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63 days ago
Carlos Lehder, one of the 20th century’s most prolific drug traffickers, says he found God in a US jail
3 months ago
Relatives of disappeared brace themselves as bodies are exhumed from notorious mass grave in Colombia ⊖⊖
Medellín’s Comuna 13 neighbourhood saw extraordinary violence in the 2000s, with hundreds of people detained, tortured or killed
When Operation Orión began in October 2002, Hermey Mejía thought the vi…
4 months ago
Part of Pablo Escobar’s ranch to be given to women scarred by Colombia conflict ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Estate was abandoned after Escobar’s 1993 killing and later became a theme park, and now government says given female farmers will get land
A slice of Pablo Escobar’s once-lavish ranch – a symbol of t…
5 months ago
Anhell69 review – an impassioned eulogy for Colombia’s queer renegades ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Theo Montoya collages an unfinished phantom horror film, gothic Medellín cityscapes and interviews with lost friends into a transgressive work of cine-protest
The best kind of goth is the Latino goth.…
7 months ago
The enchanted car park: how a ruined multi-storey became a garden paradise loved by lizards and dog-walkers ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Once a hangout for sex workers and drug addicts, a parking lot in Medellín, Colombia, has been reborn as a green haven for all. We meet the ‘social urbanists’ credited with reducing crime – and even …
8 months ago
‘Demoralizing’: Venezuelans experience confusion and fear amid Trump travel ban ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Travelers reported hastily rearranging their travel plans ahead of the ban taking effect
As the sun rose over Caracas, Yasmin Quintero, a grandmother, was already in line at the city’s airport, trying…
Medellín’s sublime return to nature – in pictures ○
Over the last decade, Colombia’s ‘city of eternal spring’ has embarked on an ambitious effort to restore greenery to public parks, transit corridors and even high-rises
Continue reading...14 months ago
Ex-drug lord Fabio Ochoa walks free in Colombia after 20 years in US prisons ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Victims of Medellín cartel demand justice as some express dismay former mob boss faces no charges in Colombia
The return of former drug trafficker Fabio Ochoa to Colombia following his deportation fro…
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