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US State Department Urges: “Reconsider Travel To Colombia” Due To Worsening Conditions

US Department of State: Reconsider travel to Colombia due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in Colombia due to crime, terrorism and kidnapping. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory.

Posted On October 30, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Colombian police paint over a mural of Julieth Ramirez, who was killed by a police gunfire while protesting the death of Javiér Ordoñez.

Gruesome Autopsy Report Shows How Colombian Police Killed Unarmed Law Student Javier Ordóñez

“A high energy blunt abdominal trauma caused the right kidney to burst, causing severe bleeding in the abdominal cavity, leading to death,” in addition to a ruptured liver says the coroner’s report on the death of Javier Ordoñez, a Colombian law student who died at the hands of...

Posted On September 19, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Colombian Schoolchildren Fed Chemically Altered Donkey Meat Labeled As Beef

Colombian Prosecutors took down a macabre conspiracy that sold meat from sick and dead donkeys and horses to local school systems, after first chemically treating the meat to appear more like beef, and give it a palatable texture. Between 2018 & 2019 the culprits moved over 5,500...

Posted On September 18, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Cartagena-Based US DEA Agent Guilty Of Stealing Over $9 Million USD In Drug Money

US DEA Special Agent José Ismael Irizarry and his wife Nathalia Gomez Irizarry pled guilty to all charges in a mammoth scheme to steal government funds, drug proceeds and launder money. The Irizarrys apparently are related to the notorious Ambuila crime family of Cali, Colombia.

Posted On September 15, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Deadly Riots & Protests Against Police Brutality Break Out Across Colombia

Colombia suffered deadly riots as citizens took to the street to protest police brutality. In the latest incident, a law student was beaten & tasered to death in front of his apartment as friends and family looked on in horror. The attack was apparently unprovoked. Artwork...

Posted On September 10, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Mark Grenon captured by CTI in Santa Marta

Father & Son Hucksters From US Peddling Lethal Bleach “Miracle Cure” Captured In Santa Marta, Colombia

Joseph Grenon and one of his three sons, Mark Grenon were arrested in Santa Marta, Colombia in a joint operation between Colombia’s attorney general and the US Department of Justice, after being charged with peddling a lethal industrial bleach solution in both the US and Colombia.

Posted On September 8, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) listens as President Álvaro Uribe (right) speaks to a group assembled at the Colombian presidential residence on August 19, 2003. (Photo by TSGT Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force)

Declassified US State Department Cables: “Uribe Almost Certainly Had Dealings With The Paramilitaries”

"The secret US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) list said Alvaro Uribe was 'dedicated to collaboration with the Medellin Cartel at high government levels' & was 'a close personal friend of Pablo Escobar' who had “worked for the Medellin Cartel." Declassified US Government...

Posted On September 2, 2020

, By Michael Evans

Turmoil At EPM Deepens As Colombia’s Human Rights Tribunal Subpoenas General Manager

EPM's General Manager Alvaro Guillermo Rendón has been given 5 days to respond to a subpoena from Colombia's human rights tribunal, which has been seeking information regarding EPM's handling of the remains of conflict victims at its troubled Hidroituango dam.

Posted On August 25, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Breaking News: Former Avianca Chairman Germán Efromovich Arrested On Corruption & Bribery Charges

Former Avianca chairman Germán Efromovich along with his brother José have been arrested in Brazil on charges of bribery and corruption as part of the Lava Jato investigation.

Posted On August 19, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, 2 Sons Are Infected With Coronavirus COVID-2

1 day after being detained in house arrest by Colombia’s supreme court on charges of witness tampering, former president and current senator Alvaro Uribe is infected with the COVID-2 Coronavirus, that leads to the COVID-19 disease.

Posted On August 5, 2020

, By Loren Moss