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Medellín’s tourism grows 26% while fighting sex crimes. Authorities have set up helplines to support victims and protect at-risk minors in the city.

City Hall reported that 139  minors have received support for cases of sexual violence in Medellín, with arrests for this crime increasing by 160%.

An ugly brawl broke out when angry Avianca passengers attempted an airport blockade after being left stranded in Barranquilla.

A resident captured the mayhem on video and published it, captioned “things I would miss if I lived in Europe.”

The modality of the crime points more towards a premeditated killing rather than simple theft.

Things can get worse, much worse. But as Duque’s four year term comes towards a close, there is a practical consensus in Colombia that things could have been much better.

The city of Cali has offered a $70 million peso reward for information leading to the capture and prosecution of the terrorists.

Duque has insisted that Otoniel's capture marks "the end of the Gulf Clan." This is false. The group still has about 1,700 active members, according to Colombian police.

Colombia's "Comité Nacional de Paro," a coalition of labor unions and syndicalist groups has called for national strikes in Colombia for the 2nd time this year, after the government released a revised fiscal package.

One person was captured with the total of 1,216 kilograms of ore, that according to the Colombian prosecutor’s office may be worth as much as 453,000 USD. Coltan is an ore containing rare-earth metals like tantalum and niobium, useful in the manufacture of electronics and metal...