Migrant wanted in Columbia arrested in Newark
NEWARK, N.J. — A Colombian national with an outstanding criminal warrant in his home country was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month, ICE officials announced Monday. Ludwin Quintero-Rojas,…
El Salvador arrests Colombian linked to Paraguayan prosecutor’s murder
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A Colombian suspect in the murder of a Paraguayan prosecutor last year was arrested in El Salvador and will be handed over to Colombian authorities, El Salvador’s government…
Casino’s GPA prepares to spin off Colombian supermarket operator Exito
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian retailer GPA said on Friday it had taken the first steps towards spinning off its Colombian subsidiary Almacenes Exito SA and plans to distribute its shares to…
Two Colombian Nationals Plead Guilty to International Cocaine Distribution
Defendants Had Ties to Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) WASHINGTON – Mauricio Mazabel-Soto, 45, and Alfredo Molina-Cutiva, 53, both citizens of Colombia, pleaded guilty to…
Mexico’s AINDA seeks $600 million to kickstart fund, Colombian business
(Corrects spelling of company in 8th paragraph and last name in 9th paragraph) By Valentine Hilaire MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican private equity manager AINDA expects to raise $600 million for a new…
Colombian airlines Avianca, Viva appeal against merger denial
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian airlines Avianca and Viva have appealed to the aviation regulator after it denied their plan to merge, proposing steps to allay its concerns, such as yielding some routes…
Colombian Congress approves royalties budget for 2023-2024
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Congress on Wednesday approved a budget for investing billions of dollars in royalties from hydrocarbons and mineral exploitation. The 31.3 trillion peso ($6.369 billion) budget for 2023 and…
Venezuela and Colombian presidents discuss trade, human rights
By Deisy Buitrago and Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) – The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela held their first bilateral meeting in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, on Tuesday, where they discussed topics including…
Colombian National Sentenced To Over Eleven Years For Trafficking Narcotics On The High Seas And Endangering The Lives Of U.S. Coast Guard Members
Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell has sentenced Billy Rengifo Saaverda (44, Medellin, Colombia) to 11 years and 3 months in federal prison for conspiring to possess with intent…
Former Colombian finance ministers criticize Petro comments on central bank
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – A string of former Colombian finance ministers criticized the Andean country’s President Gustavo Petro on Thursday after he took to Twitter to question the central…
Supervisor of Colombian Maritime Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
BOSTON – A Colombian man, who was extradited from Colombia after indictment, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in an international drug trafficking organization. Henry Carrillo-Ramirez, 52,…
IHC’s $2.15 billion Nutresa bid boosts shares in Colombian conglomerate GEA’s companies
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Shares in companies that are part of Colombia’s largest conglomerate GEA rose on Wednesday after Abu Dhabi-based investor International Holding Company (IHC) launched a bid to buy a stake…
Colombian Man Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison for Obstruction of Justice
BOSTON – A Colombian man, who was extradited from Colombia after indictment, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in three charges related to obstructing justice. Orlando Lopez…
Colombian National Sentenced To 30 Years For Recruiting Crewmembers To Smuggle Over 1,500 Kilograms Of Cocaine On Ill-Fated Oil Freighter “Fat Crow”
Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Hector Fabio Garcia Vengohechea (59, Cartagena, Colombia) to 30 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with the…
Colombian National Sentenced To Over 17 Years For His Role In Dispatching Vessels Carrying Cocaine Intended For Distribution In The United States
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Omar Olmedo Paredes (55, Cocal Payan, Colombia) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and…
Colombian President-elect Petro names energy and interior ministers
BOGOTA – Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro appointed two cabinet members on Saturday, a day before taking office in a bid to drive deep social and economic change. Petro appointed Irene Velez as…
Colombian Woman Sentenced to 10 Years and $5 Million Forfeiture for Narcotrafficking
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Hilda Maria Gonzalez Lopez, also known as “La Boyaca” and “Daniela,” who aligned herself with powerful members of Los Rastrojos, a breakoff group of the…
Colombian National Extradited From Panama Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced Gerardo Gomez-Lubo, a/k/a Francisco Niño, (42, Colombia) to 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine knowing and intending it…
Colombian Attorney Convicted of Obstruction of Justice in East Texas Federal Court
PLANO, Texas – A Colombian lawyer has been convicted of federal obstruction violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Maritza Claudia Fernanda Lorza Ramirez, 48, was…
Lowell Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Cocaine Conspiracy with Colombian Criminal Organization
BOSTON – A Lowell man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy connected to a Colombian-based criminal enterprise. Juan Pablo Ariasgil, 41, of…
U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Colombian National For Narco-Terrorism, Firearms, And Drug-Trafficking Charges
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), announced today the extradition of CARLOS FERNANDO…
COLOMBIAN AUTHOR AND CEO OF IVOICE COMMUNICATIONS ADRIANA ARISTIZÁBAL RELEASES THE SPANISH VERSION OF HER BOOK AT THE 34TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR HELD IN BOGOTÁ
COLOMBIAN AUTHOR ADRIANA ARISTIZÁBAL RELEASES THE SPANISH VERSION OF HER BOOK AT THE 34TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR Tweet this In her book, Caught in the Storm of War: Memoirs of a…
Jury Finds Colombian National Guilty Of Smuggling More Than 970 Kilograms Of Cocaine In The Eastern Pacific Ocean
Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Prisciliano Garces Angulo (Colombia, 58) guilty of possessing and conspiring to possess with the intent to…
Extradited Colombian National Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison For International Drug Trafficking
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Oscar Marsiglia Barrios (54, Colombia) to 17 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine knowing and intending that it…
Colombian National Apprehended at the St. Croix Henry E. Rohlsen Airport Sentenced to Federal Prison After Falsely Representing to be a Citizen of the United States
St. Croix, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Andres Bejarano, age 34, a Colombian national, appeared before District Court Judge Wilma A Lewis and was sentenced today on…
Colombian National Charged in Connection with Plot to Kill Haitian President
A Colombian national was arrested based on a criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of Florida. Mario Antonio Palacios, 43, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the…
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