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Colombians say same thing about Luis Diaz after Liverpool FA Cup win over Chelsea

Liverpool win the FA Cup 6-5 on penalties as Diaz praised for performance

Liverpool Echo

As others are blocked, Colombians reach US through Mexico

Tens of thousands of Colombians are fleeing one of Latin America’s most populous countries on a migration route that has rarely been used

The Independent UK

Paraguay's organized crime prosecutor is slain while honeymooning on a Colombia beach

Marcelo Pecci was slain Tuesday by gunmen on a Colombian beach. His wife, journalist Claudia Aguilera, said the attackers came on a jet ski or small boat.

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Paraguayan prosecutor's murder in Colombia likely transnational hit -police

The murder of a Paraguayan prosecutor known for fighting organized crime was likely the victim of "transnational" criminals working across borders, the head of Colombia's police said Wednesday, as both countries pledged to probe the high-profile hit.

Reuters

Former guerrilla Petro would win Colombia's presidency in runoff - poll

Leftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla fighter promising to "democratize" Colombia's economy, is polling nearly double the support of his closest rival, center-right Federico Gutierrez, and would beat him in a runoff.

Reuters

Luis Diaz's mother reveals what Liverpool forward has said about manager and dressing room

Liverpool supporters have fallen in love with Luis Diaz since the Reds signed the Colombian from two-time European champions Porto in a £50million deal four months ago

Daily Mirror

Anti-Mafia prosecutor shot dead on honeymoon the same day couple revealed pregnancy

Paraguayan Marcelo Pecci prosecutor who had worked on high profile mafia cases was shot dead on a Colombian tourism island where he was staying with his wife on their honeymoon

Daily Mirror

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Paraguay organized crime prosecutor slain on Colombian beach

Paraguay’s prosecutor of organized crime and drug trafficking cases has been slain in Colombia apparently by gunmen on a jet ski as he honeymooned with his new wife

The Independent UK

Colombia legalized abortions for the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. A backlash ensued

The Constitutional Court issued the ruling in February of this year. It's part of a so-called "green wave" of liberalizing abortion rights in some Latin America countries. And it's led to protests.

WEKU

Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor killed in Colombia

Marcelo Pecci, a Paraguayan prosecutor known for his work in fighting organized crime, was killed on the Colombian tourism island of Baru on Tuesday, authorities from both countries said.

Reuters

3 decades after Pablo Escobar's death, drugs ravage Medellin

MEDELLíN, Colombia: Three decades after cartel boss Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police on a rooftop in Medellin, the very city he had sought to uplift with drug money is being ravaged by it.

Bangkok Post

Colombia cartel shuts down towns over leader’s extradition

The Gulf Clan drug cartel in Colombia has shut down dozens of towns for four days in reaction to its leader being extradited to the U.S. for trial

The Independent UK

Fifa investigating accusations of sexual abuse against refereeing instructor

Fifa has confirmed its ethics committee is investigating allegations of sexual abuse and harassment made against one of its refereeing instructors and the Colombian Football Federation’s head of referees

The Guardian - UK

Pushing productive coca seeds, Mexican cartels reshape Colombia's drug industry

Emissaries of Mexican drug cartels are involving themselves more closely in cocaine production in Colombia, paying farmers in advance and pushing cultivation of highly-productive strains, coca growers, security officials and rights activists say.

Reuters

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Liverpool star Luis Diaz at heart of filed FIFA complaint amid £7.7million transfer dispute

Porto sold Luis Diaz to Liverpool in January but the Portuguese club were due to a pay an instalment to the Colombian's former club and failure to do so has seen FIFA made aware

Manchester Evening News

'I know a lot of people who have died prematurely' - the Greater Manchester streets where women's life expectancy is lower than in Colombia

"I don't know a woman around here who hasn't skipped a meal to make sure their children get fed"

The Guardian - US

‘It’s total terror’: Colombian cartel retaliates over kingpin’s arrest

Otoniel’s Gulf Clan militiamen shut down northern regions, blocking roads and holding residents hostage in their houses

The Guardian - US

‘Workers get the thorns’: the moral ugliness of rose factories

A rose is beautiful but a greenhouse with thousands upon thousands of roses, a place producing millions a year, is not

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Colombia's Clan del Golfo attacks vehicles to protest Otoniel extradition -government

At least 100 vehicles were destroyed on highways across northern Colombia in isolated attacks by the Clan del Golfo criminal gang, which announced an "armed strike" to protest the extradition of former leader Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as Otoniel, to the United States, the government said on Friday.

The Independent UK

Colombian drug lord arrested for shipping ‘outrageous’ amounts of cocaine to US over 20 years

Leader of notorious ‘Clan del Golfo’ was captured in October

Benzinga

PharmaCielo To Enter Polish Medical Cannabis Market Via Partnership With Soteria Holdings

PharmaCielo Ltd. (OTCQX: PCLOF) (TSXV:PCLO) parent of PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings S.A.S, has signed an investment agreement with Soteria Holdings Limited.

Benzinga

BREAKING: Isiah Thomas's One World Products & Afro-Colombian Group Will Dedicate A Million Acres To Industrial Hemp Production

ISIAH International, One World Products Inc (OTCQB: OWPC), the largest Black-controlled, licensed hemp and cannabis producer in Colombia, and AMUNAFRO, the National Association of Mayors of Municipalities with Afro-Colombian populations, announced late Thursday that they had entered int

Al Jazeera

Otoniel shipped ‘outrageous’ amounts of cocaine to US: Prosecutor

Accused Colombian drug trafficker pleads not guilty to two charges after being extradited to the US from Bogota.

The Guardian - US

Alleged Colombian cartel head due in New York court after extradition

Victims of paramilitaries demand Dairo Antonio Úsuga come clean about atrocities committed by forces he commanded

Reuters

Pope gave green light to secret deal to free kidnapped nun, court told

Pope Francis approved a secret million-euro operation to free a Colombian nun who was held captive for more than four years by an Islamist militant group in Mali before she was released in 2021, a cardinal told a Vatican court on Thursday.

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