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Montevideo, October 22nd 2025 - 04:10 UTC

Tag: Colombia

  • Monday, June 20th 2022 - 08:41 UTC

    Killers of Paraguayan prosecutor convicted in Colombia

    The perpetrators agreed to a plea bargain which will make them eligible for parole in 10 years

    The killers of Paraguayan Organized Crime Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci have been sentenced to 23 years and a half in jail late on Friday after a plea bargain with Colombian state attorneys, it was announced.

  • Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 10:38 UTC

    Colombia's CNE rules presidential debates not mandatory

    Contradicting measures affect Colombia's electoral campaign just days before the runoff

    Colombia's National Electoral Council (CNE) Wednesday ruled against a decision earlier in the day by the Superior Court of Bogota ordering both presidential candidates (Rodolfo Hernández and Gustavo Petro) to hold a debate prior to the runoff where Iván Duque's successor is to be chosen.

  • Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    Another FARC dissident leader gunned down

    Mayimbú was one of the most wanted criminals in Colombia, was neutralized,” said Duque

    Colombian President Iván Duque Monday reported a dangerous dissident FARC leader had been gunned down by national forces in Suárez, Cauca.

  • Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

    A group of Colombian Catholics wants Hernández excommunicated

    “I receive the Blessed Virgin and all the prostitutes who live in the same neighborhood with her,” Hernández had said

    Colombian Catholic groups have filed a petition before the Archdiocese of Bogotá for the ex-communication of presidential hopeful Rodolfo Hernández for his “deep offenses” against the Virgin Mary, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 21:43 UTC

    Colombia: Hernández wants more working hours and less free time

    “We are going to work for Colombia from six in the morning to four or five in the afternoon,” the candidate promised

    Colombian presidential hopeful Rodolfo Hernández, who surprisingly advanced to the runoff against leftist Senator Gustavo Petro, has announced some of his plans in case of being elected, which include extending the working day to 10 hours and reducing lunch breaks to half an hour.

  • Monday, June 6th 2022 - 20:47 UTC

    Colombian President sentenced to 5 days' house arrest

    Duque's effective arrest is completely unlikely given his constitutional immunity

    A Colombian court in the town of Ibagué has issued an arrest warrant against President Iván Duque for disobeying a previous judicial mandate to protect the Los Nevados National Natural Park located in the “Eje cafetero” (Coffee Axis) region, it was announced.

  • Monday, June 6th 2022 - 10:29 UTC

    Detainee in Pecci case threatens Colombian authorities

    Colombian authorities are still searching for Venezuelan national Gabriel Carlos Luis Salinas

    A suspect arrested in Colombia in connection with the May 10 killing of Paraguayan Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci Friday threatened to kill officers of the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) during the hearings.

  • Saturday, June 4th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

    Colombia: Five arrested in Pecci's murder probe

    Barbosa explained the arrests were made in two operations

    Colombian authorities have arrested five people in the city of Medellín, presumably linked to the murder of Paraguayan Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci while he was honeymooning at an exclusive Caribbean beach resort in Cartagena de Indias, Attorney General Francisco Barbosa announced Friday.

  • Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 09:27 UTC

    Different candidates for PAHO chair

    Mercosur has two candidates for PAHO's top job, the Uruguayan Salinas is one of them

    The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Thursday announced candidates from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, and Uruguay were vying to succeed Dominica's Carissa Etienne of Dominica as agency head.

  • Thursday, June 2nd 2022 - 09:34 UTC

    Former Cali Cartel capo dies in US prison

    El Ajedrecista had funded Ernesto Samper's presidential campaign. His methods were softer and more subtle than those of Escobar

    Wednesday's death at a US prison of former Cali Cartel capo Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, aka El Ajedrecista (The Chessman), who used to wage his own war against rival trafficker Pablo Escobar of the Medellín Cartel, has revived stories of the 1980s and 1990s which have been romanticized through the entertainment industry.