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Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor killed in Colombia

Marcelo Pecci, a Paraguayan prosecutor known for his work in fighting organized crime, was killed on the Colombian tourism island of Baru on Tuesday, authorities from both countries said.

Reuters

3 decades after Pablo Escobar's death, drugs ravage Medellin

MEDELLíN, Colombia: Three decades after cartel boss Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police on a rooftop in Medellin, the very city he had sought to uplift with drug money is being ravaged by it.

Bangkok Post

Colombia cartel shuts down towns over leader’s extradition

The Gulf Clan drug cartel in Colombia has shut down dozens of towns for four days in reaction to its leader being extradited to the U.S. for trial

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Fifa investigating accusations of sexual abuse against refereeing instructor

Fifa has confirmed its ethics committee is investigating allegations of sexual abuse and harassment made against one of its refereeing instructors and the Colombian Football Federation’s head of referees

The Guardian - UK

Pushing productive coca seeds, Mexican cartels reshape Colombia's drug industry

Emissaries of Mexican drug cartels are involving themselves more closely in cocaine production in Colombia, paying farmers in advance and pushing cultivation of highly-productive strains, coca growers, security officials and rights activists say.

Reuters

Liverpool star Luis Diaz at heart of filed FIFA complaint amid £7.7million transfer dispute

Porto sold Luis Diaz to Liverpool in January but the Portuguese club were due to a pay an instalment to the Colombian's former club and failure to do so has seen FIFA made aware

Daily Mirror

'I know a lot of people who have died prematurely' - the Greater Manchester streets where women's life expectancy is lower than in Colombia

"I don't know a woman around here who hasn't skipped a meal to make sure their children get fed"

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‘It’s total terror’: Colombian cartel retaliates over kingpin’s arrest

Otoniel’s Gulf Clan militiamen shut down northern regions, blocking roads and holding residents hostage in their houses

The Guardian - US

‘Workers get the thorns’: the moral ugliness of rose factories

A rose is beautiful but a greenhouse with thousands upon thousands of roses, a place producing millions a year, is not

The Guardian - US

Colombia's Clan del Golfo attacks vehicles to protest Otoniel extradition -government

At least 100 vehicles were destroyed on highways across northern Colombia in isolated attacks by the Clan del Golfo criminal gang, which announced an "armed strike" to protest the extradition of former leader Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as Otoniel, to the United States, the government said on Friday.

Reuters

Colombian drug lord arrested for shipping ‘outrageous’ amounts of cocaine to US over 20 years

Leader of notorious ‘Clan del Golfo’ was captured in October

The Independent UK

PharmaCielo To Enter Polish Medical Cannabis Market Via Partnership With Soteria Holdings

PharmaCielo Ltd. (OTCQX: PCLOF) (TSXV:PCLO) parent of PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings S.A.S, has signed an investment agreement with Soteria Holdings Limited.

Benzinga

BREAKING: Isiah Thomas's One World Products & Afro-Colombian Group Will Dedicate A Million Acres To Industrial Hemp Production

ISIAH International, One World Products Inc (OTCQB: OWPC), the largest Black-controlled, licensed hemp and cannabis producer in Colombia, and AMUNAFRO, the National Association of Mayors of Municipalities with Afro-Colombian populations, announced late Thursday that they had entered int

Benzinga

Otoniel shipped ‘outrageous’ amounts of cocaine to US: Prosecutor

Accused Colombian drug trafficker pleads not guilty to two charges after being extradited to the US from Bogota.

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The Guardian - US

Alleged Colombian cartel head due in New York court after extradition

Victims of paramilitaries demand Dairo Antonio Úsuga come clean about atrocities committed by forces he commanded

Reuters

Pope gave green light to secret deal to free kidnapped nun, court told

Pope Francis approved a secret million-euro operation to free a Colombian nun who was held captive for more than four years by an Islamist militant group in Mali before she was released in 2021, a cardinal told a Vatican court on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Cardinal says Pope authorized €1M payment to free kidnapped nun

A cardinal has testified that Pope Francis authorized spending up to 1 million euros to free a Colombian nun kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali

Reuters

Accused Colombian drug trafficker Otoniel to appear in U.S. court

The accused leader of Colombia's Clan del Golfo drug trafficking group is expected to appear in a U.S. court on Thursday after being extradited on cocaine and weapons charges, the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn said.

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Killings of Colombia human rights defenders fell in 2021 but still a concern -NGO

Killings of human rights defenders in Colombia fell to 139 last year, compared with 199 in 2020, local advocacy group Somos Defensores said on Thursday, though it found that overall acts of intimidation and violence rose slightly.

Evening Standard

Drug trafficker and gang leader Otoniel extradited to US from Colombia

He was Colombia’s most wanted man before he was captured

The Independent UK

Colombia extradites feared head of Gulf Clan to US

Colombia has extradited the alleged head of the feared Gulf Clan, to the United States where he faces indictments in three federal courts

Reuters

Colombia starts extradition of accused drug trafficker Otoniel to the United States

Colombian authorities took Dairo Antonio Usaga, known as Otoniel, an accused drug trafficker and leader of the Clan del Golfo criminal group to an airport in the capital Bogota to be extradited to the United States on Wednesday, police told Reuters.

The Independent UK

Luis Diaz explains why he’s using ‘revenge’ as motivation at Liverpool

The 25-year-old joined the Reds from Porto in January

The Independent UK

‘It’s scary’: Liverpool rivals warned ‘special’ Luis Diaz will get even better

The Colombian has made an almost instant impact since arriving from Porto in January

WEKU

As U.S. may restrict abortion, other nations are easing access

Recent legislative activities in countries show the U.S. risks being out of step with the progress that the rest of the world is making in protecting sexual and reproductive rights.

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