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EPM’s Hidroituango Mediation Talks With Contractors Collapse, Warring Lawsuits Filed

While EPM seeks a litigation jurisdiction of Antioquia Administrative court, the consortium is countersuing in an international court, away from potential political influence in Antioquia’s capital of Medellín.

Posted OnJanuary 18, 2021

, ByLoren Moss

Ecopetrol CEO Felipe Bayón Innocent, No Longer Faces Jail, Rules Colombian Court

Furthermore, Ecopetrol presented in its defense a medical board’s findng that “the former worker has maladaptive personality traits that limit the therapeutic response, despite the multiple pharmacological schemes ordered by psychiatry and the supportive psychotherapy carried out...

Posted OnDecember 17, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Photo: screen capture from Fiscalia General de Colombia

Israeli Drug Kingpin Gabriel Kenigsberger Captured In Bogotá

Kenigsberger, though already convicted, is also still being investigated for participation in sexual exploitation of minors with the promotion of sexual tourism plans that included children.

Posted OnDecember 15, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Colombia’s Comptroller General Announces Charges Against Politicians & Board For Hidroituango Failures

According to the comptroller, these 28 individuals would be responsible for economic losses exceeding $400 million USD. Among those individuals are former EPM general managers Federico Restrepo and Juan Esteban Calle; former mayors of Medellín Anibal Gaviria & Fabio Salazar, and...

Posted OnDecember 8, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Alleged members of the “Los Call Center” crime gang prosecuted for over $1.4 million USD of credit card fraud

Colombian Prosecutors Break Up “Los Call Center” Credit Card Mafia

Alleged members of the “Los Call Center” crime gang that operated throughout Colombia's "Eje Cafetero" coffee growing region prosecuted for over $1.4 million USD of credit card fraud

Posted OnDecember 1, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

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2020 Runoff Election Reminder For US Citizens Abroad

The U.S. 2020 general elections have passed, but election season is not over! If you vote in a state or jurisdiction with runoff elections for federal and local offices, the U.S. Embassy can assist with the return of your voting materials.

Posted OnNovember 20, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

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 OnOctober 30, 2020

, ByLoren 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 OnSeptember 19, 2020

, ByLoren 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 OnSeptember 18, 2020

, ByLoren 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 OnSeptember 15, 2020

, ByLoren Moss