas, Mary Villarrollo. The spread of the disease is through the anopheles mosquito, which can carry parasites like the living, falsiparo, Read Article
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Florence. Troops of the Twelfth Brigade, assigned to the Sixth Division of the Army, left out of action two terrorists of the FARC and found two caches with explosives material abundant in developing offensive operations in the last hours in the department Caquetá. In the village of the municipality of Monterrey Puerto Rico, Infantry Battalion […]
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Nearly two tons of cocaine were seized in the Caribbean in two operations during the August 18, 2012 weekend. The first operation took place near San Blas Islands, Panama. According to Fox News Latino, a go-fast type boat was found by Colombian officials carrying 1,362 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride. No arrests were reported. The second […]
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203 kilos of cocaine were found on board a cargo ship in San Andres, Colombia. It had been shipped from Barranquilla, Caracol Radio reports. The drugs are estimated to be worth 6 million pesos. They were hidden in six containers, camouflaged within 34 barrels of stucco. No arrests have been reported, although officials continue to […]
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Colombian Navy troops found and destroyed two laboratories for cocaine processing capacity to produce two tons of alkaloids month, in the village of Santa Barbara in the district of Zaragoza, rural area of Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca. The first structure was later found that Pacific Coast Guard units and Fluvial Brigade of Marines, conduct an […]
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Troops of the Navy in the development of surveillance operations, interdiction and security River, seized 400 kilos of tungsten ore, which were carried by two men in a boat on the river unnamed Inírida, in the general area of Caranacoa, Guainía. The material seized by Fluvial Battalion Marine No. 50, product of illegal mining in […]
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This essay seeks to analyse the development of relations between Colombia and Ecuador from the perspective of space, borders and armed conflicts. For this purpose, this paper resorts to historical elements, including references to the formation of the first armed organizations and its impact on the development of the Colombian State and its relationship with […]
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A 41-year-old man died after attempting to smuggle drugs into the La Modelo prison in Bogota, Colombia. He had swallowed the drugs, leading him to display signs of physical discomfort, El Tiempo reports. He died shortly after, due to cardiopulmonary arrest brought on by decomposition of the drug. The man and the type of drug […]
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Two fans Millionaires died after being hit by a drunk driver, who was later captured by the authorities, according to Colonel Mariano said Botero, Bogota operational commander. The blue team’s fans were referenced Bogota near El Campin stadium where waiting to board the buses that travel to Medellín to watch the match between Millionaires and […]
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In Colombia, 44,000 people die each year from diseases associated with smoking.Cigarette because of five people die every hour in Colombia due to cardio respiratory disease that leaves the snuff, as confirmed by the Colombian Society of Cardiology. Read Article
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One of the Ecuadorian who was caught offering their products on the street, and who asked to remain anonymous, expressed his opposition to what he described as “disproportionate use of police force against our Ecuadorian community, the only thing does is make a living in a dignified manner. ” He said that they, as Ecuadorian […]
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Colombian officials hope to eradicate 5,000 hectares of illegal coca plantations along the Ecuadorian border by October 15, 2012. This plan calls for manual destruction of the crops, according to Fox News Latino. The areas in focus include Narino, Putumayo, and Guaviare, where officials say coca production increased dramatically between 2010 and 2011. In 2007, Colombian […]
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31 people were arrested in Spain after officials intercepted a cargo ship carrying cocaine off the coast of Cadiz. Over 100 bales of drugs were seized on board, weighing about 3,000 kilos. The ship was to be picked up by a Galician group, which would distribute the drugs in Spain. Colombians living in Madrid organized […]
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Fuel stations were militarized Sucumbíos yesterday to neutralize the smuggling of gasoline daily escapes to Colombia and the informal market in the northern border. The measure is before the Committee on Energy Sovereignty of the province. Military personnel of the Special Forces group and 56 53 Ray Tungurahua that each car handles refueling only once […]
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Authorities in Colombia and the United States captured three Colombians involved in a drug-trafficking ring that operated between Colombia and New York City. The suspects, identified as Juan Fernando Mejía Saldarriaga, Germán Darío Estrada Montoya, and Roberto Bustamante Ballesteros, are reported to be the main contacts of the ring. The drug network is believed to […]
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Lesther Alexander Choxon Cifuentes (28) was captured in the Cartagena airport in Colombia as he attempted to leave the country with 600 grams of heroin in his stomach. A Guatemalan citizen, he was preparing to board a plane en route to Guatemala with a stop in Panama, El Universal reports. He was arrested after authorities […]
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Natalia Springer, political scientist and columnist in various local media, announced in an interview with RCN Radio some figures in the report “as sheep among wolves” to be presented in full on Wednesday against the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF). “Today, no fewer than 4 out of 10 fighters of the FARC and ELN are […]
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Stolen in Bogota, on average, six vehicles a day According to a report supplied by the Research Center on Coexistence and Citizen Security (CEACSC) of the Mayor of Bogota, this year are 1,338 thefts of vehicles and motorcycles in Bogota. The report reveals that between January and April this year in Bogota 804 stolen vehicles. […]
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Eltiempo.com reported that a band of thieves have been detained who used the drug scopolamine to overcome their victims. Numbers of taxi drivers were part of the organization that has victimized 640 people so far in 2012. The name of the gang is the “Tomaseros” and would often steal phones, cash, and personal items from […]
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The Fourth Criminal Judge in Bucaramanga, with functions of knowledge, sentenced to 27 years in prison and a fine of 94 million pesos to David Ruiz Mosquera, who attacked with acid Nubia Patricia Carreño and minor daughter, who left with permanent deformity on face and body. Ruiz Mosquera was found responsible for willful injury in […]
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Police in Mallorca, Spain dismantled an international drug trafficking network dedicated to distributing cocaine. Seven Colombians were arrested, Terra Noticias reports. Police discovered seven kilos of heroin in a laboratory as well. The operation had been planned for months, but only began after two vehicles were intercepted at the port of Palma. They had travelling […]
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Seven drug laboratories along the border between Ecuador and Colombia were found and destroyed in a joint operation. According to La Hora, the discovery of the laboratories dealt a blow to a network that produced drugs with coca leaves from Colombia and chemicals from Ecuador. Officials determined that around 60 kilos of drugs had been […]
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Two Colombian women, 19 and 14, were arrested after officials caught them in a prostitution operation in Ecuador. They were travelling to a nightclub in the north of Ibarra to work, El Norte reports. The women were discovered during a routine traffic check after displaying suspicious behavior. Officials also noticed their Colombian accents. The two […]
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he branch of Traffic and Transport attached to the Police Department of Risaralda, made the seizure of 8 kilos of heroin and the arrest of 2 men and two women who apparently belong to a band that is dedicated to transporting drugs hidden in a car. Read Article
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Uniformed police station in the municipality of Los Palm hearts, in operating a vehicle registration and control, managed the seizure of 25 kilos and 800 grams of marijuana and the arrest of the person who allegedly had in his possession. The hallucinogen was seized Ramos Julio Cesar Ortega, 20 years old, born and resident in […]
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Elcolombiano.com reported up to 30 percent of liquor consumed in the department is illegal or adulterated, says the Gauteng Liquor Factory (FLA). This proportion jeopardizes the health of Antioquia, especially in these days of the Festival of Flowers, while constituting losses in taxes that should be allocated to education and health. In the case of […]
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Nurse dies after eating poisoned chicken with shrimp Family Nurse Section of Orthopedics Clinic Leo XIII, Luz Marina Salazar Quintero, 54, I asked the authorities to investigate his death, according to them, suffered food poisoning on Saturday night, after taking into a restaurant chicken with shrimp. According to one of her nieces, she came out […]
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Records of the Police Sijin r evelan that 34.9 percent of the 715 homicides committed between January and July were carried out with knives. Authorities seized more than 200 000 weapons in the first months, compared to 123 000 in the same period in 2011. But these are available without restriction at any store. “It […]
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The Police Director General Jose Roberto Leon Riano, welcomes proposal for Petro. General Jose Roberto Leon Riano said that, as in other countries, the drug should be treated as a public health issue. He said that “as in other countries, Colombia and decided, the ‘narcoconsumo’ requires treatment of public health.” Gen. Leon added that “we […]
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The city rose in the classification of investment Latino destinations. On his birthday 474, Bogotá is emerging as one of the most competitive cities in Latin America, with better quality of life and attractive for investment. For the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, this is the result of the consolidation of a corporate governance process, […]
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The Spanish expatriate Antonio Gomez Gomez was shot to death in the Colombian city of Barranquilla when two individuals sought to steal his mobile phone and refused, diplomatic sources told Efe Spanish in this country. The accident occurred last night at Puerto Colombia, a nearby town where he lived in Barranquilla and Spanish, apparently for […]
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Weapons for the FARC are from Ecuador and Peru Colombian police reported the discovery today (July 27, 2012) in the Cauca region of an arms shipment from Ecuador and Peru, which was bound to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The array, consisting of 40 assault rifles, 20 pistols and 18 revolvers, was hidden […]
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Metetí, Panama (AP) – When three days had been walking through the thick jungle guided by two Colombian armed with knives and machetes, a group of fourteen Cuban hunger, thirst and supplies exhausted, felt faint when he spotted a seemingly insurmountable obstacle: a steep, bushy mountain.”You thought I was going to have a heart attack,” […]
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A group of researchers from Bogota Sijin managed to unravel how the Mafia operates stolen phones and scope it has. MY Journal discovered details of that investigation, which led to the arrest in Bogota Calle 13 and Avenida Caracas last week, 24 members of a network dedicated to buying and selling stolen mobile phones (cellphones). […]
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Officials have determined that the state of Apure in Venezuela is a crucial stop along a drug route from South America to the United States and Europe. Because the state is located along the Colombian border, most of the drugs passing through are related to FARC. According to La Patilla, 24% of cocaine that reaches […]
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The marijuana was found and seized at a checkpoint on the road between the towns of Rozo and Candelaria, said a press release.The seizure was made by the Criminal Investigation Units (Sijin) and Police Intelligence (SIPOL), who also arrested the driver of the truck. Read Article
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Police in Colombia have announced the discovery of two clandestine airstrips owned by the FARC organization for drug trafficking purposes. The airstrips were located in jungle areas of Balboa and Mercaderes, in Cauca. They were found through joint efforts of the National Police, the Attorney General, and the Colombian Air Force, Univision reports. The airstrips […]
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A bill that seeks to end the long hours of pilots and aircrew in the country was filed in Congress. The intent of the initiative is to get workers to achieve a maximum of 160 hours per month and 1,760 per year. According to Juan Manuel Galan, author of the project, the idea is to […]
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Effort is to improve safety and illegal border crossing in along the border with Ecuador. Strengthen infrastructure, mobility and action plans of the security agencies, to build the headquarters of Interpol and Nariño in Ipiales Sijin and study the feasibility of moving the headquarters of the Cabal Mechanized Group to another farm in this township, […]
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RCN.com reported that a tourist took a swim at Haynes Cay Islote Córdoba, Colombia, when he apparently had a heart attack. As Luis Gonzalez Meza, 54, a native of Bogota, authorities identified the unfortunate visitor, who was bathing at Haynes Cay when he was struck by a heart attack. However, some believe that his death […]
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A drug ring operating in Caracas, Venezuela was foiled after four individuals, all Colombian, were caught planning to fly to Portugal with drugs. The drugs were hidden inside a double-bottomed suitcase, Noticias 24 reports. The drug operation, planned to occur at night, was intercepted after intelligence work. The four suspects were caught after leaving a […]
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A homemade semi-submersible was found and destroyed by members of the Colombian Army in a rural area near the Gulf of Urabá. According to El Universal, it was discovered inside a secluded drug workshop large enough to contain 25 individuals. The semi-submersible had been packed with 6 tons of cocaine. When officials arrived at the […]
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After extensive intelligence work, the police in Nicaragua have determined that its area of the Caribbean is used by narco-traffickers, particularly those belonging to Colombian cartels. Sucesos Critica reports that last month Nicaraguan officials disbanded a drug trafficking organization operating between Panama and Honduras. Authorities also combated gunfire in the Caribbean with other criminal groups. […]
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IBAGUÉ. Two robberies of drivers of public service capital of Tolima were committed on Monday night in the fields and input Picaleña Modelia neighborhood. Professionals in the wheel of the city see their daily work as a risk that can even take away life. The first case happened near the Casa de la Moneda in […]
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It has been several times in prison for trafficking and possession of drugs. The police claimed to have captured in the last week to 21 criminal suspects involved, among others, the distribution and sale of illicit drugs and of being the perpetrators of robberies, especially of phones, in the center of the city. Among those […]
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“So far this year are 121 deaths compared with 102 last year, that means 19% higher crime rate. Of course strategy is being performed with excellent results. This area is very complicated because it is the support network of terrorism of the FARC and the bacrim who are looking to generate fear in the population, […]
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Florence. In the last hours the National Police arrested a woman who is required by court order for the offense of incitement to prostitution, the case was reported in January 2010 when a teenager was found inside a brothel exercising prostitution with her mother. According conviction woman was sentenced to 160 months in prison for […]
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Florence, July 23, 2012. In offensive operations in the last few hours, troops of the Twelfth Brigade in coordination with members of the Regional Military Intelligence Brigade Against Drug Trafficking, Southern Naval Force and Department of Caquetá Police, killed in military operations development alias “Julian,” gang member Hector Ramirez 49 of the FARC, seized while […]
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July 20, 20123:30 in the morning, terrorists from the Teofilo Forero Mobile Column FARC dynamited CASTRO THE BRIDGE ‘Riecito’, A at kilometer 23, the road connecting IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PUERTO RICO AND SAN VICENTE Caguan IN THE NORTH CAQUETÁ. THIS ACTION incommunicado FARC TERRORIST THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN VICENTE Caguan WITH THE REST OF […]
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Luis Antonio Rios Perez (27) was detained in the Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Guatemala after flying from Barranquilla, Colombia with liquid cocaine. He had swallowed 46 capsules of the drug to evade detection, the Government of Guatemala website reports. However, after passing through security controls after arriving in Guatemala, officials noted his nervous […]
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Alexánder Montoya Úsuga, believed to be the second-in-command of the Los Urabeños gang, was arrested on July 17, 2012 in Honduras. He was wanted for flying on an aircraft previously stolen from the El Dorado airport in Colombia, UPI Español reports. He is also believed to have been responsible for ordering and renting airplanes used […]
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National drug enforcement police in Moin, Costa Rica discovered and seized a shipment of drugs that arrived in the city’s port. According to Infosur Hoy, the drugs arrived from Colombia and were to be shipped to Europe after stops in Costa Rica and Puerto Rico. The exact final destination in Europe is unknown. The shipment […]
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Traffic police in Colombia arrested José Martínez Quirá (24), who was travelling on a public transport vehicle on the Ipiales-Medellín route. He had been transporting six kilos of cocaine hidden inside a block of wood, El Diario del Otun reports. The drugs were discovered after a routine baggage check, during which the suspect’s bag appeared […]
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Its subsidiary in that country signed an agreement with Panatlantic, through which 30 percent have three offshore blocks in the country. The company Ecopetrol Oil and Gas do Brasil Ltda, a subsidiary of Ecopetrol, and Vanco Exploração and Produção Brazil Oil and Natural Gas Ltd, a subsidiary of Panatlantic Energy Group, reached an agreement that […]
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Seized 55 rifles “Rastrojos” with logos of the Venezuelan Armed Forces A total of 55 rifles logos of the Venezuelan Armed Forces who belong to “stubble” were seized by authorities in the municipality of Puerto Santander, Norte de Santander.The operation qe enabled this operation was made possible by information from the public, reported Tuesday, Defense […]
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A regional-watching cruise will take place from later this month, with the participation of scientists from Ecuador, Colombia, Chile and Peru. The intent is to determine with greater certainty whether El Niño is forming in the equatorial Pacific would reach the shores. This was announced by director of the Oceanographic Institute of the Navy (INOCAR), […]
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Psychologist Yamal Antar Zawady Ospino (36) was caught in the Riohacha airport in Colombia attempting to fly to Aruba with 250 grams of cocaine. According to El Heraldo, the drugs were hidden inside latex gloves and balloons. The suspect claimed he had been commissioned by a woman identified as Dayana Buelvas to transport cosmetic materials. […]
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A suspected FARC guerrilla who have kept in captivity French-Colombian politician and former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt was captured in southern Colombia, reported Monday’s Office. Elvis Marco Patino (aka “Efren” or “Patequeso”), was arrested by the Army and the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) of the prosecution in the rural zone of Puerto Rico, Caquetá department, […]
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In Magdalena, Arauca, Chocó, Antioquia, Cesar, Sucre, Cundinamarca, Casanare, Caquetá, Norte de Santander, there are rabid animals, so there is a risk of infection in humans. While cases of human rabies in Colombia, reported in recent years, not to consider that there is an epidemic in the country, organizations like the National Institute of Health […]
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The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Colombia, Jordi Raich, admitted that the internal armed conflict is far from over and that the proof is in the battles being waged in Cauca. Raich said in an interview with the newspaper El Tiempo that the internal war “is far from over […]
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On June 7, 2012, a day after at Remedios and Segovia Vegachí murdered eight people in less than a day, one of the “boys” who participated in the killings, he called him “a part of” Operation his boss, alias “Pipón” ringleader “Rastrojos”. There were eight deaths set off alarms in northeastern Antioquia by the increase […]
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The Armed Forces in Colombia detained four citizens of Costa Rica in waters near San Andrés with one ton of cocaine. The arrestees had been sailing in a lobster boat, La Nacion reports. They were intercepted after officials detected a boat moving at high speed toward Central America. 81 bags of cocaine were found on […]
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Reggaeton singer Arcángel and the Jowell and Randy duet are under investigation in the United States after officials discovered the three artists attended the wedding celebration of arrested narco-trafficker Camilio Torres, alias “El Fritango.” The singers were hired as entertainment at the party, El Universal reports. The party was to last several days at the […]
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Taca Airlines announced today that it will operate direct flights from Lima to Medellin and Cali in Colombia from 24 August, and for each destination there will be three flights a week. “There is a growing demand for Peruvian passenger access these Colombian destinations, and vice versa, so from August 24 will have an easier […]
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Seven U.S. citizens, including three police officers, attended the party of Colombian drug trafficker Camilo Torres, alias “Fritanga.” Torres had been arrested on July, 2 2012 shortly after his wedding. He had organized the celebration party on a Caribbean island to follow the ceremony, during which he was arrested. The U.S. citizens present at the […]
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Jaime García Márquez, a civil engineer, told a group of students at a lecture in the Colombian city of Cartagena that his elder brother often telephones him to ask basic questions. “He has problems with his memory. Sometimes I cry because I feel like I’m losing him,” he said. The author, who has lived in […]
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Looking to become more popular among Internet users and increase local content. Yahoo! already has a physical presence in Colombia. It is the fourth office opened in the region after that of Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. El tiempo spoke about this new phase with Armando Rodriguez, executive director of the company for Latin America. What […]
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Uniforms and ammunition that apparently were destined for Colombia’s rebel groups were seized by the Special Operations Group (GOE) of the National Police, in a house located in the northern city of Tulcan. The operation was performed Thursday afternoon on the streets and Uruguay Basin. The head of the GOE in Carchi, Lieutenant Henry Acosta […]
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The Dian discovered a new form of money laundering through the traffic of gold. This would be part of a “carousel” mineral entry, as reported the director of tax administration, Juan Ricardo Ortega. On Wednesday, officials from El Dorado Airport, direction Bogota Customs Branch, seized 626 grams of gold that were hidden in a shape […]
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The Marine Corps in Ecuador seized 430 kilograms of marijuana on a beach in the Esmeraldas province. The operation occurred in the town of Rocafuerte, according to a report published by El Telegrafo. Two Colombians were arrested during the seizure. Their names were not reported; however, one of the suspects was undocumented. Ecuador has seized […]
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Five soldiers and four civilians were caught carrying 603 kilos of cocaine while traveling along a highway in Colombia in the Antioquia area. The suspects were wearing camouflage clothing and were carrying weapons. According to Terra Noticias, a lieutenant and a corporal were among the arrested individuals. The van in which they travelled was stopped […]
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Camilo Torres Martínez (30), alias “Fritanga” or “Mentira,” was captured shortly after getting married and guests arrived to celebrate his wedding for a week on Múcura Island. He was wanted for narco-trafficking, specifically to Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States. According to La Tribuna, he belonged to the Los Urabeños drug trafficking organization. […]
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The police department of Risaralda, Colombia seized eight kilos of heroin worth 150 million pesos. Two men and two women were arrested during the operation, La Tarde reports. They are suspected of involvement in a drug trafficking ring that uses cars to camouflage the drugs. The operation occurred in the sector known as La Postrera, […]
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The National Police in Colombia announced that Edison Antonio Pelaez (49), alias “Mincho,” was arrested on a farm in Montenegro, around 185 kilometers west of Bogota. Mincho is suspected of involvement in the Los Rastrojos gang, La Tercera reports. He is believed to have attempted to assume control of the drug-trafficking paramilitary organization. Officials consider […]
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