Topic: Santa Marta

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A shot of grace?: the death of a young peasant reopens the wounds of false positives in Colombia

A joint operation of the Colombian Anti-Narcotics Police and Air Force in the rural area of the Caribbean city of Santa Marta ended with seven deaths. One of them was Ricardo Andrés Martínez Rodríguez, who was initially introduced as the son of Fredy Castillo Carrillo, alias' Pinocchio ', leader of Self-Defense Conquistadores de la Sierra Nevada (ACSN). The reality is that he was a humble, displaced laborer. Today his father claims that he was killed with a shot of grace and his mother calls for justice.

28 Sept 2026, 03:03 UTC

Politics

How the tourist Santa Marta became the first fire test of De la Espriella's struggle against armed groups in Colombia

The death of alias "Cholo," one of the leaders of a Colombian paramilitary group, unleashed a wave of violence that led to the militarization of the city by order of the president.

25 Sept 2026, 12:03 UTC

Politics

Direct Latin and armed arrest and violence in Santa Marta, Colombia's tourist point

The tourist city of Santa Marta, in Colombia, has been the victim of an armed arrest of the Conquistadora Autodefensas de la Sierra Nevada following the death of José Luis Perez Villanueva, alias "el Cholo," considered second head of the organization. The Government also attributed an attack on a cargo train in Guajira, in the north of the country. He reports to her.

24 Sept 2026, 23:51 UTC

Politics

Colombia: The tourist Santa Marta is militarized in the face of a drug paramilitary group

Closed commercials, suspended classes and empty streets marked the day of this Wednesday September 23 in the tourist city of Santa Marta, in the Colombian Caribbean. The Government of Abelardo de la Espriella deployed more than 1,100 police and military personnel following the threat declared by the Sierra Nevada drug paramilitary group Self-Defense Conquistadora.

24 Sept 2026, 01:28 UTC