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The charges against Perdomo stem from 2004, when he convinced a woman in the US to collaborate with him on financing for a condominium. The two took out a loan for $950,000 but Perdomo absconded with the money, leaving the woman on the hook for the amount and victimized.

FAST & FURIOUS? Cadena was supposed to be watching over the Perales Airport at night, but instead used his access to open the runway to illegal drag racers. The Colombian government was not amused.

Martha Lucía Osorio Cárdenas & Fernando Zuleta Bermúdez along with their daughter, Leidy Johana Osorio Bermúdez are charged with preying on poor Colombian women in Bogotá, Cali, & the Medellín area, selling them into sexual slavery abroad.

The massacres in Southeast Antioquia appear related to a confrontation between gangs associated with the Urabeños, which is also known as the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC), and the Medellin-based Oficina de Envigado. Both are looking to control local drug markets.

“No more defense of the murderous rats that today pose as human rights defenders, no more defense of evil and criminality with ornate writings”—General (ret) Luis Humberto Poveda.

Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace, set up to prosecute crimes committed during the armed conflict, announced that it was investigating the killing of 6,402 “disappeared” people, far higher than the initial figure of some 2,000 that they had originally received to...

More than 40 police from the Directorate of Carabineros and Rural Security (DICAR) and Guaviare’s Departmental Police will use the base to expand patrols, support the community, prevent environmental crimes, and combat narcotrafficking. In addition to the construction, DICAR,...

“Unless the government takes serious action, many more human rights defenders are likely to be killed, leaving hundreds of vulnerable communities undefended,” Vivanco said.

In the sentence, the judge denied David Wigoda Rinzler the benefits of probation and house arrest but ordered his capture, with the understanding that he is a fugitive from justice. Rinzler is thought by Colombian authorities to be in Israel, and they will seek to coordinate his...

While the homicide rate in Colombia fell again in 2020, the nation struggled to confront a number of other security threats. The 12,018 homicides recorded across the country last year marked a murder rate of 24.3 per 100,000 people, down just over six percent from the total...