Pablo Escobar’s most-feared hitman 'Popeye' has now been hospitalised after being diagnosed with cancer causing his latest trial to be delayed. Jhon Jairo Velasquez Vasquez, alias Popeye, had been called to attend his trial in the Second Penal Court of Medellin via video conference from the prison he is jailed…
Picture Credit: CEN This huge villa on a ranch was previously owned by a drug lord who co-founded the Medellin Cartel with Pablo Escobar but now it is a shelter for abandoned dogs. The Cuernavaca ranch in the municipality of Pacho in the department of Cundinamarca in central Colombia was…
Story By: Ana Lacasa, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News The Colombian government is set to sue Walmart for selling a Christmas jumper seemingly showing Father Christmas with lines of cocaine described in the ad as “grade A, Colombian snow" in front of him. The sweater was sold by an external seller on…
Story By: Ana Lacasa, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Colombian authorities are digging up a mass grave where over 50 civilians - including teenagers - allegedly killed by Army officers are believed to have been buried. The Special Jurisdiction for Peace, which investigates both former guerrillas and members of the Colombian Armed…
Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/@elizabethloaiza This is the moment former Miss World Colombia Elizabeth Loaiza shows off the illuminated trainers she designed while wearing saucy white lingerie and a glitzy hat. The gorgeous 30-year-old, who won the Miss World Colombia beauty pageant in 2006, shared…
