Colombian conservative senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay died Monday, more than two months after being shot during a campaign rally in western Bogota. His wife, MarÃa Claudia Tarazona, confirmed the 39-year-old’s death early Monday. Uribe Turbay was critically wounded on June 7 during a campaign rally in the country’s capital, suffering gunshot wounds to…
Colombian authorities said Friday they captured an alleged leader of the Italian ‘ndrangheta mafia in Latin America who is accused of overseeing cocaine shipments and managing illegal trafficking routes to Europe. Police identified the suspect as Giuseppe Palermo, also known as “Peppe,” an Italian who was wanted under an Interpol red notice, which called for his arrest…
The Colombian navy on Wednesday announced its first seizure of an unmanned “narco sub” equipped with a Starlink antenna off its Caribbean coast. Â The semisubmersible vessel was not carrying drugs, but the Colombian navy and Western security sources based in the region told AFP they believed it was a trial run by a cocaine…
A Colombian right-wing opposition senator and candidate in next year’s presidential election was shot and wounded in Bogota on Saturday, various media reported, while the government denounced an “attack.” Miguel Uribe, 39, was in critical condition and one person had been arrested, according to media reports. “Violence can never be the way… I sincerely hope…
The representational image shows a bus. — Unsplash/File A field trip by students and their professors ended in tragedy Saturday when their bus crashed in western Colombia, killing at least 10 people and injuring 11, their university said. The bus driver lost control of the vehicle as it carried 26 passengers from Tolima to Quindio,…
