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Colombia’s De la Espriella Leads Medellín Crime Crackdown（https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/colombias-de-la-espriella-leads-medellin-crime-crackdown/）
By The City Paper Staff -
October 27, 2026
President Abelardo de la Espriella personally accompanied a major security operation in Medellín overnight on Monday, as police, military personnel and prosecutors carried out coordinated raids targeting criminal networks accused of involvement in homicide, extortion, theft and drug trafficking. The operation, which extended into the early hours of Tuesday, October 27, initially produced a reported […]
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Deicy Jiménez Alleges Sex-for-Contracts Network Under Petro（https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/deicy-jimenez-alleges-sex-for-contracts-network-under-petro/）
By The City Paper Staff -
October 26, 2026
Photographs of cash, suspected drugs and clothing, alongside reported government contracts worth more than COP$100 million, have intensified allegations that public resources were used to facilitate Petro’s private encounters. The ex-President denies exchanging contracts for intimate favours. The allegations surrounding Gustavo Petro’s presidency have taken a disturbing turn. A young woman, identified as Deicy Jiménez, […]
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Eva Ferrer to Take Allegations Against Verónica Alcocer to US Authorities（https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/eva-ferrer-to-take-allegations-against-veronica-alcocer-to-us-authorities-in-washington/）
By The City Paper Staff -
October 22, 2026
Former presidential adviser Eva Ferrer is preparing to travel to Washington next week to present allegations concerning former Colombian First Lady Verónica Alcocer to US authorities, potentially moving a politically-charged scandal beyond Colombia’s borders. Ferrer, a Spanish-Colombian senior aide who worked closely with Alcocer during Gustavo Petro’s presidency, is expected to meet officials from the […]
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Germán Vargas Lleras Family to Denounce Petro Over ‘Valledupar Pact’（https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/vargas-lleras-family-to-denounce-petro-over-valledupar-pact-us-investigation-sought/）
By The City Paper Staff -
October 21, 2026
The controversy surrounding the alleged Pacto de Valledupar escalated on Wednesday after Enrique Vargas Lleras, co-director of the Cambio Radical party, announced plans to file a complaint against former president Gustavo Petro over allegations that his administration sought to persuade former paramilitary commanders to make accusations against political opponents. Vargas Lleras, the brother of the […]
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Colombia Seizes 7.6 Tonnes of Cocaine in Cartagena’s Biggest Port Bust（https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/colombia-seizes-7-6-tonnes-of-cocaine-in-cartagenas-biggest-port-bust/）
By The City Paper Staff -
October 21, 2026
Colombian authorities seized on Tuesday, October 20, close to 8 tonnes of cocaine hidden inside a shipping container at the Port of Cartagena, in an operation described by the Presidency as the largest drug seizure at the Sociedad Portuaria in the past decade. The operation was carried out by Colombia’s National Police through its Anti-Narcotics […]
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Colombia’s Jerusalem Embassy Marks Dramatic Break With Petro’s Anti-Israel Policy（https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/colombias-jerusalem-embassy-marks-dramatic-break-with-petros-anti-israel-policy/）
By The City Paper Staff -
October 15, 2026
Colombia’s inauguration of its Embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday marked a dramatic reversal of former president Gustavo Petro’s ideologically-biased international relations, restoring a diplomatic relationship that had been severed over Israel’s invasion in Gaza following the October 7 terrorist attack. The formal opening of the Embassy fulfilled a campaign promise by President Abelardo de la […]
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British-Born Cancer Specialist Dies After Medellín’s EDC Music Festival（https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/british-born-cancer-specialist-dies-after-medellins-edc-music-festival/）
By The City Paper Staff -
October 13, 2026
The death of a British-born cancer specialist after an electronic music festival in Medellín this weekend has cast a shadow over the Colombian debut of one of the world’s best-known dance music brands. A second foreign attendee from Costa Rica also died during the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC), held October 10 and 11 at Medellín’s […]
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With FARC’s Political Party Over, Colombia’s Peace Accord Faces Deadline（https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/with-farcs-political-party-over-colombias-peace-accord-faces-deadline/）
By The City Paper Staff -
October 8, 2026
Nine years after Colombia signed its historic peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), one of the central political promises of the Final Accord has run out of road. Comunes, the party formed by the last FARC Secretariat and guerrilla warlords, has lost its legal status after failing to secure sufficient support […]
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